Building Blocks Toward Optimal Sexuality: Constructing a Conceptual Model

The Family Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-78

  Kleinplatz, Peggy J ^a,b   Ménard, A Dana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

eroticism; optimal sexuality; peak experiences; sex therapy; sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845515935     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480706294126     Document Type: Article

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