Becoming a stepparent in gay/lesbian stepfamilies: Integrating identities

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 45-60

  Lynch, Jean M ^a,b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept Sociol Gerontology A ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coming out; Gay and lesbian identity; Stepfamilies; Stepparents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LESBIAN; MALE; SOCIALIZATION; FAMILY; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTING; PARENTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 16844383011     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v48n02_03     Document Type: Article

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