Therapist-aided exposure for women with lifelong vaginismus: A randomized waiting-list control trial of efficacy

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1127-1136

  Ter Kuile, Moniek M ^a   Melles, Reinhilde ^b   De Groot, H Ellen ^a   Tuijnman Raasveld, Charlotte C ^a   Van Lankveld, Jacques J D M ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

exposure; lifelong vaginismus; sexual dysfunction; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COITAL FEAR; COITAL PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEAR; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFELONG VAGINISMUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGIST; SEXOLOGY; SEXUAL DISTRESS; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL WORKER; THERAPIST AIDED EXPOSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; VAGINISM; COITUS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VAGINISMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COITUS; CULTURE; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VAGINISMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889054139     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034292     Document Type: Article

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