Coping With LGBT and racial-ethnic-related stressors: A mixed-methods study of LGBT youth of color

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 703-719

  Kuper, Laura E ^a   Coleman, Brett R ^a   Mustanski, Brian S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84911442589     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jora.12079     Document Type: Article

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