Why did passion wane? A qualitative study of married women's attributions for declines in sexual desire

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 360-380

  Sims, Karen E ^a   Meana, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIBIDO; LITERATURE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIBIDO; MARRIAGE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953886553     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2010.498727     Document Type: Article

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