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Birth order and sibling sex ratio in homosexual versus heterosexual males and females

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This article examines family demographics and birth order in relation to homosexuality. The author discusses psychological and biological theories explaining homosexuality, concluding that homosexuals generally have a late average birth order, but not an elevated sibling ratio.

Author: Blanchard, Ray
Publisher: Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Inc.
Publication Name: Annual Review of Sex Research
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 1053-2528
Year: 1997
Demographic aspects, Family, Brothers and sisters, Birth order

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Understanding the unprotected sexual behaviors of gay, lesbian, and bisexual youths: an empirical test of the cognitive-environmental model

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Research about unprotected sexual behavior of gay teenagers is presented. Behavioral associations that lead to unprotected sex the roles of self-efficacy and poor intentions, and data analysis through a cognitive-environmental model are discussed.

Author: Rosario, Margaret, Hunter, Joyce, Mahler, Karen, Gwadz, Marya
Publisher: American Psychological Association, Inc.
Publication Name: Health Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0278-6133
Year: 1999
Usage, Condoms, Gay teenagers, Gay youth

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Gender in homosexual boys: some developmental and clinical considerations

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Issues concerning the development of male homosexuality are examined. Topics include the experience of feeling different from other boys; the experience of being shunned; and feelings of pride, shame, and guilt.

Author: Isay, Richard A.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, a Division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: The American Journal of Psychoanalysis
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0002-9548
Year: 2001

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Subjects list: Psychological aspects, United States, Homosexuality
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