Golombok Susan
Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge, UK.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2017 Jun;15:76-80. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.02.004. Epub 2017 Feb 20.
This paper reviews research on parenting and child development in new family forms including families created by assisted reproductive technologies, same-sex parent families, and families headed by single mothers by choice. The research is examined in the context of the issues and concerns that have been raised regarding these families. The findings not only contest popular assumptions about the psychological consequences for children of being raised in new family forms but also challenge the supremacy of the traditional family. It is concluded that the quality of family relationships and the wider social environment appear to be more influential in children's psychological development and adjustment than are the number, gender, sexual orientation or biological relatedness of their parents.
本文回顾了关于新家庭形式中养育子女与儿童发展的研究，这些新家庭形式包括通过辅助生殖技术组建的家庭、同性父母家庭以及自愿选择成为单亲母亲的家庭。研究是在针对这些家庭所引发的问题和担忧的背景下进行考察的。研究结果不仅对有关在新家庭形式中成长对儿童心理影响的普遍假设提出了质疑，也挑战了传统家庭的主导地位。研究得出的结论是，家庭关系质量和更广泛的社会环境在儿童心理发展与适应方面，似乎比父母的数量、性别、性取向或血缘关系更具影响力。
