Counselor's attitudes regarding bisexuality as predictors of counselors' clinical responses: An analogue study of a female bisexual client

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 212-222

  Mohr, Jonathan J ^b   Israel, Tania ^a   Sedlacek, William E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 0035036836     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.48.2.212     Document Type: Article

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