Umberson Debra, Thomeer Mieke Beth, Kroeger Rhiannon A, Lodge Amy Caroline, Xu Minle
University of Texas at Austin.
J Marriage Fam. 2015 Feb;77(1):96-111. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12155.
Research on same-sex relationships has informed policy debates and legal decisions that greatly affect American families, yet the data and methods available to scholars studying same-sex relationships have been limited. In this article the authors review current approaches to studying same-sex relationships and significant challenges for this research. After exploring how researchers have dealt with these challenges in prior studies, the authors discuss promising strategies and methods to advance future research on same-sex relationships, with particular attention given to gendered contexts and dyadic research designs, quasi-experimental designs, and a relationship biography approach. Innovation and advances in the study of same-sex relationships will further theoretical and empirical knowledge in family studies more broadly and increase understanding of different-sex as well as same-sex relationships.
对同性关系的研究为政策辩论和法律决策提供了参考,这些政策辩论和法律决策极大地影响了美国家庭,但研究同性关系的学者可获取的数据和方法一直很有限。在本文中,作者回顾了研究同性关系的当前方法以及该研究面临的重大挑战。在探讨了研究人员在先前研究中如何应对这些挑战之后,作者讨论了推进未来同性关系研究的有前景的策略和方法,特别关注性别背景和二元研究设计、准实验设计以及关系传记法。同性关系研究的创新和进展将更广泛地推进家庭研究中的理论和实证知识,并增进对异性恋关系以及同性关系的理解。