The prevalence of alcoholism and feelings of alienation in lesbian and heterosexual women

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 25-35

  Jaffe, Carrie ^a   Clance, Pauline Rose ^b   Nichols, Margaret F ^b   Emshoff, James G ^b  

^a Georgia State University ^*  (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Alienation; Dean alienation scale; Lesbian; Michigan alcoholism screening test; Powerlessness

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949102991     PISSN: 08917140     EISSN: 15407128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J236v03n03_03     Document Type: Article

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