Turkish family members' attitudes toward Lesbians and gay men

Sex Roles

Volumn 58, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 514-525

  Oksal, Aynur ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Family attitudes; Gay men; Homosexuality; Lesbians; Value transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549093363     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9370-6     Document Type: Article

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