TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring Adult Children’s Perceptions of Their Parents’ Acceptance and Rejection of Their Sexual Orientation
T2 - Initial Development of the Parental Acceptance and Rejection of Sexual Orientation Scale (PARSOS)
AU - Kibrik, Ella Lubeznov
AU - Cohen, Nitzan
AU - Stolowicz-Melman, Dana
AU - Levy, Ayelet
AU - Boruchovitz-Zamir, Rotem
AU - Diamond, Gary M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2019/9/19
Y1 - 2019/9/19
N2 - The Parental Acceptance and Rejection of Sexual Orientation Scale was administered to 256 self-identified lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer adults who had been out of the closet to their parents for at least 1 year. Principal component analysis revealed a clear two-component solution: parental acceptance and parental rejection. Findings showed that perceived maternal sexual orientation-specific acceptance was higher, and perceived maternal sexual orientation-specific rejection was lower, for gay/bisexual sons compared to their lesbian/bisexual daughters. Results of regression analyses suggest that both perceived sexual orientation specific acceptance and rejection predicted adult children’s psychological symptoms after accounting for perceived global parental acceptance and rejection and the child’s gender. The scale’s utility for research and practice are noted.
AB - The Parental Acceptance and Rejection of Sexual Orientation Scale was administered to 256 self-identified lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer adults who had been out of the closet to their parents for at least 1 year. Principal component analysis revealed a clear two-component solution: parental acceptance and parental rejection. Findings showed that perceived maternal sexual orientation-specific acceptance was higher, and perceived maternal sexual orientation-specific rejection was lower, for gay/bisexual sons compared to their lesbian/bisexual daughters. Results of regression analyses suggest that both perceived sexual orientation specific acceptance and rejection predicted adult children’s psychological symptoms after accounting for perceived global parental acceptance and rejection and the child’s gender. The scale’s utility for research and practice are noted.
KW - LGBT
KW - parent rejection
KW - parental acceptance
KW - sexual orientaion
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U2 - 10.1080/00918369.2018.1503460
DO - 10.1080/00918369.2018.1503460
M3 - Article
C2 - 30142289
AN - SCOPUS:85052309606
SN - 0091-8369
VL - 66
SP - 1513
EP - 1534
JO - Journal of Homosexuality
JF - Journal of Homosexuality
IS - 11
ER -