Threat and Guilt Aspects of Internalized Antilesbian and Gay Prejudice: An Application of Personal Construct Theory

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-131

  Moradi, Bonnie ^a   van den Berg, Jacob J ^a   Epting, Franz R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

internalized homophobia; internalized prejudice; internalized threat and guilt; lesbian or gay identity; personal construct theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849105352     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014571     Document Type: Article

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