Religiosity and alcohol use in sexual minority and heterosexual youth and young adults

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 552-563

  Rostosky, Sharon Scales ^a   Danner, Fred ^a   Riggle, Ellen D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent religiosity; Bisexual; Gay; Lesbian; Sexual minority youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 41449118913     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-007-9251-x     Document Type: Article

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