Sexual self-esteem and body image of South African spinal cord injured adolescents

Sexuality and Disability

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-20

  Potgieter, Cheryl Ann ^a,b   Khan, Gadija ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c HSRC/CYFD ^*

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body image; Self esteem; Sexuality; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL MATURITY; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 14944343188     PISSN: 01461044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11195-004-2076-6     Document Type: Article

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