Developmental changes in sexual prejudice from early to late adolescence: The effects of gender, race, and ideology on different patterns of change

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1403-1415

  Poteat, V Paul ^a   Anderson, Carolyn J ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Ideology; Prejudice, homophobia; Social dominance orientation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREJUDICE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84872790022     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026906     Document Type: Article

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