Generalization of treatment effects following masturbatory training with erotic stimuli

Three married women were treated for situational orgasmic dysfunction in a laboratory-clinic through masturbatory training with erotic stimulation. Rate of orgasm was monitored via heart rate and verbal report. Treatment resulted in improved ability to attain orgasm by self-masturbation in the clinic and home. Husbands could not consistently stimulate their wives to orgasm until successive approximation programming with the couples was completed. This effect reportedly generalized from clinic to home and from masturbation to coitus. Follow-ups at two and six month intervals indicated maintenance of treatment effects.