Children Who Question Their Heterosexuality

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-53

  Carver, Priscilla R ^a   Egan, Susan K ^b   Perry, David G ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS;

CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0347693391     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.40.1.43     Document Type: Article

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