Stability and change in same-sex attraction, experience, and identity by sex and age in a New Zealand birth cohort

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 753-763

  Dickson, Nigel ^a   Van Roode, Thea ^a   Cameron, Claire ^a   Paul, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Longitudinal study; Sexual identity; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84881663242     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-012-0063-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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