Predicting sexual problems in women: The relevance of sexual excitation and sexual inhibition

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-251

  Sanders, Stephanie A ^a   Graham, Cynthia A ^a,b   Milhausen, Robin R ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inhibition; Sexual arousal; Sexual problems; Women

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MARRIAGE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGASM; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EXCITATION SEXUAL INHIBITION INVENTORY FOR WOMEN; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INHIBITION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 41049098692     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9235-7     Document Type: Article

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