Volunteer bias in human sexuality research: Evidence for both sexuality and personality differences in males

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-140

  Bogaert, Anthony F ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

personality; sampling; sexuality; volunteers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EROTISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOLUNTEER;

EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 0029963096     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02437932     Document Type: Article

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