Predictors of sexual assertiveness: The role of sexual desire, arousal, attitudes, and partner abuse

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1043-1052

  Santos Iglesias, Pablo ^a   Sierra, Juan Carlos ^a   Vallejo Medina, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Partner abuse; Sexual arousal; Sexual assertiveness; Sexual attitudes; Sexual desire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 84882255152     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-012-9998-3     Document Type: Article

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