Configurations of identity among sexual minority youth: Context, desire, and narrative

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 867-883

  Hammack, Phillip L ^a   Thompson, Elisabeth Morgan ^a   Pilecki, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay lesbian; Identity; Interpretive; Narrative; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NARRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649211432     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9342-3     Document Type: Article

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