(How) Does It Make a Difference? Perspectives of Adults With Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Parents

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 550-562

  Goldberg, Abbie E ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

children; gay; gender; lesbian; parents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LESBIAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARENT; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 38549085405     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.4.550     Document Type: Article

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