Cross-cultural differences in female university students' attitudes toward homosexuals: A preliminary study

Psychological Reports

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 565-572

  Span, Sherry A ^a   Vidal, Lourdes A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0038507544     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2003.92.2.565     Document Type: Article

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