Sexual expression: its emotional context in heterosexual, gay, and lesbian couples

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-314

  Ridley, Carl ^b   Ogolsky, Brian ^a   Payne, Pamela ^b   Totenhagen, Casey ^b   Cate, Rodney ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; AFFECT; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN RELATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 55249124809     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490802204449     Document Type: Article

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