The partner-specific sexual liking and sexual wanting scale: Psychometric properties

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 467-476

  Krishnamurti, Tamar ^a   Loewenstein, George ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intimate relationships; Scale development; Sexual liking; Sexual wanting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PLEASURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PLEASURE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84859006495     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-011-9785-6     Document Type: Article

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