The Association Between Same-Sex Romantic Attractions and Relationships and Running Away Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Adolescents

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 475-493

  Waller, Martha W ^a   Sanchez, Rebecca P ^b  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b 3 C Institute for Social Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Add Health; Adolescents; Runaways; Sexual minorities

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355175988     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-011-0242-0     Document Type: Article

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