Lesbians choosing motherhood: A comparative study of lesbian and heterosexual parents and their children.
Lesbians choosing motherhood: A comparative study of lesbian and heterosexual parents and their children.
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女同性恋选择母亲:女同性恋和异性恋父母及其孩子的比较研究。
DOI:
10.1037/0012-1649.31.1.105
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发表时间:
1995
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
G. Joseph
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文献类型:
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作者:
D. Flaks;I. Ficher;F. Masterpasqua;G. Joseph
This study compared 15 lesbian couples and the 3- to 9-year-old children born to them through donor insemination with 15 matched, heterosexual-parent families. A variety of assessment measures were used to evaluate the children's cognitive functioning and behavioral adjustment as well as the parents' relationship quality and parenting skills. Results revealed no significant differences between the 2 groups of children, who also compared favorably with the standardization samples for the instruments used. In addition, no significant differences were found between dyadic adjustment of lesbian and heterosexual couples. Only in the area of parenting did the 2 groups of couples differ; lesbian couples exhibited more parenting awareness skills than did heterosexual couples. The implications of these findings are discussed