The cortisol response during physiological sexual arousal in adult women with a history of childhood sexual abuse

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 557-565

  Rellini, Alessandra H ^a   Hamilton, Lisa Dawn ^b   Delville, Yvon ^b   Meston, Cindy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINA; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AROUSAL; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COERCION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VAGINA;

EID: 75749115161     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20458     Document Type: Conference Paper

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