Straightening out the queer? Same-sex experience and attraction among young people in Norway

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-30

  Hegna, Kristinn ^a   Larsen, Camilla Jordheim ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN RELATION; LESBIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 34047263944     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050600965984     Document Type: Article

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