Same-Sex Marriage and Common Mental Health Diagnoses: A Sibling Comparison and Adoption Approach

Abstract

If citing, it is advised that you check and use the publisher's definitive version for pagination, volume/issue, and date of publication details. And where the final published version is provided on the Research Portal, if citing you are again advised to check the publisher's website for any subsequent corrections.

Childhood Gender Nonconformity and Sexual Orientation Disparities in Depressive Symptoms: The Role of Parental Attitudes

“…34,35 Other process may involve the shared familial factors relevant to both sexual orientation and depressive symptoms as common cause confounders. 36 This study may have implications for parenting practices in countries with more rigid gender-stereotypical attitudes towards child rearing. The results could tentatively suggest that having less rigid gender norms and attitudes, may promote more tolerate parental attitudes and rearing styles towards departures from gender typical behaviors in children.…”

Same-Sex Relationships and Criminal Behavior: A Total Population Study in The Netherlands

“…What we rely on instead is a proxy measure consisting of official registrations (i.e., marriage or registered partnership) of same-sex and opposite-sex relationships (see also Xu et al, (2023) for a similar approach). This approach therefore captures the types of formal actions (e.g., marriage) taken by individuals when choosing partners based on sexual identity and romantic preferences.…”