Attitudes toward homosexual behavior: effects of veteran status.

Psychol Rep

Department of Behavior Sciences, Drury College, Springfield, MO 65802.

Published: December 1994

The present study examined the attitudes toward homosexual behavior of veterans of United States military service and nonveterans. Using a nationwide survey as the database, 1,293 veterans did not differ from 2,330 nonveterans in approval of homosexual behavior, as over 74% of each group expressed disapproval.

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