Adolescents with Lesbian Mothers Describe Their Own Lives

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1211-1229

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c University of Amsterdam ^*

Author keywords

adolescents; lesbian families; lesbian mother; longitudinal study; same sex parents

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; LESBIAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTIVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GENDER IDENTITY; GOALS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84868151510     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2012.720499     Document Type: Article

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