Social climate for sexual minorities predicts well-being among heterosexual offspring of lesbian and gay parents

Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-112

  Lick, David J ^a,b   Tornello, Samantha L ^a   Riskind, Rachel G ^a   Schmidt, Karen M ^a   Patterson, Charlotte J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lesbian and gay parent families; Minority stress; Social climate; Social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864027896     PISSN: 18689884     EISSN: 15536610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13178-012-0081-6     Document Type: Article

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