Indirect Measurement of Sexual Orientation: Comparison of the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure, Viewing Time, and Choice Reaction Time Tasks

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1483-1492

  Rönspies, Jelena ^a   Schmidt, Alexander F ^a,b   Melnikova, Anna ^a   Krumova, Rosina ^a   Zolfagari, Asadeh ^a   Banse, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Choice Reaction Time; Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure; Sexual orientation; Viewing Time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931008422     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-014-0473-1     Document Type: Article

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