Development, Reliability, and Validity of the Measure of Sexual Identity Exploration and Commitment (MoSIEC)

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-33

  Worthington, Roger L ^a   Navarro, Rachel L ^b   Savoy, Holly Bielstein ^c   Hampton, Dustin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

bisexual; gay; heterosexual; lesbian; sexual identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549133126     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.1.22     Document Type: Article

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