"Am I Doing the Right Thing?": Pathways to Parenting a Gender Variant Child
"Am I Doing the Right Thing?": Pathways to Parenting a Gender Variant Child
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DOI：
10.1111/famp.12128
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发表时间：
2016-03-01
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影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Levitt, Heidi M.
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作者：
Gray, Sarah A. O.;Sweeney, Kristen K.;Levitt, Heidi M.
性别变异（GV）儿童对性别认同和/或对服装、活动和/或玩伴的偏好有主观的感觉，这些感觉和/或偏好与他们的生物性别的文化规范不同。尽管GV儿童及其家庭在诊所就诊的比率有所增加，但关于抚养GV儿童如何影响整个家庭或家庭如何就其护理作出决定的研究很少。本研究采用生态-交易的框架来探讨这个问题，父母抚养GV或跨性别儿童的经验是什么？通过全球志愿者支助小组转介的全球志愿者男女儿童（5-13岁）的8名母亲和3名父亲参加了访谈。成绩单进行了分析，采用适应扎根理论分析。这些父母试图为他们的GV孩子铺平一条不受污名化的童年道路，通常通过两条途径：拯救孩子免于污名化和伤害的恐惧，或者接受GV并倡导一个更宽容的世界。许多参与者在不同程度上使用了这两种途径，或者随着时间的推移改变了途径，选择的途径与父母自己对GV的理解、他们的经历和背景以及他们养育的孩子和他们居住的社区的特点有关。讨论了局限性、临床意义和未来方向。
Gender variant (GV) children have a subjective sense of gender identity and/or preferences regarding clothing, activities, and/or playmates that are different from what is culturally normative for their biological sex. Despite increases in rates of GV children and their families presenting at clinics, there is little research on how raising a GV child affects the family as a whole or how families make decisions regarding their care. This study took an ecological-transactional framework to explore the question, what is the experience of parents who raise a GV or transgender child? Eight mothers and three fathers of GV male and female children (ages 5-13) referred through a GV support group participated in interviews. Transcripts were analyzed using an adaptation of grounded theory analysis. These parents attempted to pave the way to a nonstigmatized childhood for their GV child, typically through two pathways: rescuing the child from fear of stigma and hurt or accepting GV and advocating for a more tolerant world. Many participants used both pathways to different degrees or shifted paths over time, and the paths selected were related to parents' own understanding of GV and their experiences and backgrounds as well as characteristics of the children they were parenting and the communities they inhabited. Limitations, clinical implications, and future directions are discussed.