Examining ethnic differences in parental rejection of LGB youth sexual identity.
Examining ethnic differences in parental rejection of LGB youth sexual identity.
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10.1037/fam0000235
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2017-03
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Malik NM
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Richter BE;Lindahl KM;Malik NM
超过70%的女同性恋、男同性恋和双性恋（LGB）青年经历了某种程度的父母拒绝他们的性身份，这是有问题的，因为研究记录了父母拒绝和LGB青年心理困难之间的联系。此外，新的研究表明，少数民族LGB青年可能比少数民族LGB青年更容易遭受父母的拒绝。然而，这项研究是不确定的，有很大的差距。目前的研究是第一个包括LGB青年及其父母的多种族样本，以调查种族如何与父母拒绝有关的研究之一。具体来说，目前的研究检查了父母拒绝以及自我变量（即，同性恋和传统的性别角色信念），这被认为与种族和父母的拒绝有关。此外，间接影响的种族父母拒绝通过同性恋和传统的性别角色的信念进行了检查。参与者包括90名父母（32-63岁）和他们的90名LGB儿童（15-24岁）。59%的样本是少数族裔。显着的种族差异被发现在父母的拒绝和同性恋，但没有在传统的性别角色信念。同负性被发现完全调解种族和父母拒绝之间的关系。这些结果提供了重要的信息，为什么少数民族的父母，在一般情况下，可能有一个更困难的时间接受他们的LGB儿童比少数民族的父母。
Upward of 70% of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth experience some degree of parental rejection of their sexual identity, which is problematic in light of research documenting links between parental rejection and psychological difficulties in LGB youth. Additionally, emerging research suggests that ethnic minority LGB youth may be at greater risk to experience parental rejection than ethnic majority LGB youth. However, this research is inconclusive and has significant gaps. The current study is one of the first to include a multiethnic sample of LGB youth and their parents to investigate how ethnicity may be related to parental rejection. Specifically, the current study examined ethnic differences in parental rejection as well as in intrapersonal variables (i.e., homonegativity and traditional gender role beliefs), which are thought to be related both to ethnicity and parental rejection. Additionally, indirect effects of ethnicity on parental rejection through homonegativity and traditional gender role beliefs were examined. Participants included 90 parents (ages 32-63) and their 90 LGB children (ages 15-24). Fifty-nine percent of the sample was ethnic minority. Significant ethnic differences were found in parental rejection and homonegativity, but not in traditional gender role beliefs. Homonegativity was found to fully mediate the relation between ethnicity and parental rejection. These results provide important information on why ethnic minority parents, in general, may have a more difficult time accepting their LGB children than ethnic majority parents.