Changes in American Adults’ Sexual Behavior and Attitudes, 1972–2012
2015/05/04 by Jean M. Twenge, Ryne A. Sherman, Brooke E. Wells · 323 citations
Health Professions · Psychology · #Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health #Baby boomers #Casual #Context (archaeology) #Demography #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Generation x #Geography #Political science #Premarital sex #Psychology #Sexual behavior #Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology #Social psychology #Sociology
paper · doi:10.1007/s10508-015-0540-2
published in Archives of Sexual Behavior 44(8), 2273-2285 (Springer Science+Business Media)
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