Spinal cord injury and sexuality in married or partnered men: Activities, function, needs, and predictors of sexual adjustment

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 591-602

  Phelps, Jerry ^a   Albo, Michael ^b   Dunn, Kathleen ^b   Joseph, Angela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

disability; erectile dysfunction; marital satisfaction; sexual satisfaction; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; ORGASM; PENIS ERECTION; PREDICTION; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; IMPOTENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEX DISORDERS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035650722     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011910900508     Document Type: Article

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