Biopsychosocial Determinants of Men's Sexual Desire: Testing an Integrative Model

Results from this integrative approach highlighted the role of cognitive factors related to cultural values (dysfunctional sexual beliefs) and distraction mechanisms during sexual context (automatic thoughts) in male sexual interest. Findings support the need to include cognitive dimensions in the assessment and treatment of sexual desire problems, considering their involvement as vulnerability or resiliency factors for deficient sexual desire in men. Moreover, these factors surpassed the importance of the remaining factors (particularly, of medical factors and psychopathology), showing that, despite the lack of studies, male sexuality is better conceptualized from a biopsychosocial perspective. Carvalho J and Nobre P. Biopsychosocial determinants of men's sexual desire: Testing an integrative model. J Sex Med 2011;8:754-763.