Using gender role conflict theory in counseling male-to-female transgender individuals

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 214-219

  Wester, Stephen ^a   McDonough, Tracy ^b   White, Maureen ^a   Vogel, David ^c   Taylor, Lareena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b College of Mount St Joseph ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

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EID: 77951518710     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: 15566676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2010.tb00012.x     Document Type: Article

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