Children in Planned Lesbian Families: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Between the United States and the Netherlands

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-219

  Bos, Henny M W ^a   Gartrell, Nanette K ^b   van Balen, Frank ^a   Peyser, Heidi ^c   Sandfort, Theo G M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c New Ways to Work   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cross cultural; disclosure; homophobia; lesbian families; psychosocial adjustment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LESBIAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD REARING; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NETHERLANDS; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; PREJUDICE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57349116096     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012711     Document Type: Article

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