Body and Sexual Esteem as Mediators of the Physical Disability-Interpersonal Competencies Relation

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 399-408

  Lease, Suzanne H ^a   Cohen, Jaime E ^a   Dahlbeck, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

body esteem; interpersonal competencies; relationships; sexual esteem; sexual satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; BODY IMAGE; COMPETENCE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 37649014044     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0090-5550.52.4.399     Document Type: Article

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