Cyber-flirting: An examination of men's and women's flirting behaviour both offline and on the internet

Behaviour Change

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-126

  Whitty, Monica T ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; INTIMACY; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 9244225112     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/bech.21.2.115.55423     Document Type: Article

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