Body image and personality traits of male-to-female transsexuals and homosexuals

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 927-938

  Bozkurt, Ali ^a   Isikli, Hasmet ^b   Demir, Fusun ^b   Nahit Ozmenler, K ^a   Gulcat, Zeynep ^a   Karlidere, Tunay ^a   Aydin, Hamdullah ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b School of Dentistry   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body image; Homosexuals; Personality; Transgender; Transsexuals

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749333404     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2006.34.8.927     Document Type: Article

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