title: Identity development of homosexual youth and parental and familial influences on the coming out process.
abstract: This paper examines the literature on identity development of homosexual youth, and parental and familial influences on the coming out process. Research indicates that homosexual adolescents who have a close relationship with their parents and families tend to come out at a younger age and to experience more positive identities than do those who have a poor relationship.
authors.affiliation: Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago 60625, USA.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Beaty
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001364:Awareness; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012944:Social Support