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The positive aspects of a bisexual self-identification

Sharon Scales Rostosky Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Ellen D.B. Riggle Departments of Political Science and Gender and Women's Studies, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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David Pascale-Hague Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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LaWanda E. McCants Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
Pages 131-144 | Received 21 Jan 2010, Accepted 22 Mar 2010, Published online: 28 May 2010

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