Children raised in fatherless families from infancy: Family relationships and the socioemotional development of children of lesbian and single heterosexual mothers

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 783-791

  Golombok, Susan ^a   Tasker, Fiona ^a   Murray, Clare ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Family structure; Parent child interaction; Socioemotional development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; SINGLE PARENT;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SINGLE PARENT;

EID: 0030727903     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01596.x     Document Type: Article

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