When a spouse comes out: Impact on the heterosexual partner

Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 317-332

  Buxton, Amity P ^a  

^a Straight Spouse Network   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CONFUSION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIVORCE; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY LIFE; FEAR; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LESBIAN; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; MORALITY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL ADDICTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 33748560800     PISSN: 10720162     EISSN: 15325318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10720160600897599     Document Type: Article

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