Parental sexual orientation, parental gender identity, and the development of children

Patterson, Charlotte J.

doi:10.1016/bs.acdb.2022.03.002

Cited by 2 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 115 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Other studies done by Berona et al (2018) and Stewart et al (2019) have also found that the majority of adolescents are heterosexuals and the minority are homosexuals due to developed romantic attraction toward a certain sex, or obtained sexual guidance and advice from parents. That of Patterson (2022) have remarkably found that there are some of parents who have become gays/lesbians and bisexuals in their adulthood, thus being influential in either homosexual or bisexual identity formation to their children, unless their orientations are not in line with parenting and guidance.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceptions Regarding Formed Sexual Identities among Secondary School Students in Ubungo District

Mugane

2023

ejtas

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study sought to investigate students’ and teachers’ perceptions regarding formed sexual identities among secondary school students in Ubungo District. Specifically, the study was guided by two objectives that sought to: determine the ways used to identify sexual identities and examine the reasons for accepting a particular sexual identity among secondary school students. Mixed research approach and convergent research design were employed to collect quantitative and qualitative data through questionnaires and interviews. Purposive and stratified sampling were also used to obtain a representative sample of 20 professional teachers and 232 adolescent students from selected schools. The obtained qualitative data were subjected to thematic analysis and presented in quotes of respondents’ voices; while the quantitative ones were subjected to descriptive analysis that indicate frequencies and percentage and presented in tables. The findings indicate that students and teachers perceive formed sexual identities as sexual labels that are formed through comparing themselves with friends/same-sex peers, self-evaluation based on physical appearance and sexual feelings, adherence to the advice and sexual information obtained from parents/guardians and moralists like elders/religious leaders, or through searching certain sexual identity contents via social media accounts. Also, they are formed due to personal conviction toward homosexuality/bisexuality, addiction to same-sex sexual intercourse, obtained parental advice and sexual information, adherence to the natural law of sex, diminished sexual desire/arousal, moral and religious acceptability, early childhood experiences, and issues related to impotence. Therefore, it is recommended that parents/guardians and teachers should continue to advise adolescent students on matters of sexuality and prepare programs that will enrich students with possible ways to overcome identity confusions and appropriately recognize their identities.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceptions Regarding Formed Sexual Identities among Secondary School Students in Ubungo District

Mugane

2023

ejtas

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…A report in 2018 showed that, in the USA, same-sex couples are seven times more likely than different-sex couples to be raising an adopted or foster child, and there are an estimated 114 000 same-sex couples raising children 9. Despite recent improvements in public attitudes towards sexual minority families, sexual minority parenting is still a controversial topic around the world, and the outcomes of sexual minority families remain not fully understood 10 11…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Family outcome disparities between sexual minority and heterosexual families: a systematic review and meta-analysis

et al. 2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

BackgroundThe number of children in sexual minority parent families has increased. This systematic review aims to synthesise the evidence of disparities in family outcomes between sexual minority and heterosexual families and to identify specific social risk factors of poor family outcomes.MethodsWe systematically searched PubMed, the Web of Science, Embase, the Cochrane Library and APA PsycNet for original studies that compared family outcomes between sexual minority and heterosexual families. Two reviewers independently selected studies and assessed the risk of bias of included studies. Narrative synthesis and meta-analysis were conducted to synthesise evidence.ResultsThirty-four articles were included. The narrative synthesis results revealed several significant findings for children’s gender role behaviour and gender identity/sexual orientation outcomes. Overall, 16 of 34 studies were included in the meta-analyses. The quantitative synthesis results suggested that sexual minority families may perform better in children’s psychological adjustment and parent–child relationship than heterosexual families (standardised mean difference (SMD) −0.13, 95% CI −0.20 to −0.05; SMD 0.13, 95% CI 0.06 to 0.20), but not couple relationship satisfaction (SMD 0.26, 95% CI −0.13 to 0.64), parental mental health (SMD 0.00, 95% CI −0.16 to 0.16), parenting stress (SMD 0.01, 95% CI −0.20 to 0.22) or family functioning (SMD 0.18, 95% CI −0.11 to 0.46).ConclusionMost of the family outcomes are similar between sexual minority and heterosexual families, and sexual minority families have even better outcomes in some domains. Relevant social risk factors of poor family outcomes included stigma and discrimination, poor social support and marital status, etc. The next step is to integrate multiple aspects of support and multilevel interventions to reduce the adverse effects on family outcomes with a long-term goal of influencing policy and law making for better services to individuals, families, communities and schools.

show abstract

Parental sexual orientation, parental gender identity, and the development of children

Cited by 2 publications

References 115 publications

Perceptions Regarding Formed Sexual Identities among Secondary School Students in Ubungo District

Perceptions Regarding Formed Sexual Identities among Secondary School Students in Ubungo District

Family outcome disparities between sexual minority and heterosexual families: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About