Relationships, sexuality and adjustment among people with physical disability

Sexual and Relationship Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-43

  Taleporos, George ^a   McCabe, Marita P ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WELLBEING;

EID: 0037303506     PISSN: 14681994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1468199031000061245     Document Type: Article

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