Influences on loneliness, depression, sexual-risk behaviour and suicidal ideation among Thai transgender youth

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 726-737

  Yadegarfard, Mohammadrasool ^a   Ho, Robert ^a   Bahramabadian, Fatemeh ^a  

^a ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

depression; loneliness; sexual risk behaviour; suicidal ideation; Thailand; transgender

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; THAILAND; TRANSGENDER; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRANSSEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; THAILAND; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879691318     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2013.784362     Document Type: Article

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