An Exploratory Study of Student Service Members/Veterans Mental Health Characteristics by Sexual Orientation

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 508-512

  Pelts, Michael D ^a   Albright, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

and bisexual (LGB); college; gay; lesbian; mental health; sexual orientation; student veteran

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MINORITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VETERAN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MINORITIES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VETERANS;

EID: 84942042275     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: 19403208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2014.947992     Document Type: Article

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