Mental health of children with gender and sexual minority parents: a review and future directions
Abstract This article reviews the literature between 2015 and 2022 on mental health disparities between children with gender and sexual minority parents and children with different-sex parents. Although most studies indicate that children with gender and sexual minority parents do not experience mor...
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| description | Abstract This article reviews the literature between 2015 and 2022 on mental health disparities between children with gender and sexual minority parents and children with different-sex parents. Although most studies indicate that children with gender and sexual minority parents do not experience more mental health problems than children with different-sex parents, the results are mixed and depend on the underlying sample. The review highlights important shortcomings that characterize this literature, including cross-sectional survey samples, correlational methods, lack of diversity by country, and a lack of research on children with transgender and bisexual parents. Therefore, substantial caution is warranted when attempting to arrive at an overall conclusion based on the current state of the literature. Suggestions are provided that can guide academic work when studying mental health outcomes of children with gender and sexual minority parents in the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8cb0ee39a79440efb2e8c5dadd69cc322023-11-26T12:38:39ZengSpringer NatureHumanities & Social Sciences Communications2662-99922023-08-011011610.1057/s41599-023-02019-9Mental health of children with gender and sexual minority parents: a review and future directionsDeni Mazrekaj0Yuxuan Jin1Department of Sociology, Utrecht UniversityDepartment of Sociology, Utrecht UniversityAbstract This article reviews the literature between 2015 and 2022 on mental health disparities between children with gender and sexual minority parents and children with different-sex parents. Although most studies indicate that children with gender and sexual minority parents do not experience more mental health problems than children with different-sex parents, the results are mixed and depend on the underlying sample. The review highlights important shortcomings that characterize this literature, including cross-sectional survey samples, correlational methods, lack of diversity by country, and a lack of research on children with transgender and bisexual parents. Therefore, substantial caution is warranted when attempting to arrive at an overall conclusion based on the current state of the literature. Suggestions are provided that can guide academic work when studying mental health outcomes of children with gender and sexual minority parents in the future.https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-02019-9 |
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| title | Mental health of children with gender and sexual minority parents: a review and future directions |
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