Measures of clinical health among female-to-male transgender persons as a function of sexual orientation

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 463-474

  Meier, S Colton ^a   Pardo, Seth T ^b   Labuski, Christine ^c   Babcock, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender Identity Disorder; Sexual orientation; Transgender; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSSEXUALISM; TRANSSEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84876288890     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-012-0052-2     Document Type: Article

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