Sexual scripts among young heterosexually active men and women: Continuity and change

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 409-420

  Masters, N Tatiana ^a   Casey, Erin ^b   Wells, Elizabeth A ^a   Morrison, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877652611     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2012.661102     Document Type: Article

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