Approach and avoidance sexual motives: Implications for personal and interpersonal well-being

Personal Relationships

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 465-482

  Impett, Emily A ^a   Peplau, Letitia A ^b   Gable, Shelly L ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 28044458944     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2005.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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