Love on television: Reality perception differences between men and women

North American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 269-276

  Punyanunt Carter, Narissra Maria ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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