Psychosexual characteristics of vestibulodynia couples: Partner solicitousness and hostility are associated with pain

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 418-427

  Desrosiers, Mylène ^a   Bergeron, Sophie ^a   Meana, Marta ^b   Leclerc, Bianca ^a   Binik, Yitzchak M ^c   Khalifé, Samir ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Couple; Dyspareunia; Female sexual dysfunction; Partner; Vestibulodynia; Vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VESTIBULODYNIA; VULVODYNIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 38649136913     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00705.x     Document Type: Article

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