Recalled separation anxiety and gender atypicality in childhood: A study of Canadian heterosexual and homosexual men and women

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1233-1240

  Vanderlaan, Doug P ^a   Gothreau, Laura M ^a   Bartlett, Nancy H ^b   Vasey, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender atypicality; Gender identity; Separation anxiety; Sex differences; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SEPARATION ANXIETY;

ADULT; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 82355171342     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-010-9695-z     Document Type: Article

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