Automatic and deliberate affective associations with sexual stimuli in women with superficial dyspareunia

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 486-497

  Brauer, Marieke ^a   De Jong, Peter J ^b   Huijding, Jorg ^c   Laan, Ellen ^d   Ter Kuile, Moniek M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affective Simon Task; Automatic affective associations; Conscious appraisal; Dyspareunia; Fear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL TASK; PAIN; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STIMULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651156110     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-008-9367-4     Document Type: Article

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