The Interrelations Between Age, Sense of Belonging, and Depressive Symptoms Among Australian Gay Men and Lesbians

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-15

  McLaren, Suzanne ^a   Gibbs, Petah M ^a   Watts, Eboni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

age; depressive symptoms; gay men; lesbians; sense of belonging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LESBIANISM; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871311146     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2013.735933     Document Type: Article

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