When Does Responsiveness Pique Sexual Interest? Attachment and Sexual Desire in Initial Acquaintanceships

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 946-958

  Birnbaum, Gurit E ^a   Reis, Harry T ^b  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; attraction; gender differences; responsiveness; sexual desire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84862026260     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167212441028     Document Type: Article

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