Commitment, intimacy, and women's perceptions of premarital sex and contraceptive readiness

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 447-464

  Hynie, Michaela ^a   Lydon, John E ^b   Taradash, Ali ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE--WOMEN; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PREMARITAL SEX BEHAVIOR--WOMEN; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDIES; SURVEYS; VALUE ORIENTATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE--WOMEN; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PREMARITAL SEX BEHAVIOR--WOMEN; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STUDIES; SURVEYS; VALUE ORIENTATION;

AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; NORTH AMERICA; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0031282995     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1997.tb00124.x     Document Type: Article

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