Beliefs about children's adjustment in same-sex families: Spanish and chilean university student

• María Dolores Frías Navarro ^[1] ; Héctor Monterde i Bort ^[1] ; Jaime Barrientos Delgado ^[2] ; Laura Badenes Ribera ^[1] ; José Manuel Cárdenas Castro ^[2]
  1. [1] Universitat de València

     Universitat de València

     Valencia, España

     
  2. [2] Universidad Católica del Norte

     Universidad Católica del Norte

     Antofagasta, Chile

     
• Localización: The Spanish Journal of Psychology, ISSN 1138-7416, Vol. 17, 2014, págs. 1-10
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1017/sjp.2014.5
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  • 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.

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