Retrospective Reports of Developmental Stressors, Syndemics, and Their Association with Sexual Risk Outcomes Among Gay Men

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1879-1889

  Tulloch, Tyler G ^a   Rotondi, Nooshin K ^a,d   Ing, Stanley ^a   Myers, Ted ^b   Calzavara, Liviana M ^b   Loutfy, Mona R ^c   Hart, Trevor A ^a,b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bullying; Childhood abuse; HIV prevention; Minority stress; Sexual orientation; Syndemics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BULLYING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BULLYING; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940960760     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-015-0479-3     Document Type: Article

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