Toward a Person × Situation Model of Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors: Illuminating the Conditional Effects of Traits Across Sexual Situations and Relationship Contexts

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 319-341

  Cooper, M Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

close relationships; person situation; personality; sexual behavior; sexual experience

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449099082     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017785     Document Type: Article

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