Planned gay father families in kinship arrangements

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 4 SPECIAL ISSUE, 2010, Pages 356-371

  Bos, Henny H M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children's wellbeing; Experiences of rejection; Father child relationship; Gay fathers; Parental stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650767749     PISSN: 0814723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/anft.31.4.356     Document Type: Article

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