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Author Regnerus, Mark

Title Premarital sex in America : how young Americans meet, mate, and think about marrying / Mark Regnerus and Jeremy Uecker
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 295 pages)
Contents Introduction -- The partnerships and practices of emerging adults -- Inside sexual relationships -- The college campus : sex 101 -- No strings attached: sex and emotional health -- Marriage in the minds of emerging adults -- Red sex, blue sex: relationship norms in a divided America -- The power of stories and ten myths about sex in emerging adulthood
Summary Drawing upon comprehensive research and hundreds of interviews, this study explores the sexual behavior and relationship formation styles of young adults in America. It uncovers how quickly relationships become sexual, the scripts they follow, how long they last and numerous stories about relationships and sex in emerging adulthood
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Premarital sex -- United States
Young adults -- Sexual behavior -- United States
Man-woman relationships -- United States
PSYCHOLOGY -- Human Sexuality.
SELF-HELP -- Sexual Instruction.
Man-woman relationships
Premarital sex
Young adults -- Sexual behavior
Vorehelicher Geschlechtsverkehr.
Sexualität.
Zweierbeziehung.
Föräktenskapliga sexuella relationer -- Förenta staterna.
United States
USA.
Form Electronic book
Author Uecker, Jeremy
ISBN 9780199792290
0199792291
9780199894741
0199894744