Demographic predictors of consistency and change in heterosexuals' attitudes toward homosexual behavior over a two-year period

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 611-619

  Patrick, Kent ^a,b   Heywood, Wendy ^a   Simpson, Judy M ^c   Pitts, Marian K ^a   Richters, Juliet ^d   Shelley, Julia M ^a,e   Smith, Anthony M ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIANISM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION AND SEX; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881331986     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2012.657263     Document Type: Article

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