Should Sexual Problems Be Included in the Internalizing Spectrum? A Comparison of Dimensional and Categorical Models

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 70-90

  Forbes, Miriam K ^a,b   Baillie, Andrew J ^a,b   Schniering, Carolyn A ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use   (Australia)

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EID: 84949623150     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2014.996928     Document Type: Article

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