Children's acquisition of sex-role behavior in lesbian-mother families.
- 1 July 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 51 (3) , 536-544
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1981.tb01402.x
Abstract
Children's play and activity interests as indices of sex-role behavior were compared for a sample of lesbian and heterosexual single mothers and their children. More striking than any differences were the similarities between the two groups of children on acquisition of sex-role behavior and between the two groups of mothers on encouragement of sex-role behavior.Keywords
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