Gay fathers' effects on chiLDREN: A review1

Psychological Reports

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 649-659

  Cameron, P ^a  

^a Family Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTING OUT; ADDICTION; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ACTING OUT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 68349153156     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.104.2.649-659     Document Type: Article

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