Willingness to remain friends and attend school with lesbian and gay peers: Relational expressions of prejudice among heterosexual youth

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 952-962

  Paul Poteat, V ^a   Espelage, Dorothy L ^b   Koenig, Brian W ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c K12 Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Homophobia; Peer relationships; Prejudice; School climate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LESBIAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 67649233098     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-009-9416-x     Document Type: Article

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