School support groups, other school factors, and the safety of sexual minority adolescents

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 573-589

  Goodenow, Carol ^a,e   Szalacha, Laura ^b,d   Westheimer, Kim ^c  

^a Massachusetts Dept of Education   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Jamaica Plain MA   (Jamaica)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e Box 182 ^*  (United States)

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EID: 33646689785     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20173     Document Type: Review

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