The positive aspects of being the parent of an LGBTQ child

Family Process

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 325-337

  Gonzalez, Kirsten A ^a   Rostosky, Sharon S ^a   Odom, Robert D ^a   Riggle, Ellen D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay; Lesbian; LGBT; Parent Growth; Positive Narratives; Sexual Minority Identity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BISEXUALITY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; EMPATHY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIANISM; LOVE; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PREJUDICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSSEXUALITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; BISEXUALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; EMPATHY; FATHERS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879152621     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/famp.12009     Document Type: Article

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