Change in Relationship Quality for Partners From Lesbian, Gay Male, and Heterosexual Couples

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 701-711

  Kurdek, Lawrence A ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gay male couples; lesbian couples; relationship quality; sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DIVORCE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LESBIAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DIVORCE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; SPOUSES;

EID: 54849418165     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.22.5.701     Document Type: Article

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