Toward an LGBT-Informed Paradigm for Children Who Break Gender Norms: Comment on Drummond et al. (2008) and Rieger et al. (2008)

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 895-900

  Hegarty, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gender identity; gender identity disorder in childhood; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) psychology; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 67651090026     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016163     Document Type: Article

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