With friends like these... The role of prejudice and situational norms on discriminatory helping behavior

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-138

  Masser, Barbara ^a   Moffat, Kieren B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Homophobia; Prejudice; Situational norms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

FEMALE; FRIENDS; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE;

EID: 33747089921     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v51n02_07     Document Type: Article

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