Anxiety and female sexual functioning: An empirical study

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 216-240

  Dèttore, Davide ^a   Pucciarelli, Martina ^b   Santarnecchi, Emiliano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Istituto Miller   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AROUSAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANIC DISORDER; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84876417772     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2011.606879     Document Type: Article

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