No strings attached: The nature of casual sex in college students

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-267

  Grello, Catherine M ^a   Welsh, Deborah P ^a   Harper, Melinda S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEORY;

EID: 33748251305     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490609552324     Document Type: Article

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