Sexual scripts: Social and therapeutic implications

Sexual and Relationship Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-120

  Mccormick, Naomi B ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 77951155404     PISSN: 14681994     EISSN: 14681749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681990903550167     Document Type: Article

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