Anxious and Avoidant Attachment, Vibrator Use, Anal Sex, and Impaired Vaginal Orgasm

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2493-2500

  Costa, Rui M ^a   Brody, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anal Sex; Anxious Attachment; Avoidant Attachment; Vaginal Orgasm; Vibrator Use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTURBATION; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VAGINAL ORGASM; VIBRATOR;

EID: 80052442187     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02332.x     Document Type: Article

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