The voices of accepting and supportive parents of gay sons: Towards an ecosystemic strengths model

Journal of GLBT Family Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-27

  Lee, Michelle M ^a   Lee, Robert E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation to gay life; Coming out process; Family resiliency; Relational resiliency; Resilient gay families of origin

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746482720     PISSN: 1550428X     EISSN: 15504298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J461v02n02_01     Document Type: Article

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