The relationship between anger and heterosexual behavior. An investigation in a nonclinical sample of urban Italian undergraduates

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3899-3908

  Muscatello, Maria R A ^a   Bruno, Antonio ^a   Scimeca, Giuseppe ^a   Pandolfo, Gianluca ^a   Paduano, Riccardo ^b   Mico', Umberto ^a   Bellinghieri, Paolo Micali ^a   Di Nardo, Floriana ^a   Iannuzzo, Giovanni ^a   Cofini, Vincenza ^b   Di Orio, Ferdinando ^b   Zoccali, Rocco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anger; Gender Differences; Sexual Behavior; Sexual Motivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSIVE SEX; ANGER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; IMPERSONAL SEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTIC SEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EXCITEMENT; SEXUAL FULFILLMENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 78649972532     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01640.x     Document Type: Article

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