Provoked vestibulodynia: Mediators of the associations between partner responses, pain, and sexual satisfaction

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-141

  Rosen, Natalie O ^a,b   Bergeron, Sophie ^a   Lambert, Bernard ^c   Steben, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catastrophizing; Dyadic adjustment; Pain; Partner responses; Provoked vestibulodynia; Sexual satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COITUS; COMORBIDITY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; VULVODYNIA;

ADULT; COITUS; COMORBIDITY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; VULVODYNIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871620612     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-012-9905-y     Document Type: Article

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