Love styles: A cross-cultural study of British, Indian, and Portuguese college students

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-254

  Neto, Félix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Culture; Gender; Love styles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; INDIA; INDIVIDUALITY; LOVE; MALE; PORTUGAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249931106     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.38.2.239     Document Type: Article

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