31 lesbian and 31 heterosexual women (aged 19 to 53 yr.) were compared on their scores on the Tennessee Self-concept Scale. Differences between the two groups were found only on the “personal self” subscale. There seems little support for an hypothesis that mean self-concept of lesbians as measured here is markedly different from that of heterosexual women.
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