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The assessment of sexual response in OCD may have clinical implications, such as the integration of sex therapy in psychotherapeutic intervention. The present study was aimed at comparing sexual excitation and inhibition levels between OCD patients and matched control subjects, and investigating whether obsessive beliefs might predict sexual excitation\/inhibition.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1092852920001649_sec2\" sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Seventy-two OCD patients (mean age\u00a0\u00b1\u00a0standard deviation [SD]: 34.50\u00a0\u00b1\u00a010.39\u00a0years) and 72 matched control subjects (mean age\u00a0\u00b1\u00a0SD: 34.25\u00a0\u00b1\u00a010.18) were included (62.50% men and 37.50% women in both groups). The Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Revised (OCI-R), the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire-46 (OBQ-46), and the Sexual Inhibition\/Sexual Excitation Scales (SIS\/SES) were administered.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1092852920001649_sec3\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients with OCD showed significantly higher levels of sexual excitation, inhibition due to threat of performance failure, and inhibition due to threat of performance consequences than the controls. In addition, the patients with more severe symptoms showed lower excitation than those with less severe symptoms, and those with higher perfectionism had stronger inhibition due to threat of performance failure than those with lower perfectionism.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1092852920001649_sec4\" sec-type=\"conclusions\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>This is the first study exploring sexual response in OCD according to the Dual Control Model. Sexual response is an impaired quality of life outcome in OCD that should be assessed in routine clinical practice. 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