Interaction of Birth Order, Handedness, and Sexual Orientation in the Kinsey Interview Data

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 845-853

  Bogaert, Anthony F ^a   Blanchard, Ray ^b   Crosthwait, Lesley E ^c  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

birth order; handedness; Kinsey; older brothers; sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; HANDEDNESS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SIBLING;

ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIBLINGS;

EID: 35748945772     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.121.5.845     Document Type: Article

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