Body piercing, personality, and sexual behavior

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-54

  Skegg, Keren ^a   Nada Raja, Shyamala ^a   Paul, Charlotte ^a   Skegg, David C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Body piercing; Personality; Sexual behavior; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY PIERCING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EAR LOBE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; MULTIDISCIPLINARY HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK; SAMPLE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY PIERCING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33846817505     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9087-6     Document Type: Article

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