Influence of social support, existential well-being, and stress over sexual orientation on self esteem of gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual individuals

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-143

  Yakushko, Oksana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling practice; Homosexuality; Religion; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744368265     PISSN: 01650653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10447-005-2259-6     Document Type: Article

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