Negative affect and somatically focused anxiety in young women reporting pain with intercourse

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-88

  Meana, Marta ^a   Lykins, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DYSPAREUNIA; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GENITAL PAIN; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSIS; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COITUS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COITUS; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEVADA; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65149093367     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490802624422     Document Type: Article

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