Daily associations between partner responses and sexual and relationship satisfaction in couples coping with provoked vestibulodynia

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1028-1039

  Rosen, Natalie O ^a,b   Muise, Amy ^c   Bergeron, Sophie ^d   Delisle, Isabelle ^b   Baxter, Mary Lou ^e  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Daily Experience Sampling; Partner Responses; Provoked Vestibulodynia; Relationship Satisfaction; Sexual Satisfaction; Vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOKED VESTIBULODYNIA; RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL PARTNER ATTITUDE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; VAGINA PAIN; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; COITUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; VULVODYNIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COITUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; VULVODYNIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926417642     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12840     Document Type: Article

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