Ideology, prejudice, and attitudes toward sexual minority social policies and organizations

Political Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-224

  Poteat, V Paul ^a   Mereish, Ethan H ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservatism; Discrimination; Homophobia; Right wing authoritarianism; Sexual prejudice; Social dominance orientation; Social policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859160901     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2012.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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