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Research Article

Parents’ Retrospective Storytelling of Their Child’s Coming Out: Investigating Contributions of Communicated Perspective-Taking in Relation to Well-Being

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Pages 345-359 | Received 13 Feb 2019, Accepted 06 Jul 2020, Published online: 17 Jul 2020

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