Gender differences in love, sex, and motivation for sex

Psychological Reports

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 435-450

  Murstein, Bernard I ^a   Tuerkheimer, Alan ^b  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032039738     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1998.82.2.435     Document Type: Article

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