University students' definitions of having sex, sexual partner, and virginity loss: The influence of participant gender, sexual experience, and contextual factors

Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 11-29

  Trotter, Eileah C ^a   Alderson, Kevin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASTURBATION; MATE CHOICE; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; ORGASM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 35948932306     PISSN: 11884517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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