A psychosocial study of male-to-female transgendered and male hustler sex workers in São Paulo, Brazil

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1223-1231

  Prado Cortez, Fernanda Cestaro ^a   Boer, Douglas Pieter ^b   Baltieri, Danilo Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Male hustlers; Personality; Prostitution; Sex workers; Transgender; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHARACTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; TEMPERAMENT; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CHARACTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX WORKERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEMPERAMENT; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82355182154     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-011-9776-7     Document Type: Article

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