Becoming Homosexual: A Model of Gay Identity Acquisition

Psychiatry (New York)

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1979, Pages 362-373

  Troiden, Richard R ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EGO; HOMOSEXUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0018569016     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/00332747.1979.11024039     Document Type: Article

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