Are sexual problems a form of internalizing psychopathology? A structural equation modeling analysis

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-34

  Forbes, Miriam K ^a   Schniering, Carolyn A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Internalizing spectrum; Sexual dysfunction; Sexual problems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84871610862     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-012-9948-0     Document Type: Article

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