Diana Breshears

Biographic Data

ID6644911
NAMEDiana Breshears
GIVEN NAMESDiana
FAMILY NAMEBreshears
SIGNATUREBRESHEARS D
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of the Free State
ORCID0000-0003-3236-7766
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS9
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Contextualizing Family Communication in South Africa

    Open AccessDiana Breshears, Marlize RabeARTICLEJournal of Family Communication2025References: 8

  • Intergenerational Sense-Making About Historical Trauma

    Haley Kranstuber Horstman, Olivia Watson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Communication2025References: 11

  • South African Parents’ Attitudes Toward Cultural and Racial Socialization of Their Transracially Adopted Children

    Diana BreshearsARTICLEAdoption Quarterly2021Cited by: 3References: 13

    Transracial adoption (TRA) in South Africa is a relatively young practice due to the legacy of Apartheid and continued racial segregation. As such, little research has explored TRA family experiences in South Africa. Experts worldwide agree that TRA parents need to engage their children in racial and cultural socialization. To explore parental attitudes toward the cultural and racial socialization of their TRA children, this study adopted a mixed…

  • Transracially Adoptive Families in South Africa

    Diana BreshearsARTICLESociety in Transition2018

    Since the adoption of the Child Care Act of 1991, many families in South Africa have been formed through transracial adoption, particularly through the placement of black children in white-parented homes. Though this family form has increased over the past two decades, very little research has been dedicated to understanding the experiences of these families in South African society. The current study explored these families’ interactions with ou…

  • Same-Sex Parented Families' Negotiation of Minority Social Identity in South Africa

    Diana Breshears, Carien Lubbe-De BeerARTICLEJournal of GLBT Family Studies2016

    In the past two decades, South Africa has made tremendous advancement in gay and lesbian rights. Despite this progress, many reports suggest that social attitudes have not kept up with legal progress, and gay and lesbian individuals in South Africa live in a society that is intolerant, oppressive, and even violent toward nonheterosexual citizens. The purpose of the current study was to explore same-sex parented families' interpretations of social…

  • Discursive Struggles Animating Individuals’ Talk About Their Parents’ Coming Out as Lesbian or Gay

    Diana Breshears, Dawn O BraithwaiteARTICLEJournal of Family Communication2014Cited by: 6References: 14

    The goal in the present study was to understand the discourses that animate children’s talk about having a parent come out and how these discourses interplay to create meaning. Data were gathered through 20 in-depth interviews with adults who remembered a parent coming out to them as lesbian or gay. One discursive struggle animated the participants’ talk about their parents’ coming out: the discourse of lesbian and gay identity as wrong vs. the d…

  • Understanding Communication Between Lesbian Parents and Their Children Regarding Outsider Discourse About Family Identity

    Diana BreshearsARTICLEJournal of GLBT Family Studies2011

    Gay fathers and lesbian mothers are aware of the potentially complex implications their family identity may have on their children. They know that they may someday have to deal with their children's concerns about their family being different and have the task of preparing them for the various challenges this difference may present in the larger culture. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the discussion of outsider communic…

  • A Review of “Creating Safe Environments for LGBT Students

    Diana BreshearsARTICLEJournal of GLBT Family Studies2008