Harnessing Social Influence Theory to Improve Attitudes Towards Gay Parents

On the Attribution of Parental Competence: Parents’ Behavior Matters, not Their Sexual Orientation

“…Many of them, as the present one, used a vignette approach. Study participants are presented with a couple who want to become parents (Camilleri & Ryan, 2006;Crawford & Solliday, 1996;Gato & Fontaine, 2013, 2016a, 2016bKranz, 2020Kranz, , 2022McCutcheon & Morrison, 2015;Rye & Meaney, 2010;Sohr-Preston et al, 2017;Steffens et al, 2015;Webb et al, 2020) or with parents who are challenged by their child's behavior (Baiocco et al, 2013;Carnaghi et al, 2018;Di Battista et al, 2021;Kranz, 2022;Massey, 2008;Massey et al, 2013;McLeod et al 1999;Morse et al 2007;O'Flynn & White 2020;Štrbić et al 2019;Tušl et al 2020). In these vignettes, everything is kept constant, except for the sexual orientation of the (future) parents (and, possibly, further factors of interest).…”