Body image, body satisfaction, and unsafe anal intercourse among men who have sex with men

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-56

  Allensworth Davies, Donald ^a   Welles, Seth L ^b   Hellerstedt, Wendy L ^c   Ross, Michael W ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNDERWEIGHT; UNSAFE SEX; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; COITUS; DEPRESSION; HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; COITUS; DEPRESSION; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 46049115332     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490701808142     Document Type: Article

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