Psychological and social adjustment in teens with same-sex parents
This is the first study to collect multiple measures of adjustment from adolescent offspring of same-sex parents drawn from a large, diverse national sample. We found no significant differences in adolescents’ school achievement, psychological well-being, romantic relationships or sexual history when compared to their peers with male/female parents. Instead, adolescent adjustment was related to the qualities of parent-adolescent relationships.
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Grohol, J. (2004). Psychological and social adjustment in teens with same-sex parents. Psych Central. Retrieved on February 14, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2004/11/15/psychological-and-social-adjustment-in-teens-with-same-sex-parents/
Grohol, J. (2004). Psychological and social adjustment in teens with same-sex parents. Psych Central. Retrieved on February 14, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2004/11/15/psychological-and-social-adjustment-in-teens-with-same-sex-parents/
