The Intimate Relationships of Sexual-Minority Youths

Blackwell Handbook of Adolescence

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 393-412

  Diamond, Lisa M ^a   Savin Williams, Ritch C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Intimate relationships; Same sex intimacy; Sexual orientation; Sexual minority youths

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248951126     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470756607.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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