Intentional families: Fictive kin ties between cross-gender, different sexual orientation friends

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1313-1325

  Muraco, Anna ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Fictive kin; Friendship; Gender; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750976186     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00330.x     Document Type: Review

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