Attitudes, subjective experiences, and behaviors in imagined and actual encounters between gay and heterosexual people

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 35-63

  Conley, Terri D ^a   Evett, Sophia R ^b   Devine, Patricia G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b Salem (Mass) State College   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude behavior link; Attitudes; Behavioral reactions; Gay men; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMAGINATION; LESBIAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548799141     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v53n03_04     Document Type: Article

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