Interracial dating: The implications of race for initiating a romantic relationship

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-64

  Kalbfleisch, Pamela J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Date Initiation; Dating; Interracial; Interracial Dating; Q sort Methodology; Race; Relationships; Romance; Strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937329663     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106461700246715     Document Type: Article

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