Descriptive and injunctive social norm overestimation in hooking up and their role as predictors of hook-up activity in a college student sample

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-94

  Barriger, Megan ^a   Vélez Blasini, Carlos J ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871306636     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2011.607928     Document Type: Article

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