Within-Group Differences in Sexual Orientation and Identity

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-55

  Worthington, Roger L ^a   Reynolds, Amy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; homonegativity; sexual identity; sexual identity development; sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849093474     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013498     Document Type: Article

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