Don't even think about it: The role of sexual fantasies as perceived unfaithfulness in heterosexual dating relationships

Journal of Sex Education and Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 246-254

  Yarab, Paul E ^a   Allgeier, Elizabeth Rice ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMOTION; FANTASY; FEMALE; GUILT; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JEALOUSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

EID: 0032419568     PISSN: 01614576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01614576.1998.11074249     Document Type: Article

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