Using the California Q-sort Measure of Life History Strategy to Predict Sexual Behavioral Outcomes

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1705-1711

  Dunkel, Curtis S ^a   Summerville, Lauren A ^a   Mathes, Eugene W ^a   Kesserling, Sean N ^a  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Life history theory; Longitudinal; Measurement; Q sort

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; Q-SORT; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938253936     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-014-0445-5     Document Type: Article

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