The St Andrew's Sexual Behaviour Assessment (SASBA): Development of a standardised recording instrument for the measurement and assessment of challenging sexual behaviour in people with progressive and acquired neurological impairment

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-159

  Knight, Caroline ^a   Alderman, Nick ^a   Johnson, Chrissie ^a   Green, Sharon ^a   Birkett Swan, Louise ^a   Yorstan, Graeme ^a  

^a ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Behaviour; Impairment; Neurological; Sexual

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOMENCLATURE; OVERT AGGRESSION SCALE MODIFIED FOR NEUROREHABILITATION; RATING SCALE; SAINT ANDREW SEXUAL BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 40949101006     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602010701822381     Document Type: Article

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