The National Lesbian Family Study: 2. Interviews with mothers of toddlers

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 362-369

  Gartrell, Nanette ^a,f   Banks, Amy ^b   Hamilton, Jean ^c   Reed, Nancy ^d   Bishop, Holly ^e   Rodas, Carla ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Tapestry Feminist Counseling   (United States)

^e JUDGE BAKER CHILDREN S CENTER   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032791739     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080410     Document Type: Article

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