Cognitions, emotions, and sexual response: Analysis of the relationship among automatic thoughts, emotional responses, and sexual arousal

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 652-661

  Nobre, Pedro J ^a,b   Pinto Gouveia, José ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b Universidade de Coimbra ^*  (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cognitions; Emotions; Sexual dysfunction; Sexual mode; Sexual response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EROTISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THINKING;

EID: 45749100418     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9258-0     Document Type: Article

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