Self-disclosure to the best friend: Friendship quality and internalized sexual stigma in Italian lesbian and gay adolescents

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 381-387

  Baiocco, Roberto ^a   Laghi, Fiorenzo ^a   Di Pomponio, Ileana ^b   Nigito, Concetta Simona ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross orientation friendships; Cross sex friendships; Gay adolescents; Internalized sexual stigma; Lesbian adolescents; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; FRIEND; FRIENDSHIP; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; ITALY; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860416799     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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