Same-Sex Attraction, Social Relationships, Psychosocial Functioning, and School Performance in Early Adolescence

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-68

  Bos, Henny M W ^a   Sandfort, Theo G M ^b   de Bruyn, Eddy H ^a   Hakvoort, Esther M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; psychosocial functioning; same sex attraction; school performance; social relationships

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALITY; STUDENTS;

EID: 38549096767     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.1.59     Document Type: Article

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