Stigmatization associated with growing up in a lesbian-parented family: What do adolescents experience and how do they deal with it?

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 999-1006

  van Gelderen, Loes ^a   Gartrell, Nanette ^a,b   Bos, Henny M W ^a   van Rooij, Floor B ^a   Hermanns, Jo M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Coping; Peers; Planned lesbian families; School environment; Stigmatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858798070     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.01.048     Document Type: Article

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