Multilevel modeling approaches to the study of LGBT-parent families: Methods for dyadic data analysis

LGBT-Parent Families: Innovations in Research and Implications for Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 307-323

  Smith, JuliAnna Z ^a   Sayer, Aline G ^a   Goldberg, Abbie E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84887204916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4556-2_20     Document Type: Chapter

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