Research Institute of Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Fam Process. 2018 Mar;57(1):148-164. doi: 10.1111/famp.12278. Epub 2017 Feb 15.
This investigation compared Dutch same-sex parent and different-sex parent households on children's psychological well-being, parenting stress, and support in child rearing. It was also assessed whether associations among children's well-being, parenting stress, and support in child rearing were different in the two household types. Data were based on a nationally representative survey (N = 25,250). Matching was used to enhance similarity in background characteristics between both types of families. Parental and child characteristics were matched for 43 female same-sex parent, 52 male same-sex parent, and 95 different-sex parent households with offspring between 5 and 18 years old. No significant differences were found on children's well-being, problems in the parent-child relationship, being worried about the child, or the use of formal and informal support between mothers in same-sex and different-sex parent households or for fathers in same-sex and different-sex parent households. Regarding perceived confidence in child rearing, fathers in same-sex parent households and mothers in different-sex parent households felt less competent than their counterparts. Neither the associations between children's well-being and the predictors (parenting stress variables) nor those between support and the predictors (parenting stress and children's well-being) differed along household type. In this population-based study, the similarity in child outcomes regardless of household type confirms the results of prior investigations based on convenience samples. These findings are pertinent to family therapists, practitioners, court officials, and policymakers who seek information on parenting experiences and child outcomes in female and male same-sex parent families.
本研究比较了荷兰同性父母家庭和异性父母家庭在儿童心理健康、育儿压力和育儿支持方面的情况。还评估了儿童幸福感、育儿压力和育儿支持之间的关联在这两种家庭类型中是否不同。数据基于一项全国代表性调查（N=25250）。使用匹配来增强两种家庭类型之间背景特征的相似性。为 43 个女同性恋父母、52 个男同性恋父母和 95 个异性父母家庭的后代（5 至 18 岁）匹配了父母和孩子的特征。在儿童幸福感、亲子关系问题、担心孩子或正式和非正式支持的使用方面，同性恋父母家庭和异性父母家庭的母亲之间或同性恋父母家庭和异性父母家庭的父亲之间没有发现显著差异。关于对育儿的信心，同性恋父母家庭的父亲和异性父母家庭的母亲感到不如他们的同龄人有能力。儿童幸福感与预测因素（育儿压力变量）之间的关联以及支持与预测因素（育儿压力和儿童幸福感）之间的关联都没有因家庭类型而不同。在这项基于人群的研究中，无论家庭类型如何，儿童结果的相似性证实了先前基于方便样本的研究结果。这些发现与家庭治疗师、从业者、法院官员和政策制定者有关，他们寻求有关女性和男性同性恋父母家庭的育儿经验和儿童结果的信息。
