A comparison of African American and White college students' affective and attitudinal reactions to lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals: An exploratory study

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 291-298

  Negy, Charles ^a   Eisenman, Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BISEXUALITY; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GENDER; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LESBIAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOBIA; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 28244502239     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490509552284     Document Type: Article

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