Intimacy, sexual desire and differentiation in couplehood: A theoretical and methodological review

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 263-280

  Ferreira, Luana Cunha ^a,b   Narciso, Isabel ^a   Novo, Rosa Ferreira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MARITAL THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SPOUSE;

COUPLES THERAPY; COURTSHIP; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MARITAL THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY; SPOUSES;

EID: 84861320671     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2011.606885     Document Type: Review

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