Heterosexual identity development: A multidimensional model of individual and social identity

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 496-531

  Worthington, Roger L ^a   Savoy, Holly Bielstein ^a   Dillon, Frank R ^a   Vernaglia, Elizabeth R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0038581949     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00100002030004002     Document Type: Article

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