Acculturation level and internalized homophobia of Asian American lesbian and bisexual women: An exploratory analysis

Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 3-19

  Singh, Anneliese ^a   Chung, Y Barry ^a   Dean, Jennifer K ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Asian American; Bisexual; Internalized homophobia; Lesbian; Sexual identity; Woman

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249275692     PISSN: 15538605     EISSN: 15538338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J462v01n02_02     Document Type: Article

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