Associations between religious personality dimensions and implicit homosexual prejudice

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 397-406

  Rowatt, Wade C ^a   Tsang, Jo Ann ^a   Kelly, Jessica ^b   LaMartina, Brooke ^b   McCullers, Michelle ^b   McKinley, April ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 33747169055     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2006.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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