Risk and resilience in lesbian and gay couples: Comment on Solomon, Rothblum, and Balsam (2004)

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 290-292

  Green, Robert Jay ^a  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil unions; Gay couples; Gay marriage; Gay resilience; Lesbian couples; Same sex couples

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LESBIAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 2942594176     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.18.2.290     Document Type: Article

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