Experience of parenthood, couple relationship, social support, and child-rearing goals in planned lesbian mother families
Experience of parenthood, couple relationship, social support, and child-rearing goals in planned lesbian mother families
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00269.x
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发表时间：
2004-05-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
van den Boom, DC
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作者：
Bos, HMW;van Balen, F;van den Boom, DC
背景：有计划的女同性恋家庭现象（即，女同性恋关系所生子女的双母亲家庭）是一个相对较新的问题，对这些家庭进行的研究很少。本研究的主要目的是探讨计划中的女同性恋母亲家庭与异性恋家庭在影响亲子关系的因素上是否存在差异，这些因素包括为人父母的经历、养育子女的目标、夫妻关系和社会支持。方法：将100个女同性恋双母亲家庭与100个自然受孕的异性恋家庭进行比较。研究人员采用了各种方法来收集数据，包括问卷调查和父母记录的活动日记。结果：女同性恋父母并不比异性恋父母更有能力或负担更重。女同性恋和异性恋父母都认为培养孩子的独立性很重要。然而，“顺从”作为一个育儿目标对女同性恋母亲来说并不那么重要。此外，在异性恋家庭中，女同性恋社会母亲比父亲更经常地感到，她们必须证明自己的父母身份的质量。结论：女同性恋夫妇和异性恋夫妇之间几乎没有什么区别，除了女同性恋母亲似乎不太适应传统的养育孩子的目标，女同性恋社会母亲似乎更多地捍卫自己作为母亲的地位。
Background: The phenomenon of planned lesbian families (i.e., two-mother families in which the child was born to the lesbian relationship) is relatively new and very little research has been conducted among those families. The overall aim of this research was to examine whether planned lesbian mother families differ from heterosexual families on factors that are assumed to influence the parcnt-child relationship, such as experience of parenthood, child-rearing goals, couple relationship, and social support. Method: A hundred lesbian two-mother families were compared with 100 heterosexual families having naturally conceived children. A variety of measures were used to collect the data, including questionnaires and a diary of activities kept by the parents. Results: Lesbian parents are no less competent or more burdened than heterosexual parents. Both lesbian and heterosexual parents consider it important to develop qualities of independence in their child. However, 'conformity' as a childrearing goal is less important to lesbian mothers. Furthermore, lesbian social mothers feel more often than fathers in heterosexual families that they must justify the quality of their parenthood. Conclusion: There are few differences between lesbian couples and heterosexual couples, except that lesbian mothers appear less attuned to traditional child-rearing goals and lesbian social mothers appear more to defend their position as mother.