Limitations of the Contact Hypothesis: Heterogeneity in the Contact Effect on Attitudes toward Gay Rights

Politics and Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 887-906

  Skipworth, Sue Ann ^a   Garner, Andrew ^b   Dettrey, Bryan J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact Effect; Gay Rights; Interpersonal Contact Hypothesis; Public Opinion; Same Sex Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957239459     PISSN: 15555623     EISSN: 17471346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2010.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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