Adoptive Gay Father Families: Parent-Child Relationships and Children's Psychological Adjustment

Autor/inn/en	Golombok, Susan; Mellish, Laura; Jennings, Sarah; Casey, Polly; Tasker, Fiona; Lamb, Michael E.
Titel	Adoptive Gay Father Families: Parent-Child Relationships and Children's Psychological Adjustment
Quelle	In: Child Development, 85 (2014) 2, S.456-468 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.12155
Schlagwörter	Fathers; Homosexuality; Adoption; Foreign Countries; Mothers; Comparative Analysis; Interviews; Observation; Questionnaires; Well Being; Parent Child Relationship; Adjustment (to Environment); Sexual Identity; Parent Attitudes; Childhood Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Child Rearing; Family Environment; Stress Variables; Behavior Problems; Gender Issues; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Homosexualität; Ausland; Mother; Mutter; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Beobachtung; Fragebogen; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Elternverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Kindererziehung; Familienmilieu; Geschlechterfrage; Großbritannien
Abstract	Findings are presented on a U.K. study of 41 gay father families, 40 lesbian mother families, and 49 heterosexual parent families with an adopted child aged 3-9 years. Standardized interview and observational and questionnaire measures of parental well-being, quality of parent-child relationships, child adjustment, and child sex-typed behavior were administered to parents, children, and teachers. The findings indicated more positive parental well-being and parenting in gay father families compared to heterosexual parent families. Child externalizing problems were greater among children in heterosexual families. Family process variables, particularly parenting stress, rather than family type were found to be predictive of child externalizing problems. The findings contribute to theoretical understanding of the role of parental gender and parental sexual orientation in child development. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10