Role of appearance and nonverbal behaviors in the perception of sexual orientation among lesbians and gay men

Psychological Reports

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 115-122

  Carroll, Lynne ^a   Gilkoy, Paula J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036690429     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.91.1.115     Document Type: Article

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