Still Stressful After All These Years: A Review of Lesbians' and Bisexual Women's Minority Stress

Journal of Lesbian Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-44

  Lewis, Robin J ^a   Kholodkov, Tatyana ^a   Derlega, Valerian J ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

lesbian; minority stress; sexual minority stress; sexual minority women; sexual orientation; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BISEXUALITY; CONTROL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LESBIAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84855978567     PISSN: 10894160     EISSN: 15403548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10894160.2011.557641     Document Type: Review

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