Young women's sexual adjustment: The role of sexual self-schema, sexual self-efficacy, sexual aversion and body attitudes

Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 77-85

  Reissing, Elke D ^a   Laliberté, Geneviève M ^a   Davis, Hannah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body image; Female sexuality; Sexual aversion; Sexual self efficacy; Sexual self schema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33645736439     PISSN: 11884517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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