Taking casual sex not too casually: Exploring definitions of casual sexual relationships

Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 75-91

  Wentland, Jocelyn J ^a   Reissing, Elke D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

EID: 84855291601     PISSN: 11884517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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