ArticleJournal of youth and adolescence2014
How statewide LGB policies go from ‘‘under our skin’’ to ‘‘into our hearts’’: fatherhood aspirations and psychological well-being among emerging adult sexual minority men.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- The Legal Vulnerability Model for Same-Sex Parent Families: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review and Theoretical Integration.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
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- Association between family and social support and alcohol consumption among LGBTQ + people in Kenya and Rwanda: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The relationship between state-level factors and LGBTQ+ policies in diverse healthcare settings in the United States: a cross-sectional multilevel analysis.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- A Bayesian network analysis to examine the effects of HIV stigma processes on self-concept and depressive symptoms among persons living with HIV.Journal of personality · 2025Article
- Traumatic Stress and Resilience Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth.Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America · 2023Review
- A Suicide Prevention Intervention for Emerging Adult Sexual and Gender Minority Groups: Protocol for a Pilot Hybrid Effectiveness Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
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- The Current Status of Sociopolitical and Legal Issues Faced by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning Youth.Adolescent psychiatry (Hilversum, Netherlands) · 2023Article
- Associations Among Enacted Stigma, Perceived Chances for Success, Life Satisfaction, and Substance Use Among Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Youth.Substance use & misuse · 2023Article
- The Prospective Co-Parenting Relationship Scale (PCRS) for Sexual Minority and Heterosexual People: Preliminary Validation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- What We Know and What Remains to Be Explored about LGBTQ Parent Families in Israel: A Sociocultural Perspective.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Expectations and beliefs: How single young gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men envision romantic relationships.Journal of community psychology · 2021Article
- State-Level Structural Stigma and Smoking Among Sexual Minority Adults in the USA, 2012-2014.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2021Article
- United States Normative Attitudes for Pursuing Parenthood as a Function of Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Age.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Anticipating Parenthood Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Heterosexual Young Adults Without Children in Portugal: Predictors and Profiles.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- "The Worst Part Was Coming Back Home and Feeling Like Crying": Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Students in Portuguese Schools.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Gay Men's Health and Identity: Social Change and the Life Course.Archives of sexual behavior · 2018Article
- Are the Fathers Alright? A Systematic and Critical Review of Studies on Gay and Bisexual Fatherhood.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Review
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Abstract
Researchers have noted increasingly the public health importance of addressing discriminatory policies towards lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) populations. At present, however, we know little about the mechanisms through which policies affect LGB populations’ psychological well-being; in other words, how do policies get under our skin? Using data from a study of sexual minority young men (N = 1,487; M = 20.80 (SD = 1.93); 65% White; 92% gay), we examined whether statewide bans (e.g., same-sex marriage, adoption) moderated the relationship between fatherhood aspirations and psychological well-being. Fatherhood aspirations were associated with lower depressive symptoms and higher self-esteem scores among participants living in states without discriminatory policies. In states with marriage equality bans, fatherhood aspirations were associated with higher depressive symptoms and lower self-esteem scores, respectively. Fatherhood aspirations were associated negatively with self-esteem in states banning same-sex and second parent adoptions, respectively. Our findings underscore the importance of recognizing how anti-equality LGB policies may influence the psychosocial development of sexual minority men.
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