Author ORCID Identifier
Date Available
5-9-2024
Year of Publication
2024
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Arts and Sciences
Department/School/Program
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Rachel H. Farr
Abstract
While LGBTQ+ parented families are largely the same as their cis-het parent counterparts, they still experience unique factors exclusive to them. One such factor is access to the LGBTQ+ community. While research has emphasized the importance of community within the family system, the role the LGBTQ+ community can play for LGBTQ+ parented families is largely unexplored. Additionally, LGBTQ+ research examining parents of adolescents is similarly lacking. Utilizing a sample of LGBTQ+ parents with adolescent children, and informed by ecological systems theory, self-determination theory, and the parenting stress model, I examine the influence parent’s sense of LGBTQ+ community has on the relationship between parenting stress, parent mental health, and child adjustment. Regression analyses demonstrated a series of positive associations between LGBTQ+ parent stress, parent mental health, and child adjustment. However, sense of community failed to moderate these associations. Unique differences were found across geographic region when looking at LGBTQ+ parent mental health. Implications for policy, clinical practice, and future research are discussed.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2024.111
Funding Information
This study was supported by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Susan Dudley Early Career Award.
Recommended Citation
McAweeney, Kevin, "IT TAKES A VILLAGE: IMPACT OF LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTING STRESS, PARENT MENTAL HEALTH, AND CHILD ADJUSTMENT" (2024). Theses and Dissertations--Psychology. 251.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/psychology_etds/251
