Gender, sexual prejudice and sport participation: Implications for sexual minorities

Sex Roles

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 100-113

  Sartore, Melanie L ^a   Cunningham, George B ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coaches; Sexual orientation; Sexual prejudice; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149113167     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9502-7     Document Type: Article

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