Avoidant romantic attachment and female orgasm: Testing an emotion-regulation hypothesis

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Cohen, Danielle L ^a   Belsky, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Avoidant attachment; Female orgasm; Orgasmic frequency; Reproductive strategies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERNET; OBESITY; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; ORGASM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 41449096628     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730701868555     Document Type: Article

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