title: Beliefs about children's adjustment in same-sex families: Spanish and Chilean university students.
abstract: The main purpose of our study is to compare the beliefs of Spanish and Chilean university students about the effects that same-sex parents might have on their children. A total of 491 participants completed the study (208 Spaniards and 283 Chileans). The results indicate a kind of modern and subtle rejection based on hetero-normativity. Furthermore, the results indicated the effects of sex (men have a greater degree of rejection), traditional and sexist opinions linked to a greater rejection of same-sex parents, and the contact variable which inversely correlates with this rejection. The results show that the etiology of homosexual orientation also correlates with rejection of same-sex parents when it is believed that homosexuality is learned or can be changed.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Valencia (Spain).
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Frias-Navarro
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Valencia (Spain).
authors.forename: Hector
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Monterde-i-Bort
authors.affiliation: Universidad Católica del Norte (Chile).
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barrientos-Delgado
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Valencia (Spain).
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Badenes-Ribera
authors.affiliation: Universidad Católica del Norte (Chile).
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cardenas-Castro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002677:Chile / Q000208:ethnology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D063509:Homophobia / Q000208:ethnology*; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009679:Nuclear Family / Q000208:ethnology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013030:Spain / Q000208:ethnology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult