Keeping it real: Young adult women's authenticity in relationships and daily condom use

Personal Relationships

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 573-584

  Impett, Emily A ^a   Breines, Juliana G ^b   Strachman, Amy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c eHarmony   (United States)

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EID: 78649798300     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2010.01290.x     Document Type: Article

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