Same-sex experience and mental health during the transition between adolescence and young adulthood

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 484-510

  Ueno, Koji ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954497584     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2010.01179.x     Document Type: Article

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