Perceived "out of control" sexual behavior in a cohort of young adults from the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health And Development study

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 968-978

  Skegg, Keren ^a   Nada Raja, Shyamala ^a   Dickson, Nigel ^a   Paul, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse; Compulsive sexual behavior; Hypersexuality; Sexual addiction; Sexual behavior; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND SEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77955664761     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-009-9504-8     Document Type: Article

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