Walls and bridges: How coupled gay men and lesbians manage their intergenerational relationships

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 327-339

  LaSala, Michael C ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LESBIAN; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SPOUSES;

EID: 0036635622     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2002.tb01190.x     Document Type: Article

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