Extra relationship involvement among women: Are they different from men?

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 119-142

  Banfield, Sophie ^a   McCabe, Marita P ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

extrarelationship sex; female; nonmonogamy; relationship qualities; theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGED; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0035320688     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002773100507     Document Type: Article

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