Assessing school climate among sexual minority high school students

Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 49-75

  Varjas, Kris ^a,b   Mahan, Will C ^a   Meyers, Joel ^a   Birckbichler, Lamar ^a   Lopp, Gene ^a   Dew, Brian J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Private Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Bullying; Gay; Lesbian; LGBT youth; School counseling; Sexual minority youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547372283     PISSN: 15538605     EISSN: 15538338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J462v01n03_05     Document Type: Article

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