"Did i have blinders on or what?": Retrospective sense making by parents of gay sons recalling their sons' earlier years

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 777-802

  Aveline, David ^a  

^a MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive dissonance; Gays; Parenting; Social theory; Symbolic interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646526953     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X05285613     Document Type: Article

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