Peer Relations Among Adolescents With Female Same-Sex Parents

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-126

  Wainright, Jennifer L ^a   Patterson, Charlotte J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; gay; lesbian; sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; FATHER; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHERS; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS;

EID: 38549175344     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.1.117     Document Type: Article

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