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Support for a Fluid-Continuum Model of Sexual Orientation: A Large-Scale Internet Study
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In a study with 17,785 subjects obtained over the Internet from the United States and 47 other countries, Kinsey's hypothesis that sexual orientation lies on a continuum was supported. Self-identifications of subjects as gay, straight, bisexual, and other corresponded to broad, skewed distributions, suggesting that such terms are misleading for many people. Sexual orientation range-roughly, how much flexibility someone has in expressing sexual orientation-was also measured. The results support a fluid-continuum model of sexual orientation, according to which genetic and environmental factors determine both the size of the sexual orientation range and the point at which an individual's sexual orientation is centered on the continuum.
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“past studies show disjunctures between a person's self-described sexual identity and with whom the individual engages in sexual behavior, or to whom the individual is sexually attracted (Epstein et al. 2012; Igartua et al. 2009; Kinsey et al. 1953; Laumann et al. 1994)”
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“…a person’s self-described sexual identity and with whom the individual engages in sexual behavior, or to whom the individual is sexually attracted (Epstein et al. 2012; Igartua et al. 2009; Kinsey et al. 1953; Laumann et al. 1994), and these disjunctures have been shown to change research…”
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- Authors
- Epstein, R., McKinney, P., Fox, S., & Garcia, C.
- Affiliations
- American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Corresponding author
- Epstein, Robert
- ORCID
- Epstein, Robert
- Venue
- Journal of Homosexuality
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2012-11
- Volume
- 59
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1356-1381
- ISSN
- 0091-8369 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-3602
- OpenAlex
- W2004258853
- Cited by
- 70
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 6.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Homosexuality (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
- Keywords
- sexual orientation, continuum model, Kinsey scale, self-identification, bisexual identity, genetic and environmental factors, cross-national comparison
- MeSH terms
- Bisexuality, Data Collection, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Male, Models, Psychological, Sexual Behavior, United States, Reproducibility of Results, Homosexuality, Male, Homosexuality, Female, Heterosexuality, Internet
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