Sexual functioning and sexual satisfaction among women who report a history of childhood and/or adolescent sexual abuse

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 375-384

  Leonard, Leah M ^a   Iverson, Katherine M ^b   Follette, Victoria M ^b  

^a Center for Hope of the Sierras   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MARRIAGE; ORGASM; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 51049093185     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230802156202     Document Type: Article

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