Does affirmative training matter? Assessing CFT students' beliefs about sexual orientation and their level of affirmative training

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-184

  Rock, Monica ^a   Carlson, Thomas Stone ^a   McGeorge, Christi R ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; TEACHING;

CULTURE; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMANS; LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 77953048246     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: 17520606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2009.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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