Cognitive-affective correlates and predictors of superficial dyspareunia

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-24

  Brauer, Marieke ^a   Ter Kuile, Moniek M ^a   Laan, Ellen ^b   Trimbos, Baptist ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SEXUALITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; COITUS; COMORBIDITY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VULVAR DISEASES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 58149180340     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230802525604     Document Type: Article

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