Sexual motivation in women as a function of age

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3305-3319

  Meston, Cindy M ^a   Hamilton, Lisa Dawn ^a   Harte, Christopher B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Premenopausal Women; Reasons for Sex; Sexual Behavior; Sexual Motivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; LOVE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; COHORT STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950875787     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01489.x     Document Type: Article

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