Perceived Parenting Skill Across the Transition to Adoptive Parenthood Among Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Couples

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 861-870

  Goldberg, Abbie E ^a   Smith, JuliAnna Z ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

adoption; gay; lesbian; multilevel modeling; parenting skill; self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LESBIAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY;

ADOPTION; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENTING; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 72449130026     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017009     Document Type: Article

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