Coparenting among lesbian, gay, and heterosexual couples: Associations with adopted children's outcomes

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1226-1240

  Farr, Rachel H ^a   Patterson, Charlotte J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LESBIANISM; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MOTHER; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADOPTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHERS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84880392883     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12046     Document Type: Article

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