Social constructions influencing sociosexual identity development of collegiate gay and bisexual men

Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 71-87

  Wilkerson, J Michael ^a   Ross, Michael W ^b   Brooks, Ann K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Gay men; Gender identity; Masculinity; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650146155     PISSN: 15536610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/srsp.2009.6.2.71     Document Type: Article

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