Sexual self-chemas, sexual dysfunction, and the sexual responses of women with a history of childhood sexual abuse

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 351-362

  Rellini, Alessandra H ^a   Meston, Cindy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood trauma; Sexual abuse; Sexual arousal; Sexual function; Sexual self schema; Vaginal photoplethysmography

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79952490710     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-010-9694-0     Document Type: Article

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