A study of sexual satisfaction and frequency of sex among hong kong chinese couples

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-139

  Cheung, Mike W L ^a   Wong, Paul W C ^b   Liu, Ka Y ^c   Yip, Paul S F ^b   Fan, Susan Yun Sun ^d   Lam, Tai Hing ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Hong Kong ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIBIDO; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; WORK; COITUS; FRIEND; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SPOUSE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COITUS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSES;

EID: 54749122086     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490801987416     Document Type: Article

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