Sexuality in Couples

Pelc, Noelany; Abbott, Dena

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Noelany Pelc⁴ &
Dena Abbott⁵

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Department of Psychology and Family Therapy, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, USA
Noelany Pelc
Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, USA
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Pelc, N., Abbott, D. (2018). Sexuality in Couples. In: Lebow, J., Chambers, A., Breunlin, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_420-1

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_420-1
Received: 15 June 2018
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