Sexual Behavior in Young Adulthood: A Population-Based Twin Study

Health Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 610-617

  Mustanski, Brian ^a   Viken, Richard J ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b,c   Winter, Torsten ^b   Rose, Richard J ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

environments; genes; sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX LIMITATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ADULT; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34748914607     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.26.5.610     Document Type: Article

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