Differentiating highly sexual women from less sexual women

Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 169-182

  Wentland, Jocelyn J ^a   Herold, Edward S ^b   Desmarais, Serge ^b   Milhausen, Robin R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; BODY IMAGE; CLOTHING; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MASTURBATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 76749115364     PISSN: 11884517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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