Deception in disclosing one's sexual history: Safe-sex avoidance or ignorance?

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 300-314

  Lucchetti, Anne E ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deception; Developing relationships; Dialectical tension; Safe sex activity; Sexual history disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442340906     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463379909385561     Document Type: Article

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