Gender nonconformity, intelligence, and sexual orientation

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 623-630

  Rahman, Qazi ^a   Bhanot, Suraj ^a   Emrith Small, Hanna ^a   Ghafoor, Shilan ^a   Roberts, Steven ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood gender nonconformity; Cognition; Intelligence; NART; Sexual orientation; WAIS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84864037373     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-011-9737-1     Document Type: Article

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