The impact of body awareness on sexual arousal in women with sexual dysfunction

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4 I, 2007, Pages 990-1000

  Seal, Brooke N ^a   Meston, Cindy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Cognitive Interference; Self awareness; Sexual function; Spectatoring; Vaginal photoplethysmograph

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34447499988     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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