Barriers and bridges to intimacy and mutuality: A critical review of sexual advice found in self-help bestsellers

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 289-311

  Zimmerman, Toni Schindler ^a   Holm, Kristen E ^b   Daniels, Kathrine C ^b   Haddock, Shelley A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Marital and family therapy; Popular press; Self help literature; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141755275     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015399324887     Document Type: Article

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