Social Dominance Orientation Relates to Believing Men Should Dominate Sexually, Sexual Self-Efficacy, and Taking Free Female Condoms Among Undergraduate Women and Men

Sex Roles

Volumn 67, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 659-669

  Rosenthal, Lisa ^a   Levy, Sheri R ^b   Earnshaw, Valerie A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female condoms; Gender; Power; Sexual risk behavior; Sexual self efficacy; Social dominance orientation; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870289363     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-012-0207-6     Document Type: Article

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