Preferred level of sexual experience in a date or mate: The merger of two methodologies

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 327-337

  Sprecher, Susan ^b   Regan, Pamela C ^a   McKinney, Kathleen ^c   Maxwell, Kellye ^c   Wazienski, Robert ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 0031461921     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499709551901     Document Type: Article

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