Identifying Basic Classes of Sexual Orientation with Latent Profile Analysis: Developing the Multivariate Sexual Orientation Classification System.
Despite considerable progress, research on sexual minorities has been hindered by a lack of clarity and consistency in defining sexual minority groups. Further, despite recent recommendations to assess the three main dimensions of sexual orientation-identity, behavior, and attraction-it remains uncl...
| Publicado en: | Archives of Sexual Behavior Vol. 48; no. 5; pp. 1403 - 1423 |
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Jul2019
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