Empathic sexual responses in heterosexual women and men

Sexual and Relationship Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-344

  Haning, R Vernon ^a   O'Keefe, Stephen L ^a   Beard, Keith W ^a   Randall, Elizabeth J ^b   Kommor, Martin J ^b   Stroebel, Sandra S ^c  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Marshall University Graduate College   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathic sexual response; Orgasm; Sexual arousal; Sexual response

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049164283     PISSN: 14681994     EISSN: 14681749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681990802326743     Document Type: Article

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