Heterosexual adolescents' and young adults' beliefs and attitudes about homosexuality and gay and lesbian peers

Cognitive Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 420-440

  Horn, Stacey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes and social reasoning; Gay and lesbian peers; Sexual prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749262471     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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