Attributions about pain as predictors of psychological symptomatology, sexual function, and dyadic adjustment in women with vestibulodynia

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-97

  Jodoin, Mélanie ^a   Bergeron, Sophie ^e   Khalifé, Samir ^b   Dupuis, Marie Josée ^c   Desrochers, Geneviève ^a   Leclerc, Bianca ^d  

^a Centre de Santé et de Services Sociaux LaSalle   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attributions; Dyspareunia; Psychological distress; Sexual functioning; Vestibulodynia; Vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; COITUS; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COITUS; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79952574396     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-010-9647-7     Document Type: Article

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