Evidence that male sexual orientation is a matter of degree

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 862-870

  Haslam, Nick ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031253726     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.73.4.862     Document Type: Article

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