School differences in heterosexual students’ attitudes about homosexuality and prejudice based on sexual orientation

International Journal of Developmental Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-79

  Horn, Stacey S ^a   Szalacha, Laura A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Homophobia; School context; Sexual prejudice; Social reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013578785     PISSN: 2192001X     EISSN: 21917485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/DEV-2009-3108     Document Type: Article

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