Psychophysiological sexual arousal in women with a history of child sexual abuse

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-22

  Rellini, Alessandra H ^a   Meston, Cindy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EROTISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL AROUSAL; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AROUSAL; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAGINA;

EID: 33644943408     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230500229145     Document Type: Article

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