Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation, Religious Identity, and Change: Is it Possible to Depolarize the Debate?

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 741-749

  Worthington, Roger L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 4444255458     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000004267566     Document Type: Article

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