Recalling, reacting but not so much regretting: How young adults describe their sexual and romantic infidelity experiences.
Infidelity is reported at high rates despite strong societal prohibitions against it, leading to questions about whether outcomes support the motives driving infidelity. Little is known about whether motives behind infidelity correspond to perceived outcomes, including regret, but such information m...
| Publicado en: | Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 321 - 332 |
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University of Toronto Press
Dec2023
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