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The National Lesbian Family Study

4. Interviews With the 10-Year-Old Children

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ID9050808
AuthorsNanette Gartrell (0000-0002-9001-4419, University of California, San Francisco), Amalia Deck (San Francisco General Hospital), Carla Rodas (University of California, San Francisco), Heidi Peyser (Santa Rosa Junior College), Amy Banks (Wellesley College)
Year2005
Volume75
Issue4
Pages518-524
Publication date2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0002-9432.75.4.518
PMID16262511
OpenAlexW2066457431
LanguageEN
Citations received77
References cited14

This 4th report from a longitudinal study of U.S. lesbian families presents data from 78 families in which the children were conceived by donor insemination. Results indicate that the prevalence of physical and sexual abuse in these children was lower than national norms. In social and psychological development, the children were comparable to children raised in heterosexual families. Children of unknown donors were indistinguishable from those with known donors in psychological adjustment. In total, 57% of the children were completely out to their peers, and 43% had experienced homophobia. The children demonstrated a sophisticated understanding of diversity and tolerance

Artificial insemination · Developmental psychology · Diversity (politics) · Donor insemination · Lesbian · Longitudinal study · Pregnancy · Sexual orientation · Sociology · Clinical Psychology · Family Dynamics and Relationships · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology

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