Quality of life of adolescents raised from birth by lesbian mothers: The US national longitudinal family study

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-23

  Van Gelderen, Loes ^a   Bos, Henny M W ^a   Gartrell, Nanette ^a,b,c   Hermanns, Jo ^a   Perrin, Ellen C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; lesbian families; quality of life; stigmatization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855425981     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e31823b62af     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Pawelski JG, Perrin EC, Foy JM, et al. The effects of marriage, civil union, and domestic partnerships laws on the health and well-being of children. Pediatrics. 2006;118:349-364. (Pubitemid 46071182)
2. Perrin EC; Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health. Technical report: Coparent or second-parent adoption by same-sex parents. Pediatrics. 2002;109:341-344. (Pubitemid 34126883)
3. Rivers I, Poteat VP, Noret N. Victimization, social support, and psychosocial functioning among children of same-sex and opposite-sex couples in the United Kingdom. Dev Psychol. 2008; 44:127-134.
4. Golombok S, Tasker FL. Do parents influence the sexual orientation of their children? Findings from a longitudinal study of lesbian families. Dev Psychol. 1996;32:3-11.
5. Kazdin AE. Adolescent mental health: Prevention and treatment programs. Am Psychol. 1993;48:127-141.
6. Seligman MEP, Csikszentmihalyi M. Positive psychology: An introduction. Am Psychol. 2000;55:5-14.
7. Antaramian SP, Huebner ES, Hills KJ, Valois RF. A dual-factor model of mental health: Toward a more comprehensive understanding of youth functioning. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2010;80:462-472.
8. Edwards TC, Huebner ES, Connell FA, Patrick DL. Adolescent quality of life, part 1: Conceptual and measurement model. J Adolesc. 2002;25:275-286. (Pubitemid 41115227)
9. Lewis AD, Huebner ES, Malone PS, et al. Life satisfaction and student engagement in adolescents. J Youth Adolesc. 2011;40: 249-262.
10. Huebner ES. Research on assessment of life satisfaction or children and adolescents. Soc Indic Res. 2004;66:3-33. (Pubitemid 38237573)
11. Huebner ES, Suldo SM, Smith LC, McKnight CG. Life satisfaction in children and youth: Empirical foundations and implications for school psychologists. J School Psychol. 2004;41:81-93. (Pubitemid 38085922)
12. Tasker FL, Golombok S. Growing up in a Lesbian Family: Effects on Child Development. New York, NY: Guilford Press; 1997.
13. Golombok S, Badger S. Children raised in mother-headed families from infancy: A follow-up of children of lesbian and single heterosexual mothers, at early adulthood. Hum Reprod. 2010;25:150-157.
14. Wainright JL, Russel ST, Patterson CJ. Psychosocial adjustment, school outcomes, and romantic relationships of adolescents with same-sex parents. Child Dev. 2004;75:1886-1898. (Pubitemid 40004776)
15. Gershon TD, Tschann JM, Jemerin JM. Stigmatization, selfesteem, and coping among the adolescent children of lesbian mothers. J Adolesc Health. 1999;24:437-445. (Pubitemid 29283358)
16. Gartrell NK, Bos HMW. US National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study: Psychological adjustment of 17-year-old adolescents. Pediatrics. 2010;126:28-36.
17. Patrick DL, Edwards TC, Topolski TD. Adolescent quality of life, part II: Initial validation of a new instrument. J Adolesc. 2002;25: 287-300. (Pubitemid 41115228)
18. Washington State Department of Health, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Department of Social and Health Services, Department of Commerce, Family Policy Council and Liquor Control Board. Healthy youth survey: 2008 analytic report. Available at: Https://fortress.wa.gov/doh/hys. Accessed February 9, 2011.
19. Faul F, Erdfelder E, Lang A-G, et al. G.Power 3: A flexible statistical power analysis program for the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences. Behav Res Methods. 2007;39:175-191.
20. Cohen J. Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences. 2nd ed. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum; 1988.
21. Gartrell NK, Bos HMW, Goldberg N. Adolescents of the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study: Sexualorientation, sexual behavior, and sexual risk exposure. Arch Sex Behav. 2011;40:1199-1209.
22. Amato PR. The consequences of divorce for adults and children. J Marriage Fam. 2000;62:1269-1287.
23. Emery RE, Otto RK, O'Donohue WT. A critical assessment of child custody evaluations: Limited science and a flawed system. Psychol Sci Public Interest. 2005;6:1-29. (Pubitemid 41805529)
24. Emery RE. Renegotiating Family Relationships: Divorce, Child Custody, and Mediation. 2nd ed. New York: Guilford; 1994.
25. Sandfort TGM, Bos HMW, Collier KL, Metselaar M. School environment and the mental health of sexual minority youths: A study among Dutch young adolescents. Am J Public Health. 2010;100:1696-1700.
26. Bos HMW, Gartrell NK, Peyser H, van Balen F. The USA National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study (NLLFS): Homophobia, psychological adjustment, and protective factors. J Lesbian Stud. 2008;12:455-471.
27. Bos H, Gartrell N. Adolescents of the USA National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study: Can family characteristics counteract the negative effects of stigmatization? Fam Process. 2010;49:559-572.
28. McCullough G, Huebner ES, Laughlin JE. Life events, selfconcepts, and adolescents' positive subjective well-being. Psychol Sch. 2000;37:281-290.
29. Golombok S, Perry B, Burston A, et al. Children with lesbian parents: A community study. Dev Psychol. 2003;39: 20-33. (Pubitemid 37177409)