Attachment style and sexual permissiveness: The moderating role of gender

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 428-432

  Sprecher, Susan ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment styles; Gender; Sexuality; Sociosexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878197750     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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