Homosexual parents: Testing "common sense" - A literature review emphasizing the Golombok and tasker longitudinal study of lesbians' children

Psychological Reports

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 282-322

  Cameron, Paul ^a  

^a Family Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS;

EID: 0033175502     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.85.1.282     Document Type: Article

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