Montano Gerald T, McCauley Heather L, Miller Elizabeth, Chisolm Deena J, Marshal Michael P
Corresponding Author, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics,
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics,
J GLBT Fam Stud. 2017;13(3):211-235. doi: 10.1080/1550428X.2016.1200507. Epub 2016 Jul 29.
Our study sought to assess whether parental monitoring and their associations with health behaviors differed for heterosexual girls compared to sexual minority girls (girls who identified as lesbian or bisexual, endorsed same-sex attraction, or had same-sex romantic or sexualpartners). We analyzed three components of parental monitoring-adolescent disclosure, parental solicitation, and parental knowledge-between heterosexual and sexual minority girls.We also tested if the associations between these three constructs and adolescent relationship abuse, suicidality, heavy drinking, binge drinking, anxiety symptoms, and depressive symptoms were different for heterosexual girls compared to sexual minority girls. Sexual minority girls were less likely to disclose accurately to their parents their location and activities and perceived their parents asked less and knew less about their location and activities than did heterosexual girls. Heterosexual girls who reported higher levels of adolescent disclosure were less likely than were sexual minority girls to report suicidality and anxiety symptoms. Additionally, heterosexual girls who reported higher levels of parental knowledge were also less likely than were sexual minority girls to report anxiety and depressive symptoms. These findings suggest that parental monitoring may not be as protective forsexual minority girls as it is for heterosexual girls.
我们的研究旨在评估与性少数女孩（即认同自己为女同性恋或双性恋、认可同性吸引，或有同性浪漫或性伴侣的女孩）相比，异性恋女孩的父母监督及其与健康行为的关联是否存在差异。我们分析了异性恋女孩和性少数女孩在父母监督的三个方面——青少年披露、父母询问和父母了解情况。我们还测试了这三个因素与青少年关系虐待、自杀倾向、酗酒、暴饮、焦虑症状和抑郁症状之间的关联，对于异性恋女孩和性少数女孩来说是否存在差异。性少数女孩比异性恋女孩更不可能向父母准确透露自己的位置和活动，并且觉得父母对她们的位置和活动询问更少、了解更少。报告青少年披露水平较高的异性恋女孩比性少数女孩报告自杀倾向和焦虑症状的可能性更低。此外，报告父母了解情况水平较高的异性恋女孩比性少数女孩报告焦虑和抑郁症状的可能性也更低。这些发现表明，父母监督对性少数女孩的保护作用可能不如对异性恋女孩那么大。
