Does Contact with Lesbians and Gays Lead to Friendlier Attitudes? A Two Year Longitudinal Study

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 124-136

  Anderssen, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Contact; Gay; Lesbian; Longitudinal; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142023221     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.665     Document Type: Review

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