Coping with Sexual Stigma: Emerging Adults with Lesbian Parents Reflect on the Impact of Heterosexism and Homophobia during Their Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Kuvalanka, Katherine A.; Leslie, Leigh A.; Radina, Rachel
Titel	Coping with Sexual Stigma: Emerging Adults with Lesbian Parents Reflect on the Impact of Heterosexism and Homophobia during Their Adolescence
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent Research, 29 (2014) 2, S.241-270 (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-5584
DOI	10.1177/0743558413484354
Schlagwörter	Social Bias; Homosexuality; Sexual Orientation; Parents; Interviews; Young Adults; Coping; Middle School Students; High School Students; Student Experience; Bullying; Emotional Response; Family Structure; Peer Influence; Family Influence; Individual Characteristics; Divorce; Anxiety; Fear; Qualitative Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Homosexualität; Sexuelle Orientierung; Eltern; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Bewältigung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Studienerfahrung; Mobbing; Emotionales Verhalten; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Ehescheidung; Angst; Furcht; Qualitative Forschung
Abstract	Little is known about how youth with LGB (lesbian, gay, and bisexual) parents experience various forms of sexual stigma (i.e., homophobia and heterosexism). Previous studies have focused primarily on frequency of teasing and harassment; therefore, much less is known about how indirect and institutional types of sexual stigma play out in the lives of these youth. In-depth, qualitative interviews were conducted with 30 emerging adults with lesbian parents to ascertain how they experienced and coped with sexual stigma during middle school and high school. Findings revealed that both enacted (direct and indirect) and structural sexual stigma were salient to participants during their adolescence. The reactions that participants had to sexual stigma varied and were categorized as: fearful, defiant, or detached. Coping strategies, as well as factors that influenced the impact of sexual stigma on participants, were identified. Findings have implications for family professionals, policymakers, and future research. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10