The positive aspects of a bisexual self-identification

Psychology and Sexuality

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-144

  Rostosky, Sharon Scales ^a   Riggle, Ellen D B ^a   Pascale Hague, David ^a   McCants, LaWanda E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Counselling; Positive psychology; Psychotherapy; Sexual identity; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956306328     PISSN: 19419899     EISSN: 19419902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2010.484595     Document Type: Article

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