Body image satisfaction in heterosexual, gay, and lesbian adults

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 713-725

  Peplau, Letitia Anne ^a   Frederick, David A ^a   Yee, Curtis ^a   Maisel, Natalya ^a   Lever, Janet ^b   Ghavami, Negin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Body mass index; Quality of sex life; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70349251937     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-008-9378-1     Document Type: Article

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