College virgins: How men and women perceive their sexual status

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-15

  Sprecher, Susan ^a   Regan, Pamela C ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEAR; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION RISK; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0030007454     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499609551810     Document Type: Article

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