. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 4.

Published in final edited form as: J Consult Clin Psychol. 1985 Feb;53(1):25–32. doi: 10.1037//0022-006x.53.1.25

Table l.

Mean Group Scores on Measures of Sexual Functioning

	Group

Variable	Breast cancer	Gynecologic cancer	Healthy outpatients
Sexual behavior
Current sexual activity ^a	13.13	10.88	16.06
Frequency of intercourse^a	2.81 (1/week)	2.88 (I/week)	3.81 (2–3/week)
Frequency of kissing ^a,^b	4.19 (2–3/week)	6.06 (I/day)	7.19 (2–3/day)
Sexual response cycle
Desire
Preferred frequency of intercourse	3.88 (2–3/week)	3.25 (1/week)	3,83 (2–3/week)
Excitement
Sexual Arousability Index^a	53	59	70
Heterosexual Behavior Hierarchy	30	34	21
Orgasm
Frequency of orgasm	48%	54%	42%

Note. Two types of follow-up orthogonal multiple comparisons were conducted for each measure.

Cancer patients < healthy patients, p < .05.

Breast cancer patients < gynecologic cancer patients, p < .05.