Are there religious variations in marital infidelity?

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1553-1581

  Burdette, Amy M ^a   Ellison, Christopher G ^b   Sherkat, Darren E ^c   Gore, Kurt A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infidelity; Marriage; Religion; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648977667     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X07304269     Document Type: Article

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