Coping styles as mediator of sexual orientation-related health differences

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 253-263

  Sandfort, Theo G M ^a,b   Bakker, Floor ^c   Schellevis, François ^d   Vanwesenbeeck, Ine ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Rutgers Nisso Group   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coping styles; Epidemiology; Mental health; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BISEXUALITY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEXUALITY;

EID: 62149124279     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9233-9     Document Type: Article

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