A Latent Profile Analysis of Religious Parents' Responses to Their Sexual and Gender Diverse Child.

Prior research indicates that religious parents can have negative, positive, or ambivalent responses to their child's sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). Yet, to our knowledge no research has quantitatively examined patterns of sexual and gender diverse (SGD) youth's perceptions of their...

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Publicado en:Journal of Homosexuality Vol. 72; no. 10; pp. 1897 - 1918
Autores principales: Hanna-Walker, Veronica, Lefkowitz, Eva S., Watson, Ryan J.
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2025
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          Hanna-Walker, Veronica
          Lefkowitz, Eva S.
          Watson, Ryan J.
        affil: Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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        Parent attitudes
        LGBTQ+ youth
        Sexual orientation
        Race
        Gender identity
        Religious identity
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          Parent attitudes
          LGBTQ+ youth
          Sexual orientation
          Race
          Gender identity
          Religious identity
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        change efforts
        parental responses to sexual orientation/gender identity
        religion
        Religious parents
        SOGI-specific acceptance
        SOGI-specific rejection
        change efforts
        parental responses to sexual orientation/gender identity
        religion
        Religious parents
        SOGI-specific acceptance
        SOGI-specific rejection
      ab: Prior research indicates that religious parents can have negative, positive, or ambivalent responses to their child's sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). Yet, to our knowledge no research has quantitatively examined patterns of sexual and gender diverse (SGD) youth's perceptions of their religious parents' responses to their SOGI. Without examining variations in these patterns, we are unable to better understand the experiences of SGD youth with religious parents. In the current paper, we examined patterns of SGD youth's perceptions of their religious parents' SOGI-specific rejection, acceptance, and SOGI change efforts. We also examined if these patterns differed by SGD youth's individual and contextual factors. The analytic sample consisted of online responses from 5,686 SGD youth (M = 15.95). We found four distinct profiles: Positive Parental Response, Moderate Negative Parental Response, Low Parental Response, and High Negative Parental Response. The largest profile was the Positive Parental Response, suggesting that many SGD youth perceived positive responses from their religious parents. SGD youth with diverse gender identities and intersecting identities, such as race/ethnicity, were more vulnerable to religious parents' negative responses. Findings have implications for existing resources and programs aimed at strengthening SGD youth's relationship with their religious parents.
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