Families of the lesbian baby boom: Children's contact with grandparents and other adults

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 390-399

  Patterson, Charlotte J ^a   Hurt, Susan ^a   Mason, Chandra D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; LESBIAN; WELLBEING;

ADOPTION; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031928735     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080348     Document Type: Article

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