Sexual and relationship intimacy among women with provoked vestibulodynia and their partners: Associations with sexual satisfaction, sexual function, and pain self-efficacy

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2024-2035

  Bois, Katy ^a   Bergeron, Sophie ^a   Rosen, Natalie O ^b   Mcduff, Pierre ^a   Grégoire, Catherine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Couple; Dyspareunia; Empathy; Intimacy; Pain; Pain Self Efficacy; Provoked Vestibulodynia; Sexual Function; Sexual Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOKED VESTIBULODYNIA; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VULVODYNIA; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALITY; VULVODYNIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881103141     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12210     Document Type: Article

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