Adolescents of the USA National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study: Can Family Characteristics Counteract the Negative Effects of Stigmatization?

Family Process

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 559-572

  Bos, Henny ^a   Gartrell, Nanette ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; ETHICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649409582     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2010.01340.x     Document Type: Article

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