The revised Mosher sex-guilt scale: Its psychometric properties and a proposed ten-item version

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 392-396

  Janda, Louis H ^a   Bazemore, Sharnail D ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957610513     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2010.482216     Document Type: Article

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