Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people's experiences of distress: Resilience, ambivalence and self-destructive behaviour

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-336

  Scourfield, Jonathan ^a,d   Roen, Katrina ^b   McDermott, Liz ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Qualitative research; Sexuality; Suicide and self destructive behaviour; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; TRANSSEXUALISM; WALES;

EID: 42249113517     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2008.00769.x     Document Type: Article

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