Sexual Self-Identification Among Behaviorally Bisexual Men in the Midwestern United States

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2015-2026

  Baldwin, Aleta ^a   Dodge, Brian ^a   Schick, Vanessa ^b   Hubach, Randolph D ^c   Bowling, Jessamyn ^a   Malebranche, David ^d   Goncalves, Gabriel ^a   Schnarrs, Phillip W ^e   Reece, Michael ^a   Fortenberry, J Dennis ^a,f  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual men; Bisexuality; Identities; Men who have sex with both men and women (MSMW); Sexual identity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940962488     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-014-0376-1     Document Type: Article

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