Wanting sex and wanting to wait: Young adults' accounts of sexual messages from first significant dating partners

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 515-541

  Morgan, Elizabeth M ^a   Zurbriggen, Eileen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Romantic relationships; Sexual coercion; Sexual roles; Sexual socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048962052     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353507083102     Document Type: Article

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