Satisfaction (sexual, life, relationship, and mental health) Is associated directly with penile-vaginal intercourse, but inversely with other sexual behavior frequencies

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1947-1954

  Brody, Stuart ^a   Costa, Rui Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Satisfaction; Sexual Intercourse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MASTURBATION; MENTAL HEALTH; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SWEDEN; ADOLESCENT; COITUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENIS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SWEDEN; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649881455     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01303.x     Document Type: Article

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