Paper investigates non-biological aspects of sexual orientation development.

Date
Feb 14, 2019
Type
Academic / Technical Report
Source
Developmental Psychology
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Secondary
Reference

Yin Xu et al., "Early life conditions and adolescent sexual orientation: A prospective birth cohort study," Developmental Psychology 55, no. 6 (2019): 1226.

Scribe/Publisher
Developmental Psychology
People
Yin Xu, Developmental Psychology, Qazi Rahman, Sam Norton
Audience
General Public
PDF
Transcription

Research suggests that genetic factors explains approximately one third of the variation in sexual orientation (Bailey et al., 2016). Thus, most of the differences between people in their sexual orientation are due to environmental factors (often nonshared) pointing to multiple etiology.

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