Measurement of sexual identity in surveys: Implications for substance abuse research

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 649-657

  McCabe, Sean Esteban ^a   Hughes, Tonda L ^a,b   Bostwick, Wendy ^a,c   Morales, Michele ^a   Boyd, Carol J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Sexual identity; Sexual orientation; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALITY; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84864034438     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-011-9768-7     Document Type: Article

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