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Predicting Non-African American Lesbian and Heterosexual Preadoptive Couples' Openness to Adopting an African American Child
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Goldberg, Abbie E.; Smith, JuliAnna Z. – Family Relations, 2009
Despite increases in transracial adoption, African American children remain the least likely to be adopted. No research has examined the factors that predict prospective adopters' willingness to adopt an African American child. This study used multilevel modeling to examine predictors of willingness to adopt an African American child in a sample…
Descriptors: Racial Factors, Predictor Variables, Sexuality, Age Differences
Social Support and Psychological Well-Being in Lesbian and Heterosexual Preadoptive Couples
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Goldberg, Abbie E.; Smith, JuliAnna Z. – Family Relations, 2008
This study examines predictors of social support and mental health among 36 lesbian and 39 heterosexual couples who were waiting to adopt. Lesbian preadoptive partners perceived less support from family than heterosexual partners but similar levels of support from friends. Lesbian and heterosexual partners reported similar levels of well-being.…
Descriptors: Adoption, Depression (Psychology), Social Support Groups, Homosexuality
"It Wasn't 'Let's Get Pregnant and Go Do It':" Decision Making in Lesbian Couples Planning Motherhood via Donor Insemination
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Chabot, Jennifer M.; Ames, Barbara D. – Family Relations, 2004
The process that lesbian couples experienced in using donor insemination (DI) to become parents was examined in this study through interviews of 10 lesbians. Using a decision-making framework embedded in feminist theory, results identified the major decisions involved that conceptualized the transition to parenthood and describe how these…
Descriptors: Donors, Feminism, Homosexuality, Decision Making
The Evolving Treatment of Gender, Ethnicity, and Sexual Orientation in Marital and Family Therapy.
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Leslie, Leigh A. – Family Relations, 1995
Reviews similarities in criticism of the treatment of women, minorities, and homosexuals by marital and family therapists. Examines the impact these critiques have had on the field and explores areas in which work is still needed. Contains 132 references. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Criticism, Ethnicity, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Characteristics