Intimacy, commitment, and adaptation: Sexual relationships within long-term marriages

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 595-609

  Hinchliff, Sharron ^a,b   Gott, Merryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Sheffield Institute for Studies on Ageing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intimacy; Long term marriage; Older people; Sexual relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444271019     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407504045889     Document Type: Article

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