Recollections of their fathers by homosexual and heterosexual men.
A nonrandom, nonclinical t-test comparison study of 30 homosexual and 30 heterosexual men was conducted to describe their memories of their fathers' behaviors toward them. Previous studies had identified the "classical pattern," that is, the fathers of homosexual men were considered cold, hostile, and distant. Those studies were sparked by Freudian theory which postulated the same. Therefore, a brief revisitation has been conducted. Again, the findings supported the earlier, that is, the homosexual men recalled their fathers as more rejecting and less loving than the heterosexual men.
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School of Social Work, Marywood College, USA. 104245,1701@compuserve.com
D000328:Adult; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005619:Freudian Theory; D005783:Gender Identity; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012059:Rejection, Psychology