Concern over the misidentification of sexual orientation: Social contagion and the avoidance of sexual minorities

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 941-960

  Buck, David M ^a   Ashby Plant, E ^b   Ratcliff, Jennifer ^c   Zielaskowski, Kate ^b   Boerner, Patrick ^c  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergroup relations; Prejudice stereotyping; Sexual orientation; Social contagion; Social identity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LESBIANISM; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890117324     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034145     Document Type: Article

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