Adaptation and adjustment in children of transsexual parents

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 215-221

  White, Tonya ^a,b   Ettner, Randi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c New Health Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Adolescents; Children; Gender identity disorder; Resilience; Transsexual

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STEREOTYPING; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 34250352771     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-006-0591-y     Document Type: Article

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