The effects of social contact with a lesbian person on the attitude change toward homosexuality in Turkey

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 111-119

  Sakalli, Nuray ^a   Uǧurlu, Ozanser ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Attitudes; Homosexuality; Homosexuality in Turkey; Homosexuals; Prejudice; Social contact; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LESBIAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREJUDICE; TURKEY;

EID: 0242500865     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v44n01_06     Document Type: Article

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