College students' views on gay and lesbian issues: Does education make a difference

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1-30

  Lambert, Eric G ^a   Ventura, Lois A ^a   Hall, Daniel E ^b   Cluse Tolar, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b Miami University Hamilton   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes of college students; Attitudes towards gay and lesbian persons; Willingness to extend civil rights to gay and lesbian persons; Willingness to socialize with gay and lesbian persons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CIVIL RIGHTS; COLLEGE STUDENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33747846493     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v50n04_01     Document Type: Review

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