The value of children to lesbian and non-lesbian mothers

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 73-91

  Siegenthaler, Amanda L ^a   Bigner, Jerry J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Lesbian motherhood; Value of children to lesbians; Value of motherhood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTHOOD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 0033838180     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v39n02_04     Document Type: Article

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