Abstract
This article presents information that supports the strengths and resiliency found within lesbian and gay families. Responses were collected through an Internet survey based on the Self-Report Family Inventory (SFI) developed by CitationBeavers and Hampson (2000). The SFI is a 36-item self-report instrument which evaluates each family member's perception of the family's health/competence, conflict, cohesion, directive leadership, and emotional expressiveness. Overall family functioning was determined to be fairly high for the 167 respondents. The concept of expressiveness received the highest average scores on a 5-point Likert scale and conflict measured the lowest.
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