Correlates of sexual satisfaction in marriage

Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-127

  Young, Michael ^a   Denny, George ^a   Luquis, Raffy ^b   Young, Tamera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marital satisfaction; Relationship satisfaction; Religiosity; Sexual satisfaction; Spouse partner orgasm consistency

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGASM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031663837     PISSN: 11884517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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