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Communication Quarterly: Attitudes and communication of homophobia in fraternities: separating the impact of social adjustment function from hetero- identity concern.

Publication: Women and Language
Publication Date: 22-MAR-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Communication Quarterly: Attitudes and communication of homophobia in fraternities: separating the impact of social adjustment function from hetero- identity concern.(Abstracts)(Report)(Brief article)

Article Excerpt
This manuscript examines the social adjustment attitude function that drives homophobia and homophobic communication in fraternities. The social adjustment function underlying fraternity members' negative attitudes about homosexual fraternity brothers related to the desire to secure and maintain cohesive male-male relationships within a fraternity (i.e., brotherhood), facilitate the recruitment of...



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