Child adjustment and parenting in planned lesbian families with known and as-yet unknown donors

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-129

  Bos, Henny M W ^a   Hakvoort, Esther M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child adjustment; Experiences of parenthood and child rearing and donor insemination; Known and unknown donors; Planned lesbian mother families

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; PARENTAL STRESS; PARENTHOOD; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

CHILD; DISCLOSURE; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 34249805710     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01674820701409793     Document Type: Article

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