Is love blind? Sexual behavior and psychological adjustment of adolescents with blindness

Sexuality and Disability

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-100

  Kef, Sabina ^a   Bos, Henny ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Psychological adjustment; Sexual behavior; Sexual knowledge; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; JUVENILE; KNOWLEDGE; LEISURE; LOVE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

EID: 33745618698     PISSN: 01461044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11195-006-9007-7     Document Type: Article

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