Conceptualizing lesbian sexual identity development: Narrative accounts of socializing structures and individual decisions and actions

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 491-510

  Shapiro, Danielle N ^a   Rios, Desdamona ^a   Stewart, Abigail J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Development; Identity; Lesbian; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649500147     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353509358441     Document Type: Article

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