Agbayewa M O
Can J Psychiatry. 1984 Aug;29(5):402-6. doi: 10.1177/070674378402900508.
Current social trends have produced significant changes in the family system, with the emergence of newer family forms -- single parent and homosexual families. The author used the example of a six year old boy in a female homosexual family to discuss the theories of sex role development. The literature on father-absence and the converging roles of father and mother, men and women, were reviewed with suggestions that women may function as fathers in the newer family forms. Longitudinal studies of children in these newer family forms are needed to define the implications of these social changes for personality development theories and mental health care delivery.
当前的社会趋势已使家庭系统发生了重大变化，出现了更新型的家庭形式——单亲家庭和同性恋家庭。作者以一个生活在女同性恋家庭中的六岁男孩为例，讨论了性别角色发展理论。对关于父亲缺失以及父亲与母亲、男性与女性角色趋同的文献进行了综述，并提出在新型家庭形式中女性可能发挥父亲的作用。需要对这些新型家庭形式中的儿童进行纵向研究，以明确这些社会变化对人格发展理论和精神卫生保健的影响。
