The role of values in understanding attitudes toward lesbians and gay men

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 145-159

  Vicario, Brett A ^a   Liddle, Becky J ^b   Luzzo, Darrell Anthony ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Junior Achievement Inc

^d Education for Junior Achievement Inc

Author keywords

Attitudes; Gay; Homosexuality; Lesbian; Religion; Rokeach; University; Values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HECK ATTITUDES TOWARD LESBIANS AND GAY MEN SCALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LESBIAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; ROKEACH VALUES INVENTORY; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 23944523780     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v49n01_07     Document Type: Article

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