Exploring relationships among communication, sexual satisfaction, and marital satisfaction

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 409-424

  Litzinger, Samantha ^a   Gordon, Kristina Coop ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTIMACY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; COITUS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIBIDO; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSES;

EID: 23944515869     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230591006719     Document Type: Article

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