Multiple identity considerations among African American Christian men experiencing same-sex attraction

Counseling and Values

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-31

  Yarhouse, Mark A ^a   Nowacki Butzen, Stephanie ^a   Brooks, D Fredrica ^b  

^a REGENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Reid Temple Restoration Center Inc   (United States)

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EID: 70449432639     PISSN: 01607960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-007X.2009.tb00002.x     Document Type: Article

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