American Political-Party Affiliation as a Predictor of Usage of an Adultery Website.
The more politically conservative Americans are, the more restrictive their sexual attitudes are. A natural follow-up question is how this difference in attitudes relates to actual behavior. But self-reports of sexual behavior may be compromised by a social desirability bias that is influenced by th...
| Published in: | Archives of Sexual Behavior Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 715 - 724 |
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Springer Nature
Apr2019
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