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performance anxiety  

Definition

  • The fear that one will not be able to perform sexually. A cycle of anxiety is established such that anxiety creates failure and the failure perpetuates the anxiety. [Source: The Dictionary of Family Psychology and Family Therapy; performance anxiety]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-NWR0SSHC-0

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