Children raised in mother-headed families from infancy: A follow-up of children of lesbian and single heterosexual mothers, at early adulthood

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 150-157

  Golombok, Susan ^a   Badger, Shirlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child development; Lesbian mothers; Parenting; Solo mothers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 72849144940     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep345     Document Type: Article

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