Attributions and emotional ractions to the identity disclosure ("coming out") of a homosexual child

Family Process

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-161

  Armesto, Jorge C ^a   Weisman, Amy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; GUILT; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHAME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GUILT; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHAME;

EID: 0035374984     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2001.4020100145.x     Document Type: Article

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