School of Psychology.
Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences.
J Fam Psychol. 2021 Sep;35(6):844-850. doi: 10.1037/fam0000843. Epub 2021 Mar 11.
This study compared Israeli, Portuguese, and British childless lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) and heterosexual adults on parenthood aspirations as indicated by their desire and intent to become a parent and their concern about childlessness. For this purpose, 168 childless adults (57 self-reported as LGB) in Portugal were matched on sociodemographic variables with 168 participants from the United Kingdom and 168 participants from Israel, resulting in a sample of = 504 ( = 28.26, = 6.17). Participants were recruited through convenience sampling and completed online questionnaires assessing parenthood desire, intent, and concern about childlessness. Results indicated that participants from Israel and Portugal reported higher levels of parenthood desire, intent, and concern about childlessness than participants from the United Kingdom. Parallel patterns also appeared separately for LGB and heterosexual participants between the countries. Heterosexual participants from Israel scored higher than counterparts from Portugal on parenthood intention and concern about childlessness. In addition, LGB participants in general reported lower levels of parenthood desire, intentions, and concern about childlessness than did heterosexual participants. The findings are interpreted in light of the different sociocultural contexts of the countries, that is, the individualistic values characterizing the U.K. versus the familistic values characterizing the Israeli and Portuguese contexts, alongside a strongly pronatalist stance evident in Israel and economic context in Portugal. The study contributes to the scant comparative literature on parenthood aspirations among LGB individuals as a function of cultural context by providing a multicontextual viewpoint on parenthood aspirations, sexual orientation, and diverse sociocultural contexts. Implications for clinicians are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
本研究比较了以色列、葡萄牙和英国的无子女同性恋、双性恋和异性恋成年人的育儿愿望，这表现在他们成为父母的愿望和意图，以及对无子女的担忧上。为此，在葡萄牙，168 名无子女的成年人（57 名自我报告为 LGB）与英国的 168 名参与者和以色列的 168 名参与者在社会人口统计学变量上相匹配，结果共有 504 名参与者（ = 28.26， = 6.17）。参与者通过方便抽样招募，并完成了在线问卷，评估了对育儿的渴望、意图和对无子女的担忧。结果表明，来自以色列和葡萄牙的参与者报告了更高水平的育儿愿望、意图和对无子女的担忧，而来自英国的参与者则报告了更低水平的育儿愿望、意图和对无子女的担忧。在国家之间，LGB 和异性恋参与者也出现了类似的平行模式。以色列的异性恋参与者在育儿意图和对无子女的担忧方面的得分高于葡萄牙的对应者。此外，一般来说，LGB 参与者报告的育儿愿望、意图和对无子女的担忧水平低于异性恋参与者。研究结果是在考虑到国家不同的社会文化背景的基础上进行解释的，即英国的个人主义价值观与以色列和葡萄牙的家庭主义价值观相对立，以及以色列明显的强烈生育立场和葡萄牙的经济背景。该研究通过提供一个关于育儿愿望、性取向和不同社会文化背景的多文化视角，为文化背景对 LGB 个体的育儿愿望的比较研究做出了贡献。讨论了对临床医生的影响。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2021 APA，保留所有权利）。
