This study examined the effects of external and internalized heterosexism and sexism on lesbians' mental health. Hierarchical regression analysis, controlling for education and income, identified recent sexual-orientation-based hate crime victimization, recent sexist events, internalized heterosexis
Racism and Sexism as Correlates of African American Women’s Psychological Distress
✍ Scribed by Dawn M. Szymanski; Destin N. Stewart
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 250 KB
- Volume
- 63
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-0025
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