Heterosexual Men's Attitudes Toward Gay Men: A Hierarchical Model Including Masculinity, Openness, and Theoretical Explanations

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 154-166

  Barron, Joseph M ^a   Struckman Johnson, Cindy ^a   Quevillon, Randal ^a   Banka, Sarah R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five personality; gender; homosexuality; masculinity; prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 47649127372     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1524-9220.9.3.154     Document Type: Article

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