Sensual and sexual marital contentment in parents of small children - A follow-Up study when the first child is four years old

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-304

  Ahlborg, Tone ^b   Rudeblad, Kristina ^a   Linnér, Sarah ^a   Linton, Steven ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUERPERIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; WELLBEING; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 55249091151     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490802204423     Document Type: Article

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