A dual-identity framework for understanding lesbian experience

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-139

  Fingerhut, Adam W ^a   Peplau, Letitia Anne ^a   Ghavami, Negin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 20744451867     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2005.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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