Sexual and relationship satisfaction among heterosexual men and women: The importance of desired frequency of sex

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 104-115

  Smith, Anthony ^a   Lyons, Anthony ^a   Ferris, Jason ^b   Richters, Juliet ^c   Pitts, Marian ^a   Shelley, Julia ^a,d   Simpson, Judy M ^e  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952687497     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2011.560531     Document Type: Article

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