Religious affiliation and attitudes towards gay men: ON the mediating role of masculinity threat

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 340-355

  Reese, Gerhard ^a   Steffens, Melanie C ^b   Jonas, Kai J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b University of Koblenz   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antigay attitudes; Masculinity threat; Religious affiliation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903736791     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.2169     Document Type: Article

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