Support for a Fluid-Continuum Model of Sexual Orientation: A Large-Scale Internet Study

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1356-1381

  Epstein, Robert ^a   McKinney, Paul ^a   Fox, Shannon ^b   Garcia, Carlos ^b  

^a American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfred Kinsey; Epstein Sexual Orientation Inventory; ESOI; fluid continuum model of sexual orientation; mean sexual orientation; sexual orientation; sexual orientation continuum; sexual orientation range; sexual orientation test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; LESBIAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BISEXUALITY; DATA COLLECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869841924     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2012.724634     Document Type: Article

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