Aggression toward gay men as gender role enforcement: Effects of male role norms, sexual prejudice, and masculine gender role stress

Journal of Personality

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1137-1166

  Parrott, Dominic J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; EROTICA; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 68149170624     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2009.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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