The Sexual Double Standard and Adolescent Peer Acceptance
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Identity, peer relationships, and adolescent girls' sexual behavior: an exploration of the contemporary double standard.
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عنوان ژورنال: Social Psychology Quarterly
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0190-2725,1939-8999
DOI: 10.1177/019027250907200205