Coming Out in the Age of the Internet: Identity "Demarginalization" Through Virtual Group Participation

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 681-694

  McKenna, Katelyn Y A ^a   Bargh, John A ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032333407     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.75.3.681     Document Type: Article

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