Intimacy, identity and status: Measuring dating goals in late adolescence and emerging adulthood

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 311-322

  Zimmer Gembeck, Melanie J ^a   Hughes, Nicole ^a   Kelly, Marguerite ^a   Connolly, Jennifer ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dating; Identity; Intimacy; Romantic relationships; Sexual behavior; Sexual orientation; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864777256     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-011-9253-6     Document Type: Article

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