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Same-Sex Attraction and Youth
Research also makes clear that individuals who ultimately adopt a non-heterosexual lifestyle are more likely to suffer from a host of negative outcomes including psychiatric disorders, domestic violence and sexual assault, and increased risk for chronic diseases, AIDS and shortened life spans. 12,13,14,15,16,17 Schools should not affirm and thereby encourage young people to adopt lifestyles mor...
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An important path analysis study by Bell, Weinberg, and Hammersmith (1981a) is usually interpreted in the literature as proving there are no social/upbringing effects on development of adult SSA (same-sex attraction). Instead, the study said that varying social factors leading to SSA occur in different ways in various classes, such as bisexuals, blacks, and effeminate homosexuals. It correctly ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.1.44