Romantic Emotional Attachment: Additional Factors in the Development of the Sexual Orientation of Men.

Johnston, Michael W.; Bell, Alan P.

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ERIC Number: EJ517426

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Romantic Emotional Attachment: Additional Factors in the Development of the Sexual Orientation of Men.

Johnston, Michael W.; Bell, Alan P.

Journal of Counseling & Development, v73 n6 p621-25 Jul-Aug 1995

Compared reports of gay and heterosexual male college students about particular behaviors and feelings during childhood and adolescence. Results were interpreted as providing general support for Bell's heterogamy principle that regardless of one's sexual orientation, romantic attachments will be to people perceived different from one's self. (Author/JBJ)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Children, College Students, Heterosexuality, Higher Education, Homosexuality, Males, Personality Traits, Sex Role, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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