The Attribution of Parental Competence to Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Couples: Experimental and Correlational Results

Kranz, Dirk

doi:10.1080/00918369.2021.1909395

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“…In sum, the consistent Study 1 and Study 2 results fit into previous research that did not find any evidence for a social perception disadvantage of LG parenthood (Camilleri & Ryan, 2006;Di Battista et al, 2021;Kranz, 2020Kranz, , 2022Massey, 2008;McCutcheon & Morrison, 2015;Štrbić et al, 2019;Tušl et al, 2020). Importantly, the statistical power of our studies met the typically recommended level (0.80, according to Cohen, 1988); that is, the chance of finding the hypothesized interaction effect, if it existed, was sufficient.…”

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“…After reading the vignette, participants are asked to rate the vignette target's parental competence (or other childor family-related variables). As hypothesized based on persisting anti-LG prejudice, most studies found that LG targets were judged more negatively than their heterosexual counterparts; a considerable number of studies, however, did not find the expected LG target disadvantage (Camilleri & Ryan, 2006;Di Battista et al, 2021;Kranz, 2020Kranz, , 2022Massey, 2008;McCutcheon & Morrison, 2015;Štrbić et al, 2019;Tušl et al, 2020).…”

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“…Gay, but not lesbian, couples were perceived as somewhat less suitable for adoption than heterosexual couples, but this effect was comparably small. Using an exclusively heterosexual sample, Kranz (2022) found that LG adoption-seeking couples as well as LG parent couples were perceived as equally competent in parenting as their heterosexual counterparts, irrespective of whether the latter were (future) adoptive or biological parents. In another study, Kranz (2020) found that target gender role (in terms of the "big two," feminine communion and masculine agency; Bakan, 1966), but not target sexual orientation or gender, explained variance in the attribution of parental competence and adoption suitability.…”

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“…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).…”

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

Kranz

2022

J Child Fam Stud

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Using a vignette approach, two studies examined the impact of three factors on judgments of parental competence: target parents’ sexual orientation, gender, and parenting behavior. According to the aversive prejudice framework, people should express their subtle prejudice against lesbian and gay parents when the latter show detrimental parenting behavior––that is, when devaluation is easy to rationalize. Samples of 170 and 290 German heterosexual participants each were presented with a parent-child conflict situation. In Study 1, the child threw a public tantrum during a restaurant visit; in Study 2, the children wanted to play outside instead of doing their homework. Irrespective of target gender, lesbian and gay parents were judged as equally or even somewhat more competent than heterosexual parents. In both studies, parents who responded in an authoritative way received the most positive evaluation of parental competence, whereas parents who responded in an authoritarian way received the most negative evaluation. In neither study, however, there was a significant interaction between parents’ sexual orientation and parenting behavior. That is, contrary to hypothesis, lesbian and gay parents did not receive more negative evaluation than heterosexual parents when responding in a comparatively negative, authoritarian or permissive way. Such interaction could also not be found when additionally considering participants’ levels of homonegativity or social desirability. The discussion centers on the increasing acceptance of same-sex parenthood as well as the high appreciation of authoritative parenting in contemporary Germany.

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