Causal Attributions and Parents’ Acceptance of Their Homosexual Sons

Yael Belsky; Gary M. Diamond

doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2015.1061364

Causal Attributions and Parents’ Acceptance of Their Homosexual Sons

Yael Belsky, Gary M. Diamond

Department of Psychology

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

This Internet-based study examined the association between Israeli parents’ attributions regarding the cause of their son’s homosexuality and their level of acceptance of their homosexual son. The sample (N = 57) was recruited via Internet Web sites (gay forums and support groups). Findings suggest that more essentialist (versus constructivist) causal attributions were associated with higher levels of parental acceptance. Length of time parents knew of their son’s homosexual orientation predicted the degree to which their attributions were essentialist. Implications are discussed.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	1419-1431
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Homosexuality
Volume	62
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2015.1061364
State	Published - 3 Oct 2015

Keywords

acceptance
causal attributions
essentialist
gay
homosexual
parent

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Education
Social Psychology
Gender Studies
General Psychology

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