Implicit and explicit attitudes toward gay males and lesbians among heterosexual males and females

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 351-374

  Breen, Amanda B ^a   Karpinski, Andrew ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

balanced identity theory; explicit attitudes; gay males and lesbians; implicit attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIANISM; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876139889     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2012.739581     Document Type: Article

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