Family responses to disclosure of self-as-lesbian

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 653-669

  Gramling, Lou F ^a,d   Carr, Rebecca L ^b   McCain, Nancy L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AIKEN   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LESBIAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMBOLISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GRIEF; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 0034309186     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840050207590     Document Type: Article

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