Development, reliability, and validity of the lesbian, gay, and bisexual knowledge and attitudes scale for heterosexuals (LGB-KASH)

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 104-118

  Worthington, Roger L ^a   Dillon, Frank R ^b   Becker Schutte, Ann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BISEXUALITY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFLICT; COPING BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RELIGION; RESEARCH; THEORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 12344326715     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.52.1.104     Document Type: Article

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