Heterosexual men's anger in response to male homosexuality: Effects of erotic and non-erotic depictions of male-male intimacy and sexual prejudice

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1022-1038

  Hudepohl, Adam D ^a   Parrott, Dominic J ^a   Zeichner, Amos ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Ecological validity; Homosexuality (attitudes toward); Male homosexuality; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ATTITUDE; EROTICA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956312081     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2010.503511     Document Type: Article

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