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A Descriptive Empirical Study of Gay Male Stepfamilies.
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In this paper, a descriptive study identified family dynamics associated with measures of family happiness for biological fathers, stepfathers, and adolescents in 48 European-American gay stepfamilies and found that family happiness was more highly related to stepfather inclusion in the family and to a positive steprelationship than it was to the couple's relationship, family cohesion, relationship with the ex-wife, money issues, or adolescent family-related self-efficacy.Abstract:
This descriptive study identified family dynamics associated with measures of family happiness for biological fathers, stepfathers, and adolescents in 48 European-American gay stepfamilies. The Stepfamily Adjustment Scale was modified for use with this population. For all three family members, family happiness was more highly related to stepfather inclusion in the family and to a positive steprelationship than it was to the couple's relationship, family cohesion, relationship with the ex-wife, money issues, or adolescent family-related self-efficacy. Adolescents were the most closeted and biological fathers were the least closeted.read more
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Scholarship on Fatherhood in the 1990s and Beyond
TL;DR: A review of the literature on the relationship between the father-child relationship and children's well-being and development can be found in this article, with an eye toward prominent theoretical, methodological, and substantive issues.
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Lesbian mothers, gay fathers, and their children: a review.
TL;DR: Findings from research suggest that children with lesbian or gay parents are comparable with children with heterosexual parents on key psychosocial developmental outcomes, which have important implications for managing clinical work with children of lesbian mothers or gay fathers.
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The Families of Lesbians and Gay Men: A New Frontier in Family Research
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TL;DR: The authors examined the extent to which the family relations of lesbians and gay men are integrated into the family literature, and reviewed over 8,000 articles published between 1980 and 1993 in nine journals that publish family research, showing that research on lesbian and gay families is quite limited and that, where these families have been studied, they have been problematized and their diversity has been overlooked.
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Pioneers in partnership: lesbian and gay male couples in civil unions compared with those not in civil unions and married heterosexual siblings.
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Under the Rainbow: Rural Gay Life and Its Relevance for Family Providers.
TL;DR: Under the Rainbow: Rural Gay Life and its Relevance for Family Providers as mentioned in this paper surveyed 527 nonmetropolitan gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender people and inductively analyzed their responses to open-ended questions regarding the "best" and "worst" aspects of being GLBT in that area, and how to improve their lives as rural GLBT people.
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Gay Fathers and Their Children.
TL;DR: The authors conducted depth interviews with 40 gay fathers and 14 of their children to examine the nature and quality of the fathering as experienced by both the men and their offspring. But they found that notions about gay fathers' compensatory behavior, molestation of children, negative influence on child development, and instigation of harassment are largely unfounded.