The Conditional Importance of Sex: Exploring the Association Between Sexual Well-Being and Life Satisfaction

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy

• Publication date

  2015-01-02

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1080/0092623X.2013.811450PMID 24308354
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