Non-erotic thoughts and sexual functioning

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 891-902

  Purdon, Christine ^a   Watson, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b McBride Psychological Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Performance anxiety; Sexual dysfunction; Spectatoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; THINKING;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054707329     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-011-9755-z     Document Type: Article

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