Attachment and daily sexual goals: A study of dating couples

Personal Relationships

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 375-390

  Impett, Emily A ^a   Gordon, Amie M ^a   Strachman, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b eHarmony   (United States)

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EID: 49349084223     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2008.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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