Am J Psychiatry 1979; 136:1545-1549
Copyright © 1979 by American Psychiatric Association
The invested partner in sexual disorders: a profile
LR Derogatis and JK Meyer
To determine the relevant psychosexual characteristics of invested partners
of patients with sexual disorders, the authors administered the Derogatis
Sexual Functioning Inventory (DSFI) to 51 invested partners and 200 normal
volunteers. Female invested partners (N = 18) participated in a
significantly more constricted range of specific sexual activities and
revealed significantly lower sexual drive than the normal women. Tbey also
had significantly lower scores on the femininity component of the gender
role definition subtest. Male invested partners (N = 33) also showed
significantly lower femininity scores and had somewhat lower scores on
endorsement of specific sexual experiences. Degree of sexual satisfaction
in the invested partners was comparable to that of their sexually
dysfunctional partners.
