title: Families and parenting: a comparison of lesbian and heterosexual mothers.
abstract: Mothers (24 lesbian and 35 heterosexual) were asked to complete a questionnaire of four scales, Index of Family Relations, Index of Parental Attitudes, Family Awareness Scale, and Dyadic Adjustment Scale. Analysis of the mean scores indicated that these lesbian and heterosexual mothers gathered in a snowball sampling had remarkably similar scores on self-reported stress, adjustment, competence, and quality of the relationship with their families, although variability was larger for the lesbian group.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Riverside, USA. kevin-mcneill@worldnet.att.net
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: McNeill
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Rienzi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kposowa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D020010:Heterosexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D012494:Sampling Studies