Premarital sex and marital satisfaction of middle aged men and women: A study of married lithuanian couples

Sex Roles

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 21-32

  Legkauskas, Visvaldas ^a   Stankevičienė, Džeralda ^a  

^a VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Marital satisfaction; Premarital cohabitation; Premarital sex; Sexual intercourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149137007     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9497-0     Document Type: Article

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