Family characteristics, custody arrangements, and adolescent psychological well-being after lesbian mothers break up

Family Relations

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 572-585

  Gartrell, Nanette ^a   Bos, Henny ^b   Peyser, Heidi ^c   Deck, Amalia ^c   Rodas, Carla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coparent adoption; Lesbian families; Parental separation; Relationship dissolution; Same sex parents; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155147309     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2011.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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