Identity Processes, Threat, and Interpersonal Relations: Accounts From British Muslim Gay Men

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-240

  Jaspal, Rusi ^a   Cinnirella, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gay identity; homosexuality; identity process theory; identity threat; interpersonal relations; Muslims; qualitative; social psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858052722     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2012.638551     Document Type: Article

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