The role of maladaptive cognitions in hypersexuality among highly sexually active gay and bisexual men

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 669-683

  Pachankis, John E ^a,b   Jonathon Rendina, H ^b,c   Ventuneac, Ana ^b   Grov, Christian ^b,c,d   Parsons, Jeffrey T ^b,c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for HIV AIDS Educational Studies and Training   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay and bisexual men; Hypersexuality; Maladaptive cognitions; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; COGNITION; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84902532518     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-014-0261-y     Document Type: Article

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