Intergroup contact, attitudes toward homosexuality, and the role of acceptance of gender non-conformity in young adolescents

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 899-907

  Collier, Kate L ^a   Bos, Henny M W ^b   Sandfort, Theo G M ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Gender non conformity; Homosexuality; Intergroup contact; Sexual prejudice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 84863457992     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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