Rules about casual sex partners, relationship satisfaction, and HIV risk in partnered gay and bisexual men

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 105-122

  Grov, Christian ^a,b,c   Starks, Tyrel J ^b   Rendina, H Jonathon ^b,c   Parsons, Jeffrey ^a,b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Center for HIV AIDS Educational Studies and Training   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BISEXUALITY; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893841520     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2012.691948     Document Type: Article

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