Meeting the needs of LGBTQ youth: A "relational assets" approach

Journal of LGBT Youth

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 174-198

  Sadowski, Michael ^a   Chow, Stephen ^b   Scanlon, Constance P ^c  

^a BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Assets; At risk youth; Coming out; Family; Gay; Gender; Lesbian; Relationships; Resilience; School; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 71549125965     PISSN: 19361653     EISSN: 19361661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19361650903013493     Document Type: Article

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