Gender Issues and Sexual Desire: The Role of Emotional and Relationship Variables

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2469-2478

  Carvalho, Joana ^a,b   Nobre, Pedro ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Emotions; Gender Differences; Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder; Psychopathology; Relationship Adjustment; Sexual Desire

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MODE QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SHAME; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 77955148249     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01689.x     Document Type: Article

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