Emotions during sexual activity: Differences between sexually functional and dysfunctional men and women

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 491-499

  Nobre, Pedro J ^a,c   Pinto Gouveia, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognitions; Depressed affect; Emotions; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISILLUSION; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEASURE; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SADNESS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL MODES QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SHAME; THE FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; THE INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF SEXUAL FUNCTION; THINKING;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; COITUS; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGASM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 33748990572     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9047-1     Document Type: Article

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