From kissing to coitus? Sex-of-partner differences in the sexual milestone achievement of young men

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 727-735

  Smiler, Andrew P ^a   Frankel, Loren B W ^b   Savin Williams, Ritch C ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental trajectories; Positive sexuality; Romantic relationships; Sexual behavior; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COITUS; COURTSHIP; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959780676     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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