Attitudes of master’s-level counseling students toward gay men and lesbians

Counseling and Values

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-24

  Rainey, Steve ^a   Trusty, Jerry ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 61649127961     PISSN: 01607960     EISSN: 2161007X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-007X.2007.tb00084.x     Document Type: Article

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