van Houten Joke T, Tornello Samantha L, Hoffenaar Peter J, Bos Henny M W
Department of Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States.
Front Psychol. 2020 Mar 24;11:430. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00430. eCollection 2020.
There is a growing interest in the parenting intentions of gay men. Prior research has found that gay men are less likely to become parents compared to their heterosexual and lesbian peers, but we know very little about why this discrepancy exists. Our first aim was to investigate whether the strength of parenting intentions is similar or different among childfree gay men compared to lesbian women, and heterosexual men and women. Our second aim was to explore the extent to which the theory of planned behavior (TPB) model (attitude, subjective norms, and self-efficacy) is universal in predicting the strength of parenting intentions across gender and/or sexual orientation.
The study was based on a United States cross-sectional, internet-based survey of childfree people who want to become parents in the future. The sample consisted of 58 gay men, 66 lesbian women, 164 heterosexual people (128 women and 36 men).
A Bayesian ANCOVA showed no support for a gender difference in the strength of parenting intentions. Moderate evidence was provided for gay men and lesbian women reporting a similar strength of parenting intentions compared to their heterosexual peers. Bayesian linear regression analyses showed that perceived positive and negative life changes were stronger predictors of the strength of parenting intentions for men than for women. Perceived positive life changes predicted the strength of parenting intentions similarily across sexual orientations. For gay men and lesbian women, perceived parental acceptance of future parenthood was a weaker predictor of the strength of parenting intentions compared to heterosexual people.
Those who perceived parenthood as bringing positive life changes, especially for men, expressed stronger parenting intentions.
男同性恋者的育儿意愿越来越受到关注。先前的研究发现，与异性恋和女同性恋同龄人相比，男同性恋者成为父母的可能性较小，但我们对这种差异存在的原因知之甚少。我们的首要目标是调查与女同性恋者、异性恋男性和女性相比，无子女的男同性恋者的育儿意愿强度是否相似或不同。我们的第二个目标是探讨计划行为理论（TPB）模型（态度、主观规范和自我效能感）在预测不同性别和/或性取向的育儿意愿强度方面的普遍程度。
该研究基于对美国未来想要成为父母的无子女人群进行的一项基于互联网的横断面调查。样本包括58名男同性恋者、66名女同性恋者、164名异性恋者（128名女性和36名男性）。
贝叶斯协方差分析表明，育儿意愿强度不存在性别差异。有适度证据表明，与异性恋同龄人相比，男同性恋者和女同性恋者报告的育儿意愿强度相似。贝叶斯线性回归分析表明，对于男性而言，感知到的积极和消极生活变化比女性更能预测育儿意愿强度。感知到的积极生活变化在不同性取向中对育儿意愿强度的预测作用相似。与异性恋者相比，对于男同性恋者和女同性恋者而言，感知到的父母对未来为人父母的接受程度对育儿意愿强度的预测作用较弱。
那些认为为人父母会带来积极生活变化的人，尤其是男性，表达出更强的育儿意愿。
