Ejaculatory Disorders: Some Psychometric Data

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Abstract
While a substantial amount of clinical opinion exists in regard to the syndrome of premature and retarded ejaculation, few objective psychometric data are available. In an effort to obtain such objective information, individuals who called the Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic at the LAC-USC Medical Center seeking help for a “primary” complaint of premature or retarded ejaculation were given a psychological battery, including the Eysenck Personality Inventory, IPAT Anxiety Scale, Symptom Check List, and the MMPI. Patients with co-existing impotence were excluded, as were those individuals whose complaints were secondary to psychoses, drugs, or medical illness. The findings indicate that premature and retarded ejaculators are significantly more anxious, depressed, and evidence more general psychopathology than the control group. Retarded ejaculators scored significantly higher than premature ejaculators on only the MMPI-Af/scale, while there were no significant differences on any of the remaining 23 measures. In addition, when the entire population of patients with premature or retarded ejaculation (with the above exceptions) was assessed psychologically, the average degree of psychopathology was greater than in patients screened for significant psychopathology, marital difficulties, etc.

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