Understanding human ambivalence about sex: The effects of stripping sex of meaning

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 310-320

  Goldenberg, Jamie L ^a   Cox, Cathy R ^b   Pyszczynski, Tom ^b   Greenberg, Jeff ^c   Solomon, Sheldon ^d  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIVALENCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF ESTEEM; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SYMBOLISM; THEORY;

EID: 0036871222     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490209552155     Document Type: Article

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