Sexual orientation and quality of life among university students from Cuba, Norway, India, and South Africa

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 655-669

  Træen, Bente ^a   Martinussen, Monica ^a   Vitters, Joar ^a   Saini, Sunil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cuba; Fear; Happiness; India; Norway; Personal growth; Satisfaction with life; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUBA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; LESBIAN; MALE; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CUBA; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NORWAY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS;

EID: 70449658375     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918360903005311     Document Type: Article

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