Turning on and turning off: A focus group study of the factors that affect women's sexual arousal

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 527-538

  Graham, Cynthia A ^a   Sanders, Stephanie A ^a   Milhausen, Robin R ^a   McBride, Kimberly R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

sexual arousal; sexual desire; sexual interest; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANECDOTES; AROUSAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 6044276758     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ASEB.0000044737.62561.fd     Document Type: Article

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