Psychometric properties of a Spanish adaptation of the sexual sensation seeking scale in Spanish adolescents;Adaptación castellana y propiedades psicométricas de la escala de búsqueda de sensaciones sexuales en adolescentes Españoles

Revista Mexicana de Psicologia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-137

  Teva Álvarez, Inmaculada ^a   Bermúdez, María Paz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Sexual risk behaviour; Sexual sensation seeking; Spanish language adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249095994     PISSN: 01856073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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