A preliminary scale for assessing attitudes toward homosexuals in the military

Psychological Reports

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 583-592

  Estrada, Armando X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036550377     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.90.2.583     Document Type: Article

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