Social Support in Schools and Related Outcomes for LGBTQ Youth: a Scoping Review

Overview

Journal Discov Educ

Publisher Springer

Date 2022 Nov 21

PMID 36407890

Authors

Enoch Leung

Gabriela Kassel-Gomez

Samantha Sullivan

Flavio Murahara

Tara Flanagan

Affiliations

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Abstract

Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s44217-022-00016-9.

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