Female exotic dancers: Intrapersonal and interpersonal perspectives

Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-52

  Philaretou, Andreas G ^a,b  

^a CYPRUS COLLEGE   (Cyprus)

^b The School of Humanities and Social Sciences   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CAREER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DANCING; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL ADDICTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 33645009490     PISSN: 10720162     EISSN: 15325318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10720160500529243     Document Type: Article

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