TITLE

Scare Her Pants Off

AUTHOR(S)
Spiker, Ted
PUB. DATE
November 2000
SOURCE
Men's Health (10544836);Nov2000, Vol. 15 Issue 9, p32
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Focuses on the effect of high-risk activities to married couples, according to a study by the psychologists at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
ACCESSION #
3650264

Tags: COUPLES;  RISK-taking (Psychology)

 

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