Intergroup contact and beliefs about homosexuality in adolescence

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 937-951

  Heinze, Justin E ^a   Horn, Stacey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attitudes; Friendship; Homosexuality; Intergroup contact; Peers; Social domain theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CULTURE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67649170705     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-009-9408-x     Document Type: Article

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