Etiological correlates of vaginismus: Sexual and physical abuse, sexual knowledge, sexual self-schema, and relationship adjustment

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-59

  Reissing, Elke D ^a   Binik, Yitzchak M ^b   Khalifé, Samir ^c   Cohen, Deborah ^c   Amsel, Rhonda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VAGINISM; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COGNITION; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0037225163     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713847095     Document Type: Article

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