Demographic and psychosocial features of participants in bondage and discipline, "sadomasochism" or dominance and submission (bdsm): Data from a national survey

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1660-1668

  Richters, Juliet ^a   de Visser, Richard O ^a   Rissel, Chris E ^a   Grulich, Andrew E ^a   Smith, Anthony M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

National survey; Sadomasochism; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; LESBIAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASOCHISM; MASTURBATION; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; RATING SCALE; RECREATION; SADISM; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TELEPHONE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 47949131011     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00795.x     Document Type: Article

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