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Beliefs about Children’s Adjustment in Same-Sex Families: Spanish and Chilean University Students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 February 2014

Dolores Frias-Navarro ,
Hector Monterde-i-Bort ,
Jaime Barrientos-Delgado ,
Laura Badenes-Ribera  and
Manuel Cardenas-Castro
Dolores Frias-Navarro*
Affiliation:
Universidad de Valencia (Spain)
Hector Monterde-i-Bort
Affiliation:
Universidad de Valencia (Spain)
Jaime Barrientos-Delgado
Affiliation:
Universidad Católica del Norte (Chile)
Laura Badenes-Ribera
Affiliation:
Universidad de Valencia (Spain)
Manuel Cardenas-Castro
Affiliation:
Universidad Católica del Norte (Chile)
*
*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Dolores Frias-Navarro. Departamento de Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento. Facultad de Psicología. Universidad de Valencia. Avenida Blasco Ibáñez, 21. 46010. Valencia (Spain). Phone: 34–963864513. E-mail: M.Dolores.Frias@uv.es Web: http://www.uv.es/friasnav/
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Abstract

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.

Keywords

children’s adjustmentsame-sex familiesscale developmentcross-cultural
Type
Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 17 , 2014 , E5
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Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2014 

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