Department of Psychology.
Martinez VA Medical Center.
J Fam Psychol. 2022 Oct;36(7):1161-1172. doi: 10.1037/fam0000990. Epub 2022 Apr 11.
This study examined aspirations for future long-term committed relationships, marriage, and parenthood in a sample of 392 racially diverse sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth assigned female at birth (AFAB) aged 16-20. Differences by gender identity, sexual identity, and race/ethnicity were assessed, as were associations with contextual variables including minority stressors, SGM community involvement, perceived partner availability, and relationship experiences. Results showed that the majority of SGM-AFAB youth viewed long-term committed relationships as important and likely, whereas only about half of participants had high aspirations to get married and have children someday. Those who did view marriage and parenthood as important perceived that it is feasible for them to achieve these outcomes someday. These constructs did not differ by race/ethnicity. There were differences by gender identity and sexual identity, such that cisgender women reported higher aspirations for marriage and parenthood than did gender minorities, and those with binary sexual identities reported higher aspirations for marriage than did those with nonbinary sexual identities. Examination of the contextual variables revealed that relationship experience variables were the most consistently associated with aspirations for committed relationships, marriage, and parenthood. In contrast, victimization and perceived partner availability were not associated with any of the family formation aspirations. As SGM individuals are increasingly granted legal rights affecting their ability to marry and form families, research is needed to help inform efforts to promote their relationship health while considering that they may have unique aspirations for relationships, marriage, and parenthood compared to the general public. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
本研究调查了 392 名出生时被指定为女性（AFAB）、年龄在 16-20 岁的种族多样化的性少数群体和性别少数群体（SGM）青年对未来长期承诺关系、婚姻和育儿的期望。评估了性别认同、性认同和种族/民族的差异，以及与包括少数群体压力源、SGM 社区参与、感知伴侣可用性和关系经历在内的情境变量的关联。结果表明，大多数 SGM-AFAB 青年认为长期承诺的关系很重要且可能实现，而只有约一半的参与者有很高的愿望要结婚并在未来某个时候生孩子。那些认为婚姻和育儿很重要的人认为他们有朝一日实现这些目标是可行的。这些结构不因种族/民族而异。存在性别认同和性认同的差异，例如跨性别女性比性别少数群体报告了更高的婚姻和育儿愿望，而具有二元性身份的人比具有非二元性身份的人报告了更高的婚姻愿望。对情境变量的检查表明，关系经历变量与承诺关系、婚姻和育儿的期望最相关。相比之下，受害和感知到的伴侣可用性与任何家庭形成的期望都没有关联。随着 SGM 个人越来越多地获得影响他们结婚和组建家庭能力的法律权利，需要进行研究，以帮助为促进他们的关系健康而努力提供信息，同时考虑到他们与公众相比，可能对关系、婚姻和育儿有独特的期望。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2022 APA，保留所有权利）。
