That's so gay!: Examining the covariates of hearing this expression among gay, lesbian, and bisexual college students

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 429-434

  Woodford, Michael R ^a   Howell, Michael L ^b   Silverschanz, Perry ^a   Yu, Lotus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

and bisexual; campus climate; gay; heterosexism; language; lesbian; sexual minority

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LESBIAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864869155     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: 19403208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2012.673519     Document Type: Article

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