Power and attraction to the counternormative aspects of infidelity

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 54-63

  Lammers, Joris ^a   Maner, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; EXTRAMARITAL SEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84922989890     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2014.989483     Document Type: Article

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