Predictors of women's sexual desire: The role of psychopathology, cognitive-emotional determinants, relationship dimensions, and medical factors

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2 PART 2, 2010, Pages 928-937

  Carvalho, Joana ^a   Nobre, Pedro ^a  

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

Author keywords

Biopsychosocial factors; Female sexual desire; Hipoactive sexual desire disorder; Main predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BELIEF; THINKING; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLICATION; EMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN RELATION; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIBIDO; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649108933     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01568.x     Document Type: Article

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