Premarital sexual standards and sociosexuality: Gender, ethnicity, and cohort differences

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1395-1405

  Sprecher, Susan ^a   Treger, Stanislav ^b   Sakaluk, John K ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic differences; Gender differences; Sexual attitudes; Sexual standards; Sociosexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; COITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALITY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; COITUS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERMISSIVENESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890571137     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-013-0145-6     Document Type: Article

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