Attitudes and communication of homophobia in fraternities: Separating the impact of social adjustment function from hetero-identity concern

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-60

  Hall, Jeffrey A ^a   La France, Betty H ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude function; Fraternity; Homophobia; Homophobic communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960521043     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370600998673     Document Type: Article

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