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Adjustment of homosexual and heterosexual women: A cross-national replication

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British homosexual and heterosexual women were evaluated on the same adjustment inventories used with two similar U.S. groups. The results of both studies were quite parallel, and the findings again supported similarities rather than differences in adjustment between homosexuals and heterosexuals.

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    Marvin Siegelman Ph.D.

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Siegelman, M. Adjustment of homosexual and heterosexual women: A cross-national replication. Arch Sex Behav 8, 121–125 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01541232

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