Determinants of sexual desire problems in women: Testing a cognitive-emotional model

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 360-377

  Nobre, Pedro J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EROTISM; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIBIDO; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATH ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449647038     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230903065716     Document Type: Article

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