Mom, Dad, I'm Straight: The Coming Out of Gender Ideologies in Adolescent Sexual-Identity Development

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 523-530

  Striepe, Meg I ^a   Tolman, Deborah L ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0242511136     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15374424JCCP3204_4     Document Type: Review

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