Negotiated nonmonogamy and male couples

Family Process

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 407-418

  Shernoff, Michael ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Gay Men; Male Couples; Monogamy; Sexual Nonexclusivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COITUS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FAMILY THERAPY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEXUALITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COITUS; COUPLES THERAPY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY THERAPY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEGOTIATING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 33750248029     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2006.00179.x     Document Type: Article

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