Counseling Psychology Research on Sexual (Orientation) Minority Issues: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges and Opportunities

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-22

  Moradi, Bonnie ^a   Mohr, Jonathan J ^b   Worthington, Roger L ^c   Fassinger, Ruth E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

and bisexual psychology; gay; homosexuality; lesbian; research methods; sexual minority; sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849097555     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014572     Document Type: Article

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