Sexual Orientation, Parental Support, and Health During the Transition to Young Adulthood

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1189-1198

  Needham, Belinda L ^a   Austin, Erika L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behavior; Mental health; Parental support; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LESBIAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX RATIO; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BISEXUALITY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955313643     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9533-6     Document Type: Article

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