Context counts: Long-term sequelae of premarital intercourse or abstinence

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 102-112

  Else Quest, Nicole M ^a   Hyde, Janet Shibley ^a   DeLamater, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DRUG ABUSE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; GUILT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREPUBERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELATIVE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 20144378784     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490509552263     Document Type: Article

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