Children's gender development: Associations with parental sexual orientation, division of labor, and gender ideology

Jason Sumontha; Rachel H. Farr; Charlotte J. Patterson

doi:10.1037/sgd0000242

Children's gender development: Associations with parental sexual orientation, division of labor, and gender ideology

Jason Sumontha
, Rachel H. Farr
, Charlotte J. Patterson

Psychology

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This study examined children's gender development and its associations with parents' gender ideology and behavior among 172 parents (44 lesbian, 52 gay, 76 heterosexual) and their adopted children (Mage = 8). Results revealed that parents' sexual orientation was associated with children's gender attitudes, but not with their sex-typing of self. Daughters of same-sex couples reported more flexible gender attitudes than daughters of heterosexual couples. No differences were found for sons in this regard. While both parents' attitudes and behaviors were associated with children's gender attitudes, parents' division of childcare labor was a significantly better predictor of children's attitudes than parents' gender ideologies. Moreover, these effects were moderated by family type. Thus, parents' behaviors may be more strongly linked with children's gender attitudes than children's gendered behaviors, and this association may be moderated by the gender composition of the parenting dyad (lesbian mothers, gay fathers, or heterosexual parents).

Idioma original	English
Páginas (desde-hasta)	438-450
Número de páginas	13
Publicación	Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
Volumen	4
N.º	4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000242
Estado	Published - dic 2017

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This research was supported by funding from the American Psychological Foundation’s Wayne F. Placek Grant awarded to Rachel H. Farr (Wave 2), the Williams Institute at UCLA to Charlotte J. Patterson (Wave 1), and funds from the Rudd Family Foundation Chair in Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. We thank the members of our research team who have contributed to the design and execution of the overall project. We are grateful to all the adoptive families who generously shared their experiences with us and have made this research possible.

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UCLA School of Law's Williams Institute
American Psychological Foundation
University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Gender Studies
General Psychology

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