Adolescents in Lesbian Families: DSM-Oriented Scale Scores and Stigmatization

REFERENCES

• Achenbach , T. M. and Dumenci , L. 2001 . Advances in empirically based assessment: Revised cross-informant syndromes and new DSM-oriented scales from the CBCL, YSR, and TRF: Comment on Lengua, Sadowski, Friedrich, and Fischer (2001) . Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , 4 : 699 – 702 . doi: 10.1037/0022-006X.69.4.699
   Google Scholar
• Achenbach , T. M. , Dumenci , L. and Rescorla , L. A. 2003 . DSM-oriented and empirically based approaches to constructing scales from the same item pools . Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology , 32 : 328 – 340 . doi: 10.1207/ S15374424JCCP3203_02
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Achenbach , T. M. and Rescorla , L. A. 2001 . Manual for ASEBA School-Age Forms & Profiles , Burlington , VT : University of Vermont, Research Center for Children, Youth, & Families .
   Google Scholar
• Aebi , M. , Winkle Metzke , C. and Steinhausen , H-C. 2010 . Accuracy of the DSM-oriented attention problem scale of the child behavior checklist in diagnosing attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder . Journal of Attention Disorders , 13 : 454 – 463 . doi: 10.1177/1087054708325739
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baumrind , D. 1995 . Commentary on sexual orientation: Research and social policy implications . Developmental Psychology , 31 : 130 – 136 . doi: 10.1037/0012–1649.31.1.130
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bos , H. M. W. 2012 . “ Lesbian-mother families formed through donor insemination ” . In LGBT-parent families: Possibilities for new research and implications for practice , Edited by: Goldberg , A. E. and Allen , K. R. 21 – 37 . New York , NY : Springer .
   Google Scholar
• Bos , H. M. W. and Gartrell , N. 2010 . Adolescents of the U.S. national longitudinal lesbian family study: The impact of having a known or an unknown donor on the stability of psychological adjustment . Human Reproduction , 26 : 630 – 637 . doi: 10.1093/humrep/deq359
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bos , H. M. W. and van Balen , F. 2008 . Children in planned lesbian families: Stigmatisation, psychological adjustment and protective factors . Culture, Health, & Sexualities , 10 : 221 – 236 . doi: 10.1080/13691050701601702
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bos , H. M. W. and van Balen , F. 2010 . Children of the new reproductive technologies: Social and genetic parenthood . Patient Education and Counseling , 81 : 429 – 435 . doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.09.012
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bos , H. M. W. , van Balen , F. and van den Boom , D. C. 2007 . Child adjustment and parenting in planned lesbian-parent families . American Journal of Orthopsychiatry , 77 : 38 – 48 . doi: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.1.38
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Branscombe , N. R. , Schmitt , M. T. and Harvey , R. D. 1999 . Perceiving pervasive discrimination among African Americans: Implications for group identification and well-being . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 77 : 135 – 149 . doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.77.1.135
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brewaeys , A. , Ponjaert-Kristoffersen , I. , van Steirteghem , A. C. and Devroey , P. 1993 . Children from anonymous donors: An inquiry into homosexual and heterosexual parents’ attitudes . Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology , 14 : 23 – 35 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bronfenbrenner , U. 1979 . The ecology of human development , Cambridge , MA : Harvard University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Brunshaw , J. M. and Szatmari , P. 1988 . The agreement between behavior checklists and structured psychiatric interviews for children . Canadian Journal of Psychiatry , 33 : 474 – 481 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Costello , E. J. , Copeland , W. and Angold , A. 2011 . Trends in psychopathology across the adolescent years: What changes when children become adolescents, and when adolescents become adults . The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry , 52 : 1015 – 1025 . doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02446.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Crocker , J. and Major , B. 2003 . The self-protective properties of stigma: Evolution of a modern classic . Psychological Inquiry , 14 : 232 – 237 . doi: 10.1080/ 1047840X.2003.9682885
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ebesutani , C. , Bernstein , A. , Nakamura , B. J. , Chorpita , B. F. , Higa-McMillan , C. K. and Weisz , J. R. 2009 . Concurrent validity of the child behavior checklist DSM-oriented scales: Correspondence with DSM diagnoses and comparison to syndrome scales . Journal of Psychopathology Behavior Assessment , 32 : 373 – 384 . doi: 10.1007/s10862-009-9174-9
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Eder , D. 1985 . The cycle of popularity: Interpersonal relations among female adolescents . Sociology of Education , 58 : 154 – 165 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Flaks , D. K. , Ficher , I. , Masterpasqua , F. and Joseph , G. 1995 . Lesbians choosing motherhood: A comparative study of lesbian and heterosexual parents and their children . Developmental Psychology , 31 : 105 – 114 . doi: 10.1037/ 0012–1649.31.1.105
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Frick , P. J. , Barry , C. T. and Kamphaus , R. W. 2010 . Clinical assessment of child and adolescent personality and behavior , New York , NY : Springer .
   Google Scholar
• Gartrell , N. , Banks , A. , Hamilton , J. , Reed , N. , Bishop , H. and Rodas , C. 1999 . The national lesbian family study: 2. Interviews with mothers of toddlers . American Journal of Orthopsychiatry , 69 : 362 – 369 . doi: 10.1037/h0080410
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gartrell , N. , Banks , A. , Reed , N. , Hamilton , J. , Rodas , C. and Deck , A. 2000 . Interviews with mothers of five-year-olds . American Journal of Orthopsychiatry , 70 : 542 – 548 . doi: 10.1037/h0087823
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gartrell , N. and Bos , H. M. W. 2010 . U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study: Psychological adjustment of 17-year-old adolescents . Pediatrics , 126 : 28 – 36 . doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-3153
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gartrell , N. , Hamilton , J. , Banks , A. , Mosbacher , D. , Reed , N. , Sparks , C. and Bishop , H. 1996 . The national lesbian family study: 1. Interview with prospective mothers . American Journal of Orthopsychiatry , 66 : 272 – 281 . doi: 10.1037/h0080178
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gartrell , N. , Peyser , H. and Bos , H. M. W. 2011 . “ Planned lesbian families: A review of the U.S. national longitudinal lesbian family study ” . In Lesbian and gay adoption. A new American reality , Edited by: Brodizinsky , D. M. , Pertman , A. and Kunz , D. B. 112 – 129 . Oxford, USA : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Gartrell , N. , Rodas , C. , Deck , A. , Peyser , H. and Banks , A. 2005 . The national lesbian family study: 4. Interviews with the 10-year-old children . American Journal of Orthopsychiatry , 75 : 518 – 524 . doi: 10.1037/0002-9432.75.4.518
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gartrell , N. , Rodas , C. , Deck , A. , Peyser , H. and Banks , A. 2006 . The USA national lesbian family study: Interviews with mothers of 10-year olds . Feminism & Psychology , 16 : 175 – 192 . doi: 10.1177/0959-353506062972
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Goldberg , A. , Kinkler , L. A. , Richardson , H. B. and Downing , J. B. 2012 . On the border: Young adults with LGBQ parents navigate LGBTQ communities . Journal of Counseling Psychology , 59 : 71 – 85 . doi: 10.1037/a0024576
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Golombok , S. and Badger , S. 2010 . Children raised in mother-headed families from infancy: A follow-up of children of lesbian and heterosexual mothers, at early adulthood . Human Reproduction , 25 : 150 – 157 . doi: 10.1093/humrep/dep345
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harter , S. 1990 . “ Causes, correlates, and the functional role of global self-worth: A life-span perspective ” . In Competence considered , Edited by: Sternberg , R. J. and Kolligian , J. Jr. 67 – 97 . New Haven , CT : Yale University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Hazan , C. and Zeifman , D. 1994 . Sex and the psychological tether . Advances in Personal Relationships , 5 : 151 – 177 .
   Google Scholar
• Jensen , P. S. , Saltzberg , A. D. , Richters , J. , Watanabe , H. K. and Roper , M. 1993 . Scales, diagnoses, and child pathology. I. CBCL and DISC relationships . Journal of the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry , 32 : 397 – 406 . doi: 10.1097/00004583-199303000-00022
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kasius , M. C. , Ferdinand , R. F. , Van den Berg , H. and Verhulst , F. C. 1997 . Associations between different diagnostic approaches for child and adolescent psychopathology . Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry , 38 : 625 – 632 . doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01689.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McLean , K. C. and Pasupathi , M. 2012 . Processes of identity development: Where I am and how I got there . Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research , 12 : 8 – 28 . doi: 10.1080/15283488.2011.632363
   Google Scholar
• Meyer , I. H. 2003 . Prejudice, social stress, and mental health in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations: Conceptual issues and research evidence . Psychological Bulletin , 129 : 674 – 697 . doi: 10.1037/0033-2909.129.5.674
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Patterson , C. J. 1994 . “ Children of the lesbian baby boom: Behavioral adjustment, self-concepts, and sex-role identity ” . In Psychological perspectives on lesbian and gay issues: Vol. 1. Lesbian and gay psychology: Theory, research, and clinical applications , Edited by: Greene , B. and Herek , G. 156 – 175 . Thousand Oaks , CA : Sage .
   Google Scholar
• Rivers , I. , Poteat , V. P. and Noret , N. 2008 . Victimization, social support, and psychosocial functioning among children of same-sex and opposite-sex couples in the United Kingdom . Developmental Psychology , 44 : 127 – 134 . doi: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.1.127
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Russell , G. M. and Richards , J. A. 2003 . Stressors and resilience factors for lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals confronting anti-GLBT politics . American Journal of Community Psychology , 31 : 313 – 328 . doi: 10.1023/A:1023919022811
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schwartz , S. J. 2001 . The evolution of Eriksonian and neo-Eriksonian identity theory and research: A review and integration . Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research , 1 : 7 – 58 . doi: 10.1207/S1532706XSCHWARTZ
   Google Scholar
• Short , L. 2007 . Lesbian mothers living well in the context of heterosexism and discrimination: Resources, strategies and legislative change . Feminism and Psychology , 17 : 57 – 74 . doi: 10.1177/0959353507072912
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Steckel , A. 1987 . “ Psychosocial development of children of lesbian mothers. Gay and lesbian parents ” . In Homosexuality and family relations , Edited by: Bozett , F. 23 – 36 . New York , NY : Harrington Park Press .
   Google Scholar
• Steinberg , L. 2002 . Adolescence , New York , NY : The McGraw Companies, Inc. .
   Google Scholar
• Tabachnick , B. G. and Fidell , L. S. 2007 . Using multivariate statistics (5th ed.) , New York , NY : Pearson International Edition .
   Google Scholar
• Tajfel , H. and Turner , J. C. 2004 . “ The social identity theory of intergroup behavior ” . In Political psychology: Key readings , Edited by: Jost , J. T. and Sidanius , J. 276 – 293 . New York , NY : Psychology Press .
   Google Scholar
• van Gelderen , L. , Gartrell , N. , Bos , H. M. W. , Van Rooij , F. B. and Hermanns , J. M. A. 2012 . Stigmatization associated with growing up in a lesbian-parented family: What do adolescents experience and how do they deal with it? . Children and Youth Services Review , 34 : 999 – 1006 . doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.01.048
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wainright , J. L. and Patterson , C. J. 2006 . Delinquency, victimization, and substance use among adolescents with female same-sex parents . Journal of Family Psychology , 20 : 526 – 530 . doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.20.3.526
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wainright , J. L. and Patterson , C. J. 2008 . Peer relations among adolescents with female same-sex parents . Developmental Psychology , 44 : 117 – 126 . doi: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.1.117
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wainright , J. L. , Russell , S. T. and Patterson , C. J. 2004 . Psychosocial adjustment, school outcomes, and romantic relationships of adolescents with same-sex parents . Child Development , 75 : 1886 – 1898 . doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00823.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• World Value Survey . 2006 . Online data analysis . Retrieved from http://www.wvsevsdb.com/wvs/ WVSAnalizeSample.jsp
   Google Scholar