Children in Planned Lesbian Families: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Between the United States and the Netherlands

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作者
Bos, Henny M. W. [1 ]
Gartrell, Nanette K. [2 ]
van Balen, Frank [1 ]
Peyser, Heidi [3 ]
Sandfort, Theo G. M. [4 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Amsterdam, Fac Social & Behav Sci, Dept Educ, NL-1090 GE Amsterdam, Netherlands
[2] Univ Calif San Francisco, Ctr Excellence Womens Hlth, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
[3] New Ways Work, San Francisco, CA USA
[4] New York State Psychiat Inst & Hosp, HIV Ctr Clin & Behav Studies, New York, NY 10032 USA
[5] Columbia Univ, New York, NY USA
关键词
lesbian families; disclosure; homophobia; psychosocial adjustment; cross-cultural;
D O I
10.1037/a0012711
中图分类号
R749 [精神病学];
学科分类号
100205 ;
摘要
A total of 78 planned lesbian families in the United States were compared with 74 planned lesbian families in the Netherlands. Children were interviewed about disclosure to peers about living in a lesbian family and about their experiences of homophobia; mothers filled out the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). Results showed that Dutch children were more open about growing up in a lesbian family, experienced less homophobia, and demonstrated fewer emotional and behavioral problems than American children. Homophobia was found to account for part of the difference in psychosocial adjustment between the Dutch and the American children.
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页码:211 / 219
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