Young people’s attitudes toward living in a lesbian family: A Longitudinal Study of Children Raised by Post-Divorce Lesbian Mothers

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 183-202

  Tasker, Fiona ^a   Golobok, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children of divorce; Positive parenting; Post divorce parenting; Stepparenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008856891     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v28n01_13     Document Type: Article

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