Interventions to reduce sexual prejudice: A study-space analysis and meta-analytic review

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 363-382

  Bartoş, Sebastian E ^a   Berger, Israel ^a   Hegarty, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PREJUDICE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); RESEARCH DESIGN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); RESEARCH DESIGN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84899430627     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2013.871625     Document Type: Review

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