Avoiding experiences: Sexual dysfunction in women with a history of sexual abuse in childhood and adolescence

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 341-350

  Staples, Jennifer ^a   Rellini, Alessandra H ^a   Roberts, Sarah P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Childhood sexual abuse; Female sexual function; Orgasm function

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ORGASM; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; VAGINA; VASCULARIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; EROTICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORGASM; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VAGINA;

EID: 84859006966     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-011-9773-x     Document Type: Article

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