Sexual identity and heterosexual male students' usage of homosexual insults: An exploratory study

Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 27-42

  Brown, Tyler L ^a   Alderson, Kevin G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 77953785402     PISSN: 11884517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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