Automatic affective appraisal of sexual penetration stimuli in women with vaginismus or dyspareunia

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 806-813

  Huijding, Jorg ^a,b   Borg, Charmaine ^a   Weijmar Schultz, Willibrord ^c   De Jong, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dyspareunia; Explicit Attitudes; Implicit Attitudes; Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction During Sexual Penetration; Sexual Dysfunctions; Sexual Pain Disorders; Vaginismus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VAGINISM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 79951961566     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.02083.x     Document Type: Article

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