True Love Waits? A Sibling-Comparison Study of Age at First Sexual Intercourse and Romantic Relationships in Young Adulthood

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1324-1336

  Harden, K Paige ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent development; behavior genetics; relationship quality; sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868544228     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612442550     Document Type: Article

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