Sex and shame: The inhibition of female desires

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-98

  Elise, Dianne ^a,b  

^a Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SHAME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SHAME;

EID: 38349046215     PISSN: 00030651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003065108315685     Document Type: Article

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