Young adult casual sexual behavior: Life-course-specific motivations and consequences

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-101

  Lyons, Heidi A ^a   Manning, Wendy D ^b   Longmore, Monica A ^b   Giordano, Peggy C ^b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Casual sex; Gender; Life course theory; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900848274     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731121413517557     Document Type: Article

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