Age cohort differences in the developmental milestones of gay Men

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-399

  Drasin, Harry ^a,e   Beals, Kristin P ^b   Elliott, Marc N ^c   Lever, Janet ^d   Klein, David J ^c   Schuster, Mark A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Developmental milestones; Homosexuality; Psychosexual development; Sexual minority youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 54549119379     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918360801991372     Document Type: Article

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