Disco clothing, female sexual motivation, and relationship status: Is she dressed to impress?

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 66-74

  Grammer, Karl ^a,b   Renninger, LeeAnn ^a   Fischer, Bettina ^a  

^a L Boltzmann Inst Urban Ethology   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

CLOTHING; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BODY IMAGE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALIVA; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; BODY IMAGE; CLOTHING; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; SALIVA; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 3042777949     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490409552214     Document Type: Review

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