Patterson C J
University of California, Berkeley.
Child Dev. 1992 Oct;63(5):1025-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1992.tb01679.x.
This paper reviews research evidence regarding the personal and social development of children with gay and lesbian parents. Beginning with estimates of the numbers of such children, sociocultural, theoretical, and legal reasons for attention to their development are then outlined. In this context, research studies on sexual identity, personal development, and social relationships among these children are then reviewed. These studies include assessment of possible differences between children with gay or lesbian versus heterosexual parents as well as research on sources of diversity among children of gay and lesbian parents. Research on these topics is relatively new, and many important questions have yet to be addressed. To date, however, there is no evidence that the development of children with lesbian or gay parents is compromised in any significant respect relative to that among children of heterosexual parents in otherwise comparable circumstances. Having begun to respond to heterosexist and homophobic questions posed by psychological theory, judicial opinion, and popular prejudice, child development researchers are now in a position also to explore a broader range of issues raised by the emergence of different kinds of gay and lesbian families.
本文回顾了有关男同性恋和女同性恋父母抚养的孩子的个人与社会发展的研究证据。首先估计了这类孩子的数量，接着概述了关注其发展的社会文化、理论及法律原因。在此背景下，随后回顾了关于这些孩子的性取向认同、个人发展及社会关系的研究。这些研究包括评估男同性恋或女同性恋父母抚养的孩子与异性恋父母抚养的孩子之间可能存在的差异，以及关于男同性恋和女同性恋父母抚养的孩子的多样性来源的研究。关于这些主题的研究相对较新，许多重要问题尚未得到解决。然而，迄今为止，没有证据表明在其他条件相当的情况下，女同性恋或男同性恋父母抚养的孩子的发展在任何重要方面相对于异性恋父母抚养的孩子受到损害。儿童发展研究人员已开始回应心理学理论、司法意见和大众偏见所提出的异性恋至上和恐同问题，现在也能够探讨不同类型的男同性恋和女同性恋家庭出现所引发的更广泛问题。
