A test of prejudice reduction towards lesbian women: The effects of imaginary contact on explicit and implicit homonegativity

Sexual Minority Research in the New Millennium

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 187-204

  McDermott, Daragh T ^a   Morrison, Todd G ^c   McDonagh, Lorraine K ^b   O'Doherty, Ailish ^b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Homonegativity; Homophobia; Implicit association test; Lesbian women; Prejudice reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865404212     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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