Intimacy and its relevance in human functioning

Sexual and Relationship Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-49

  Popovic, Miodrag ^a  

^a NCMH and LD NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Closeness; Human functioning; Intimacy; Relationships; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTIMACY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOMENCLATURE; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX THERAPY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 17844369138     PISSN: 14681994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681990412331323992     Document Type: Review

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