Modern and old-fashioned homonegativity among samples of Canadian and American university students

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 523-542

  Morrison, Melanie A ^a   Morrison, Todd G ^a   Franklin, Randall ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay men; Homonegativity; Homophobia; Lesbian women; Modern prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349305414     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022109335053     Document Type: Article

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