Multiple Oppressions and the Mental Health of Sexual Minority Latina/o Individuals

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-38

  Velez, Brandon L ^a   Moradi, Bonnie ^a   Deblaere, Cirleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

LGBT; multiculturalism; quantitative; race ethnicity; social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920774294     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: 15523861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000014542836     Document Type: Article

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