Friedman R C, Stern L O
Psychiatr Q. 1980 Fall;52(3):175-89. doi: 10.1007/BF01071735.
This retrospective study compares memories of the father-son relationship between lifelong socially well-adjusted, non-patient homosexual and heterosexual men. No homosexual subject reported the presence of a reasonably intact, positive relationship with his father or father surrogate during preadolescent years, whereas 12 of the 17 heterosexual men did. Previous investigators have hypothesized that a constructive, supportive father-son relationship precludes the development of homosexual orientation. This hypothesis stemmed from investigation of men who in general suffered from significant global psychopathology. The data in the present investigation supports the notion that a meaningful association, which is not attributable to confounding psychopathology, exists between quality of father-son relationship during early life and male sexual orientation.
这项回顾性研究比较了终身社会适应良好的非患者同性恋男性和异性恋男性对父子关系的记忆。没有一位同性恋受试者报告在青春期前与父亲或替代父亲的人存在合理完整、积极的关系，而17名异性恋男性中有12人报告了这种关系。先前的研究者假设，建设性、支持性的父子关系可预防同性恋取向的形成。这一假设源于对总体患有严重全面精神病理学问题的男性的调查。本研究中的数据支持这样一种观点，即早年父子关系的质量与男性性取向之间存在一种有意义的关联，且这种关联并非由混杂的精神病理学因素所致。
