Count Me In: Response to Sexual Orientation Measures Among Older Adults

Research on Aging

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 464-480

  Fredriksen Goldsen, Karen I ^a   Kim, Hyun Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; LGB; LGBT; measurement; older adults; sexual minority health; sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNCERTAINTY;

AGED; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84930509512     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027514542109     Document Type: Article

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