Siblings and the Coming-Out Process
A Comparative Case Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3608337 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephanie Haxhe (Psychological and Speech Therapy Consultation Center, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium), Alison Cerezo (0000-0003-4941-6616, San Francisco State University, corresponding author), Jeannette Bergfeld (0000-0001-8244-0584, Alliant University), Joseph C Walloch (Counseling Services, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 407-426 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00918369.2017.1321349 |
| PMID | 28441091 |
| OpenAlex | W2609425936 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 31 |
Siblings play a key, supportive role in the lives of many lesbian and gay adults. Yet siblings are rarely considered in the literature regarding the coming-out process (D'Augelli et al., 1998; Hilton & Szymanski, 2011; LaSala, 2010; Savin-Williams & Dubé, 1998). To fill this gap in the research literature, we carried out a comparative case study in the country of Belgium between two sets of siblings-three Romani brothers with one sibling identifying as a gay male and three White sisters with one sibling identifying as a lesbian. These two cases were pulled from a larger qualitative study (Haxhe & D'Amore, 2014) of 102 native French-speaking Belgian participants. Findings of the present study revealed that siblings offered critical socio-emotional support in the coming out of their lesbian and gay sibling, particularly with disclosing to parents and with fostering self-acceptance
Coming out · Developmental psychology · Homosexuality · Lesbian · Qualitative research · Sibling · Social science · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,88 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |