Moral reasoning in sons of lesbian and heterosexual parent families: The oedipal period of development

Gender and Psychoanalysis

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-51

  Drexler, Peggy Fischman ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; GENDER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LESBIAN; MORALITY; OEDIPUS COMPLEX; PROGENY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0035770175     PISSN: 10916318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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