Pleasure reading: Associations between young women's sexual attitudes and their reading of contemporary women's magazines

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-58

  Kim, Janna L ^a   Ward, L Monique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 1842714440     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2004.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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