Children's gender identity in lesbian and heterosexual two-parent families

Sex Roles

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 114-126

  Bos, Henny ^a   Sandfort, Theo G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender identity; Lesbian families; Psychosocial adjustment; Sexual questioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449101913     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9704-7     Document Type: Article

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