The effect of target's physical attractiveness and dominance on STD-risk perceptions

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1738-1755

  Dijkstra, Pieternel ^a   Buunk, Bram P ^a   Blanton, Hart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0034237919     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02465.x     Document Type: Article

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