Wrinkles and Sagging Flesh: Exploring Transformations in Women's Sexual Body Image

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-23

  Montemurro, Beth ^a   Gillen, Meghan M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; body image; sexuality; women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY; SKIN AGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870998351     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2012.720179     Document Type: Article

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