Role of sexual self-disclosure in the sexual satisfaction of long-term heterosexual couples

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-14

  MacNeil, Sheila ^a   Byers, E Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; REWARD; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; CANADA; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION;

CANADA; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 65549107827     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490802398399     Document Type: Article

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