Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Internalized Homophobia Scale

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 597-602

  Gençöz, Tülin ^a   Yüksel, Murat ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gay men; Internalized homophobia; Negative affect; Positive affect; Psychological problems; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VALIDATION STUDY;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TRANSLATING; TURKEY;

EID: 39049176825     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9063-1     Document Type: Article

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