Ecological Covariates of Subtle and Blatant Heterosexist Discrimination Among LGBQ College Students

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 117-131

  Hong, Jun Sung ^a,b   Woodford, Michael R ^c   Long, Larry D ^d   Renn, Kristen A ^d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College campus; Ecological theory; Heterosexism; LGBQ; Microaggressions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNIVERSITY; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNIVERSITIES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84952717468     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-015-0362-5     Document Type: Article

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