title: Recalled parent-child relations and need for approval of homosexual and heterosexual men.
abstract: Young adult male homosexuals were recruited from a homosexual group and were given the Roe-Siegelman Parent-Child Relations questionnaire and the Marlowe-Crowne social desirability scale. Compared to a control group of heterosexuals, the homosexual group rated their mothers significantly more rejecting and their fathers less loving and more rejecting. The Love-Reject factor also showed the between-groups difference for the ratings of fathers; for mothers, the Love-Reject factor difference was marginally significant. The homosexual group also had a significantly higher mean score on the social desirability scale. This study, using direct subject selection and control of test administration, gives a close replication of important parts of Siegelman's (1974) results, especially the ratings of fathers' child-rearing practices and the homosexual-heterosexual difference on the social desirability scale.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002668:Child Rearing; D005260:Female; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012059:Rejection, Psychology; D012928:Social Desirability