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Article: Sexual function and the menopausal woman: the importance of age and partner's sexual functioning.(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- The Journal of Sex Research
- Article date:
- August 1, 2001
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Sexual behavior involves a complex interplay of biochemical, neurophysiological, and cognitive processes (Bancroft, 1988). Age, and the availability and presence of a partner, further contribute to the multivariate nature of human sexuality (Segraves & Segraves, 1995). The influence of menopause on sexual function has received much attention in the research; however, the influence of age and partner presence is often not considered. Those studies that have considered the influence of age on the sexual function of the menopausal woman are inconsistent in their findings. McCoy (1998), in a recent study, also suggested that partner's sexual interest and partner's sexual ...