New developments in the field: Measuring community climate

Journal of GLBT Family Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 214-228

  Oswald, Ramona Faith ^a   Cuthbertson, Courtney ^a   Lazarevic, Vanja ^a   Goldberg, Abbie E ^b  

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

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community climate; GLBT; Measurement; Minority stress theory; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951912967     PISSN: 1550428X     EISSN: 15504298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15504281003709230     Document Type: Article

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