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Crescere in una famiglia omogenitoriale
Growing up in a same-sex family
Anna Maria Speranza
Professore di Psicopatologia dello sviluppo, Dipartimento di Psicologia Dinamica e Clinica, “Sapienza” - Università di Roma
Febbraio 2015 - pagg. 95 -98
Abstract
There is still a very lively debate on social and legal rights for same-sex families. Nontraditional
families constitute the vast majority of families in the industrialized world today. Like
other contemporary families, same-sex families are facing new challenges and difficulties,
like economic and legal disparities and social stigma, which can adversely affect children
development. In this paper the author summarizes current knowledge on social, psychological,
and sexual well-being in children raised by gay and lesbian parents. Extensive data
available from more than 30 years of research support the idea that children reared by
same-sex parents do not differ from children with heterosexual parents on psychological
health, social, cognitive and psychosexual development, peer relations, and school achievement.
Results demonstrate that children’s well-being is affected much more by their relationships
with their parents, their parents’ sense of competence and security, and the presence
of social and economic support for the family than by the gender or the sexual
orientation of their parents.
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Corrispondenza: annamaria.speranza@uniroma1.it