Intact Marriages in Which One Partner Experiences Same-Sex Attraction: A 5-Year Follow-Up Study

The Family Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 329-334

  Yarhouse, Mark A ^a   Gow, Christine H ^a   Davis, Edward B ^a  

^a REGENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

follow up study; marital satisfaction; qualitative methodology; same sex attraction; sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350549943     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480709347361     Document Type: Article

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