ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021
Different Placement Practices for Different Families? Children's Adjustment in LGH Adoptive Families.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- [From text to scene: legal devices and care trajectories in the adoption of children with disabilities].Cadernos de saude publica · 2026Article
- Mental Health Disparities Between Lesbian Mothers and Heterosexual Parents: the Mediating Role of Positivity.Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2023Article
- Assisted Conception Socialization Self-Efficacy Among Israeli Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Parent Families and its Association with Child Externalizing Problems.Journal of child and family studies · 2023Article
- 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
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of children placed with lesbian, gay, and heterosexual adopters, and to examine children's problem behaviors and positive psychosocial adjustment across the three family types.
backgroundThere is evidence that children with hard-to-place profiles may be more likely to be matched with lesbian and gay parents. In addition, children adopted from care face greater developmental difficulties than children raised by their birth families, although adoptive parents may buffer the negative effects of early adversity on their children's psychosocial adjustment.
methodA final sample of 149 adoptive families from across the United Kingdom was recruited: 71 heterosexual parented, 39 lesbian parented, and 39 gay parented.
resultsThe results showed that gay and lesbian parents were more likely than heterosexual parents to be matched with hard-to-place children, partially because they were more open to being matched with children with hard-to-place profiles. However, no differences among the three family types on children's psychosocial adjustment were found, when controlling for children's early adversity.
conclusionAdopted children displayed similar levels of problem behaviors and positive adjustment in lesbian, gay, and heterosexual parented families. Early adversity and having a physical problem/disability accounted for much of the variance in problem behaviors whereas parenting did not. In contrast, it was suggested that parenting processes, namely, parental closeness, may help to explain children's positive adjustment.
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