Comparing the Outcomes of Children of Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Partners: Overview of the Quantitative Studies Conducted on Random Representative Samples

Juroš, Tanja Vučković

doi:10.5613/rzs.47.1.3

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“…In contrast to popular prejudices, reviews of literature show no empirically valid evidence that the children raised by gay/lesbian parents experience more harmful outcomes in comparison to the children of heterosexual parents (adams and Light, 2015;Vučković Juroš, 2017). Also, LGBT people see parenting as an important factor in their intimate relationships and a desired life goal (Downing, 2013;Costa and Tasker, 2018;Štambuk, Milković and Maričić, 2019).…”

Section: Empirical Evidence On Lesbian and Gay Parentingmentioning

confidence: 98%

Evaluations of Parenting by Same-Sex vs Different-Sex Couples among Heterosexual University Students: Experimental Between-Subjects Vignette Design Study

Štrbić

Jeleković

Popović

et al. 2019

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Despite the decline in prejudice towards LGBT people, the issue of parenthood is still controversial with negative attitudes towards LGBT parents being openly expressed. This study aimed to examine attitudes towards parenting by same-sex couples using a vignette design. Parenting condition (parent's negative vs positive reaction), active parent's gender (mother vs father) and family composition (different-sex vs same-sex couple) were varied to test differences in the evaluations of parenting, child behaviour, family environment, social distance and willingness to grant rights. 392 heterosexual and cisgender students from the University of Zagreb (87% female, 13% male), aged 18 to 37, participated in an online study. After reading one of the eight vignettes, participants evaluated parenting, child behaviour, family environment, social distance and rights of the family described in the vignette. The results showed that parenting and family environment were evaluated as better, and participants were less convinced that the child's behaviour is the result of parents' relationship in the positive parenting condition than in the negative. Social distance was lower towards parents in the positive parenting condition than in the negative and-unexpectedly-towards same-sex in comparison to different-sex couples. Participants were more inclined to grant family rights to parents from the positive than to those from the negative parenting condition. Although other results suggested unbiased attitudes towards same-sex couples' parenting, participants were less inclined to grant same-sex couples family rights in comparison to different-254 Revija za sociologiju | Croatian Sociological Review 49 (2019), 2: 253-281 sex couples. The findings reflect an important mechanism underlying the stability of prejudice-a resistance towards generalising attitudes from individual cases to a group. This can be used in efforts to confront prejudice against parenting among LGBT people.

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Section: Empirical Evidence On Lesbian and Gay Parentingmentioning

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Evaluations of Parenting by Same-Sex vs Different-Sex Couples among Heterosexual University Students: Experimental Between-Subjects Vignette Design Study

Štrbić

Jeleković

Popović

et al. 2019

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“…Zaključno, autorica temeljem analize 15 kvantitativnih studija zaključuje o dosljednosti rezultata prema kojima ne postoje razlike u ishodima po djecu iz obitelji istospolnih i raznospolnih partnera, a koji bi se mogli pripisati obiteljskoj strukturi u kojoj djeca odrastaju, što govori o postojanju konsenzusa o izostanku dokaza o štetnim ishodima djece istospolnih partnera. Manji je broj istraživanja koja nalaze neke statistički značajne razlike u štetnim ishodima djece, a istovremeno ih obilježavaju ozbiljne metodološke zamjerke poput umjetnog povećavanja broja djece iz istospolnih obitelji koja u njima moguće ili vjerojatno nikada nisu odrastala, ili izostanak kontrolne varijable za obiteljsku stabilnost (Vučković Juroš, 2017. ).…”

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Razvoj Djece U Istospolnim Obiteljima – Činjenice, Predrasude I Uloga Društva

Patričević¹,

Ernečić²

2021

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DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN IN SAME-SEX FAMILIES – FACTS, PREJUDICES AND THE ROLE OF SOCIETY Changes in the family structure which have been present in recent decades generated new forms of families, among which are same-sex families. These changes are mainly not accompanied by the same speed of changes in society through a change of the system of values, public perceptions and policies. Many same-sex couples raise children who were born in previous heterosexual relationships, realise parenthood through different reproduction techniques, and in some societies, which are more modern and mature than ours and which are pro-European and western oriented, adoption of children by same-sex couples was already legitimized a long time ago. A series of research studies connected to same-sex families and parenthood was conducted to date. The results of most scientific studies have shown that there are no significant changes between children who grow up in heterosexual unions and those who grow up in same-sex unions related to their mental and physical well-being, social competencies, behavioural adjustment, gender identity and role, sexual orientation, social relations and academic achievement. It seems that family processes, quality of parenthood and quality of the parent-child relationship influence the developmental outcomes far more than the family structure does. The influence of stigmatization seems to be controversial as the results are contradictory. The influence of stigmatization is negatively connected to mental health and quality of life of same-sex couples. In spite of that, their children develop into healthy persons in the homophobic society they grow up in. Nevertheless, society burdened by stereotypes and prejudice represents a certain social risk for same-sex families. Opposing scientific research which shows very few noticeable differences between the children of same-sex and heterosexual couples to social beliefs that are not based on scientific facts is important for the social survival of these different families. Scientific literature should be the only relevant factor in designing policies that position same-sex families within a wider social context. It is precisely due to this that this paper provides an overview of scientific research studies that are focused on the potential influences of same-sex unions on the children’s growing up,with an emphasis on the sexual and psychosocial development of the children. The presented results should form a basis for all discussions about the influence of same-sex parenthood on children and only they are relevant for policy-making based on scientific facts.

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“…Although no disadvantages were found for children raised by same-sex parents compared to those raised by different-gender parents (e.g. Crowl, Ahn and Baker, 2008;Patterson, 2005;Vučković Juroš, 2017), negative attitudes towards samesex parenting are often justified by the notion that children need both a mother and a father in order to grow up as fully functional and healthy individuals (e.g. Hicks, 2008;Webb and Chonody, 2014).…”

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Attitudes towards Gay and Lesbian Parental Rights among Heterosexual Croatian Citizens: The Effect of Traditional Gender-Role Attitudes

Kamenov

Huić

Jelić

2019

RevSoc

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Non-normative sexual orientations question the binary and hierarchically organised image of men-women relations. The main goal of this research was to explore the role of gender identity and gender-roles attitudes in predicting attitudes towards same-sex parenting. An additional goal was to assess whether socio-demographic variables such as age, education, religiosity and political preferences-which proved to be relevant in predicting homonegativity-would also predict attitudes towards same-sex parenting. Finally, the authors explored whether gender identity and gender-role attitudes bore an effect on attitudes towards same-sex parenting after controlling for the socio-demographic variables. An online survey with 992 heterosexual participants of both genders (70% women) aged 18 to 79 years was conducted in Croatia in 2014. Participants expressed less support for gay than for lesbian parenting, with female participants expressing more positive attitudes towards both gay and lesbian parenting than male ones. Expectedly, same-sex parenting was more supported by less religious and politically more leftoriented participants, as well as those who cohabitate compared to married participants. Age and education, but also gender identity, did not prove predictive. However, the expectations about the role of traditional gender norms were confirmed. Participants with more traditional gender-role attitudes, as well as those who are parents themselves, expressed more negative attitudes towards same-sex parenting.

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Comparing the Outcomes of Children of Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Partners: Overview of the Quantitative Studies Conducted on Random Representative Samples

Cited by 6 publications

References 34 publications

Evaluations of Parenting by Same-Sex vs Different-Sex Couples among Heterosexual University Students: Experimental Between-Subjects Vignette Design Study

Evaluations of Parenting by Same-Sex vs Different-Sex Couples among Heterosexual University Students: Experimental Between-Subjects Vignette Design Study

Razvoj Djece U Istospolnim Obiteljima – Činjenice, Predrasude I Uloga Društva

Attitudes towards Gay and Lesbian Parental Rights among Heterosexual Croatian Citizens: The Effect of Traditional Gender-Role Attitudes

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