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SUBMITTER: la Roi C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7538412 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
la Roi Chaïm C Dijkstra Jan Kornelis JK Kretschmer Tina T Savickaitė Rūta R Veenstra René R
Journal of youth and adolescence 20200813 11
Homophobic attitudes and behavior are a widespread problem among adolescents, but what the role of peer relationships such as friendships and antipathies is in shaping these attitudes remains unclear. Therefore, this study examined to what extent homophobic attitudes are influenced by friends' and foes' homophobic attitudes, and whether homophobic attitudes serve as a selection criterion for the formation of friendships and antipathies. Participants came from three Dutch high schools across two ...[more]