The relationship between sexual quality of life, happiness, and satisfaction with life in married turkish women

Sexuality and Disability

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 239-247

  Dogan, Tayfun ^a   Tugut, Nilufer ^b   Golbasi, Zehra ^b  

^a NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Happiness; Satisfaction with life; Sexual quality of life; Sexual well being; Subjective well being; Turkish women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 84882918115     PISSN: 01461044     EISSN: 15736717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11195-013-9302-z     Document Type: Article

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