Condom use for penile-vaginal intercourse is associated with immature psychological defense mechanisms

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2522-2532

  Costa, Rui Miguel ^a,b   Brody, Stuart ^b  

^a CEDEMA Associação de Pais e Amigos Dos Deficientes Mentais Adultos   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condoms; Emotional Maturity; Orgasm; Psychoanalytic Theory; Sexual Intercourse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTURBATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROSIS; ORGASM; PORTUGAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 55849094666     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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