'Who would take whose name?' Accounts of naming practices in same-sex relationships

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 420-439

  Clarke, Victoria ^a   Burns, Maree ^b   Burgoyne, Carole ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Eating Difficulties Education Network   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil partnership; Difference; Gay; Lesbian; Marriage; Naming practices; Same sex relationships; Sameness

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249086468     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.936     Document Type: Article

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