Development of the Conceptual Future Parent Grief (CFPG) Scale for LGBTQ+ people
| Autor: | Rachel H. Farr, Kay A. Simon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Adult
Male Parents Adolescent Social stigma media_common.quotation_subject Social Stigma Ambiguous loss Developmental psychology Sexual and Gender Minorities Young Adult Traumatic grief Surveys and Questionnaires Transgender Humans General Psychology media_common Reproducibility of Results Mental health Queer Female Grief Lesbian Factor Analysis Statistical Psychology Forecasting |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Family Psychology. 35:299-310 |
| ISSN: | 1939-1293 0893-3200 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/fam0000790 |
| Popis: | Parenthood is highly valued around the world. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, however, have faced a history of discrimination and challenges related to becoming parents (e.g., legal and/or practical barriers to adoption or biological parenthood). As such, LGBTQ+ youth may believe that certain pathways to parenthood (or parenthood itself) are unavailable to them. These feelings could prompt experiences of ambiguous loss related to a future idealized self. No quantitative research, however, has been conducted to capture these possible experiences; scale development is an important step to attempt to quantify them. Here, we report results from two studies using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis to investigate the factor structure of a new scale reflecting conceptual future parent grief (CFPG) among LGBTQ+ individuals. Participants also responded to several measures to explore validity with the CFPG scale. Following model respecification, a 9-item one-factor solution resulted, reflecting ambiguous loss, complex grief, and sexual stigma-all of which could contribute to difficulties in reconciling one's LGBTQ+ and future parenthood identities. Significant associations with greater authenticity of LGBTQ+ identity, depressive symptoms, and sexual stigma provided evidence of convergent and divergent validity with the CFPG scale. Thus, ambiguous loss among LGBTQ+ people may connect to aspects of identity, mental health, and parenthood goals. Developing this scale represents a first step toward an assessment for LGBTQ+ individuals regarding future parenthood. Understanding more about CFPG among LGBTQ+ individuals could inform prevention efforts to reduce negative mental health symptoms and enhance positive LGBTQ+ identity development. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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