Lesbian identity development: An examination of differences across generations

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 347-361

  Parks, Cheryl A ^a  

^a University of Connecticut School of Social Work   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOGENESIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0032766150     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080409     Document Type: Article

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