Perceptions About Tactile Intimacy in Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Pairs Based on Research Participants' Sexual Orientation

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 124-132

  Derlega, Valerian J ^a   Catanzaro, Diane ^b   Lewis, Robin J ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845668223     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1524-9220.2.2.124     Document Type: Article

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