Implicit and explicit measurements of sexual preference in gay and heterosexual men: A comparison of priming techniques and the implicit association task

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 558-565

  Snowden, Robert J ^a   Wichter, Jan ^a   Gray, Nicola S ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erotic preference; Implicit measurement; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EROTISM; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ASSOCIATION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMANTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 45749154548     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9138-z     Document Type: Article

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