Anticipated regret and precautionary sexual behavior

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 1411-1428

  Richard, René ^a   De Vries, Nanne K ^a   Van Der Pligt, Joop ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0032333792     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1998.tb01684.x     Document Type: Article

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