Valentina Rossi

• Doctor of Psychology
• Researcher at institute of clinical sexology, Rome

Women with endometriosis often suffer from genito-pelvic pain. The objective of the present study was to analyze the relationship between cognitive and psycho-emotional factors and sexual functioning of women with endometriosis, comparing women with and without endometriosis. A total of 87 women with endometriosis (EG) and 100 women without endomet...

Introduction: Endometriosis is a chronic gynecological disease that affects women's quality of life, sexuality, and relationship. Endometriosis-associated pain plays an essential role in well-being impairment. The present review aimed to analyze literature about endometriosis-associated pain and quality of life, sexual health, and quality of the r...

Background: Genital pain (GP) is a common symptom in women of reproductive age. The prevalence of GP is difficult to gauge as it has been underreported by both patients and clinicians and neglected in clinical studies despite wide recognition of the adverse effects to women's health. Aim: The purpose of the present study was 3-fold: (i) to explo...

Objectives The aim of this study was to explore whether women with endometriosis-related infertility had poorer psychological, sexual and relational scores compared with endometriosis without infertility. Methods Seventy-one endometriosis women (32 with associated infertility and 39 without) completed a survey assessing sexual functioning, relatio...

I social media e le comunità online sono diventati importanti canali di comuni-cazione per i giovani. L'uso massiccio di queste tecnologie ha dato origine a un dibattito internazionale sui potenziali effetti sulle relazioni e sulla sessualità. Lo scopo di questo contributo è studiare i vantaggi e i limiti dei social media come fonte formale e infor...

The Social Media and online communities have become important communication channels for youth and the massive use of these technologies by new generations gave rise to an international debate regarding the potential effects on relationships and sexuality. The aim of this paper is to study advantages and limits of Social Media, as formal and inform...

Résumé Les médias sociaux et les communautés en ligne sont devenus des canaux de communication importants pour les jeunes et l’utilisation massive de ces technologies par les nouvelles générations a donné lieu à un débat international concernant leur effet potentiel sur les relations et la sexualité. Le but de cet article est d’étudier les avantage...

Objective: Endometriosis is a condition that has a great impact on women’s life. One of the most important consequences of the disease is infertility that may exacerbate the psychological, relational and sexual consequences on patients. The aim of the present study was to examine quality of life, anxiety, sexual functioning and relationship satisfa...