Four groups of women (N = 59) were compared on Hudson's Index of Sexual Satisfaction. Alcohol's effect on these women's sexual experience was investigated. Alcoholic women and wives of alcoholics showed significantly more sexual dissatisfaction than normal women and those in treatment for non-alcoholic problems.
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