Homosexual parents: A comparative forensic study of character and harms to children

Psychological Reports

Volumn 82, Issue 3 PART 2, 1998, Pages 1155-1191

  Cameron, Paul ^a   Cameron, Kirk ^b  

^a Family Research Institute   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHARACTER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUSTODY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHARACTER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032088776     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1998.82.3c.1155     Document Type: Article

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