Does maltreatment in childhood affect sexual orientation in adulthood?

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-171

  Roberts, Andrea L ^a   Glymour, M Maria ^a   Koenen, Karestan C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Homosexuality; Instrumental variable models; Sexual behavior; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876943102     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-012-0021-9     Document Type: Article

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