Open AccessWorsening Perceptions of Family Connectedness and Parent Support for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adolescents
Author(s) -
Ryan J. Watson,
Hilary Rose,
Marion Doull,
Jones Adjei,
Elizabeth Saewyc
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of child and family studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.879
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1573-2843
pISSN - 1062-1024
DOI - 10.1007/s10826-019-01489-3
Subject(s) - lesbian , social connectedness , psychology , perception , psychological intervention , developmental psychology , homosexuality , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , neuroscience , psychoanalysis
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adolescents often report compromised relations with their families. Given the recent changes in societal attitudes toward LGB individuals, in respect to rights for marriage and other legal statuses, we explore whether or not there has been a change in how LGB and heterosexual adolescents perceive their family relations over time.