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Mom, dad. I'm gay. How families negotiate coming out.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Savin-Williams, Ritch C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homosexuality.
- Parent and child.
- Parental acceptance.
- Sexual orientation.
- Parent-Child Relations.
- Sexual Behavior.
- Medical Subjects:
- Homosexuality.
- Parent-Child Relations.
- Sexual Behavior.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Other Title:
- APA PsycBOOKS.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2001.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- As mainstream America becomes more aware of the needs and concerns of the nonheterosexual community, gay, lesbian, transgendered, and bisexual teenagers are revealing their sexual identities to their parents at a younger age than ever before. Drawing from over 150 original interviews with teenagers, the author separates fact from fiction in this survey of coming out experiences. Drawing from existing developmental research, the wide range of family reactions and factors that determine how parents come to terms with the disclosure over time is illustrated. The author reveals that the coming out experience is greatly influenced by gender, and chapters highlight common mother-daughter, mother-son, father-daughter, and father-son dynamics. Tips on how parents can be helped to negotiate the coming out process and learn to support their child's emerging sexual identity are suggested at the end of the book. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)
- Contents:
- Chapter 2 Differential Developmental Trajectories 7
- Chapter 3 Relations With Parents 23
- Chapter 4 Daughters and Mothers 63
- Chapter 5 Daughters and Fathers 107
- Chapter 6 Sons and Mothers 135
- Chapter 7 Sons and Fathers 171
- Chapter 8 Negotiating Healthy Relationships Among Family Members 199
- Chapter 9 Research Agenda 243
- Appendix Research Methods 263.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2001. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2001 dcunns.
- ISBN:
- 1557987416
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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