"She can't help it, she was born that way": Adolescents'beliefs about the origins of homosexuality and sexual prejudice;"No puede evitarlo, nació así". Las creencias de los adolescentes sobre el origen de la homosexualidad y el prejuicio sexual

Anales de Psicologia

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 688-697

  Horn, Stacey S ^a   Heinze, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Beliefs; Homosexuality; Sexual prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052771308     PISSN: 02129728     EISSN: 16952294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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