An attachment perspective on the developmental challenges of gay and lesbian adolescents: The need for continuity of caregiving from family and schools

School Psychology Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 158-172

  Tharinger, Deborah ^a   Wells, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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