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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Behavioral Outcomes of Children with Same-Sex Parents in The Netherlands.

Deni Mazrekaj, Mirjam M Fischer, Henny M W Bos

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Deni MazrekajDepartment of Sociology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 14, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-3311-6056
Mirjam M FischerInstitute of Sociology und Social Psychology, University of Cologne, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, D-50923 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4039-7319
Henny M W BosResearch Institute Child Development and Education, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 127, 1001 NG Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

Same-sex parents face substantial stressors due to their sexual orientation, such as experiences of prejudice and prohibitive legal environments. This added stress is likely to lead to reduced physical and mental health in same-sex parents that, in turn, may translate into problematic behavioral outcomes in their children. To date, there are only a few nationally representative studies that investigate the well-being of children with same-sex parents. The current study takes a closer look at children's behavioral outcomes, reported by a parent, using an adapted version of the emotional, conduct, hyperactivity, pro-social, and peer problems subscales of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). We take advantage of unique data from the Netherlands based on a probability sample from population registers, whereby findings can be inferred to same-sex and different-sex parent households with parents between the ages of 30 and 65, and with children between the ages of 6 and 16 years (62 children with same-sex, and 72 children with different-sex parents). The findings obtained by coarsened exact matching suggest no significant disadvantages for children with same-sex parents compared to different-sex parents. We contextualize these findings in their wider cultural context, and recommend a renewed focus in future research away from deficit-driven comparisons.

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Mental DisordersAdultAgedChildEmotionsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNetherlandsSexual BehaviorSurveys and Questionnairesbehavioral outcomescoarsened exact matchingfamily system theoryminority stress theoryprobability samplesame-sex parents

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