Correlates of same-sex attractions and behaviors among self-identified heterosexual university students

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1199-1208

  Knight, Luis F Morales ^a   Hope, Debra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterosexuality; Homosexuality; Sexual identity; Sexual orientation; Sexual prejudice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RELIGION AND SEX; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84869219541     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-012-9927-5     Document Type: Review

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