Relationships between daily sexual interactions and domain-specific and general models of personality traits

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 497-515

  Smith, C Veronica ^a   Nezlek, John B ^b   Webster, Gregory D ^c   Paddock, E Layne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five; Diary study; Sexual interaction; Sexy Seven

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547500759     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407507079236     Document Type: Article

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