Measuring community connectedness among diverse sexual minority populations

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-49

  Frost, David M ^a   Meyer, Ilan H ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PREJUDICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84856614817     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2011.565427     Document Type: Article

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