Acculturation and sexual function in Asian women

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 613-626

  Brotto, Lori A ^a   Chik, Heather M ^a   Ryder, Andrew G ^b   Gorzalka, Boris B ^a   Seal, Brooke N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Asian culture; Culture; Female sexual function; Sexual arousal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPIRICISM; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS;

EID: 29144437704     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-005-7909-6     Document Type: Article

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