Fraternal birth order and ratio of heterosexual/homosexual feelings in women and men

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 161-174

  McConaghy, Nathaniel ^a,d   Hadzi Pavlovic, Dusan ^a   Stevens, Carol ^b   Manicavasagar, Vijaya ^a   Buhrich, Neil ^c   Vollmer Conna, Ute ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eldest brother personality; Fraternal birth order; Heterosexuality; Homosexuality; Maternal immune reaction

Indexed keywords

BIRTH ORDER; BISEXUALITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX LINKED BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; SIBLING; TWINS;

ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SIBLINGS;

EID: 33845258316     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v51n04_09     Document Type: Conference Paper

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