Having sex" as a graded and hierarchical construct: A comparison of sexual definitions among heterosexual and Lesbian emerging adults in the U.K.

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-150

  Horowitz, Ava D ^a   Spicer, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIANISM; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873301620     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2011.635322     Document Type: Article

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