Are Children of Parents Who Had Same-Sex Relationships Disadvantaged? A Scientific Evaluation of the No-Differences Hypothesis

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 327-336

  Perrin, Andrew J ^a   Cohen, Philip N ^b   Caren, Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; children; discrimination; family; parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875981169     PISSN: 19359705     EISSN: 19359713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19359705.2013.772553     Document Type: Article

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