Beliefs about children's adjustment in same-sex families: Spanish and Chilean university students

Span J Psychol. 2014:17:E5. doi: 10.1017/sjp.2014.5.

Abstract

The main purpose of our study is to compare the beliefs of Spanish and Chilean university students about the effects that same-sex parents might have on their children. A total of 491 participants completed the study (208 Spaniards and 283 Chileans). The results indicate a kind of modern and subtle rejection based on hetero-normativity. Furthermore, the results indicated the effects of sex (men have a greater degree of rejection), traditional and sexist opinions linked to a greater rejection of same-sex parents, and the contact variable which inversely correlates with this rejection. The results show that the etiology of homosexual orientation also correlates with rejection of same-sex parents when it is believed that homosexuality is learned or can be changed.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chile / ethnology
  • Cross-Cultural Comparison*
  • Female
  • Homophobia / ethnology*
  • Homosexuality / ethnology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nuclear Family / ethnology*
  • Sex Factors
  • Social Adjustment*
  • Spain / ethnology
  • Students / psychology
  • Universities
  • Young Adult