Resilience in lesbians and gay men: A review and key findings from a nationwide Australian survey

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 435-443

  Lyons, Anthony ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; AUSTRALIAN; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRESS MANAGEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; LESBIANISM; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947866782     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2015.1051517     Document Type: Review

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