Urban heterosexual couples' sexual scripts for three shared sexual experiences

Sex Roles

Volumn 58, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 626-638

  Seal, David Wyatt ^a   Smith, Michael ^b   Coley, Brenda ^c   Perry, June ^d   Gamez, Maria ^e  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Diverse and Resilient Inc   (United States)

^d New Concept Self Development Center Inc   (United States)

^e Bilingual Communication Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Heterosexuals; Sexual scripts; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149127576     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9369-z     Document Type: Article

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