How do heterosexual undergraduate students define having sex? A new approach to an old question

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 507-516

  Sewell, Kelsey K ^a   Strassberg, Donald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929607666     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2014.888389     Document Type: Article

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