Contextual and Moderating Effects of the Peer Group Climate on Use of Homophobic Epithets

School Psychology Review

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 188-201

  Poteat, V Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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