Effects of mindfulness training on body awareness to sexual stimuli: Implications for female sexual dysfunction

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 817-825

  Silverstein, R Gina ^a   Brown, Anne Catharine H ^a   Roth, Harold D ^a,b,c   Britton, Willoughby B ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Departments of Religious Studies   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

arousal; female sexuality; interoceptive awareness; meditation; mindfulness; self evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REACTION TIME; RELAXATION TRAINING; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

EID: 80855138770     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318234e628     Document Type: Article

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