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van Gelderen, Loes; Gartrell, Nanette N.; Bos, Henny M. W.; Hermanns, Jo M. A. – Journal of Family Issues, 2013
The aim of this study was to investigate whether stigmatization was associated with psychological adjustment in adolescents from planned lesbian families and, if so, to examine whether individual and interpersonal promotive factors influenced this association. Seventy-eight adolescents (39 girls, 39 boys; mean age = 17.05 years) completed an…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Mental Health, Life Satisfaction, Homosexuality
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Suter, Elizabeth A.; Daas, Karen L.; Bergen, Karla Mason – Journal of Family Issues, 2008
This study reports how lesbian families negotiate their family identities via symbols and rituals. Sixteen couple interviews were conducted with lesbian co-mothers (for a total of 32 participants) who had their children via donor insemination in the contexts of their current same-sex relationships. Interviews were analyzed using grounded theory.…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Social Networks, Females, Family Characteristics
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Rothblum, Esther D.; Balsam, Kimberly F.; Solomon, Sondra E. – Journal of Family Issues, 2008
This study compared 55 men and 78 women who had same-sex marriages in Massachusetts, 101 men and 120 women who had domestic partnerships in California, and 35 men and 86 women who had civil unions in Vermont, all in 2004. Couples were surveyed on demographic and relationship information, conflict, contact with family of origin, social support,…
Descriptors: Females, Homosexuality, Organizations (Groups), Gender Differences