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A Review of the Religious Identity/Sexual Orientation Identity Conflict Literature: Revisiting Festinger's Cognitive Dissonance Theory

Cindy L. Anderton Department of Counselor Education, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin, USA
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Debra A. Pender Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
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Kimberly K. Asner-Self Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education, Southern Illinois University–Carbondale, Illinois, USA
Pages 259-281 | Published online: 04 Jan 2012

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