| Title |
Children’s Gender Identity in Lesbian and Heterosexual Two-Parent Families
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Sex Roles, October 2009
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11199-009-9704-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Henny Bos, Theo G. M. Sandfort |
| Abstract |
This study compared gender identity, anticipated future heterosexual romantic involvement, and psychosocial adjustment of children in lesbian and heterosexual families; it was furthermore assessed whether associations between these aspects differed between family types. Data were obtained in the Netherlands from children in 63 lesbian families and 68 heterosexual families. All children were between 8 and 12 years old. Children in lesbian families felt less parental pressure to conform to gender stereotypes, were less likely to experience their own gender as superior and were more likely to be uncertain about future heterosexual romantic involvement. No differences were found on psychosocial adjustment. Gender typicality, gender contentedness and anticipated future heterosexual romantic involvement were significant predictors of psychosocial adjustment in both family types. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Spain | 5 | 10% |
| Argentina | 5 | 10% |
| Mexico | 5 | 10% |
| Panama | 4 | 8% |
| Colombia | 2 | 4% |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 4% |
| Paraguay | 1 | 2% |
| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Unknown | 21 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 50 | 96% |
| Unknown | 2 | 4% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 4 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 124 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 30 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 12% |
| Researcher | 13 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 20 | 16% |
| Unknown | 15 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Psychology | 58 | 45% |
| Social Sciences | 29 | 22% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 2% |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 12 | 9% |
| Unknown | 18 | 14% |
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