Stigmatization and resilience in adolescent children of lesbian mothers

Journal of GLBT Family Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 268-279

  van Gelderen, Loes ^a   Gartrell, Nanette ^b   Bos, Henny ^a   Hermanns, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Planned lesbian families; Psychological adjustment; Resilience; Stigmatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849094104     PISSN: 1550428X     EISSN: 15504298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15504280903035761     Document Type: Article

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