Gay and lesbian adolescents and their parents: How Czech families negotiate coming out

POLÁŠKOVÁ, Eva. Gay and lesbian adolescents and their parents: How Czech families negotiate coming out. In IX Conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence. Abstracts. Porto: European Association for Research on Adolescence, 2004, p. 130-130.

Basic information

Original name

Gay and lesbian adolescents and their parents: How Czech families negotiate coming out

Name in Czech

Homosexuální adolescenti: jak se české rodiny vyrovnávají s coming outem

Authors

POLÁŠKOVÁ, Eva (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)

Edition

Porto, IX Conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence. Abstracts. p. 130-130, 1 pp. 2004

Publisher

European Association for Research on Adolescence

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences

Country of publisher

Portugal

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/04:00020016

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords in English

homosexuality; adolescence; coming out

Tags

adolescence, coming out, homosexuality

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International impact

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Abstract

V originále

For many gay and lesbian youths, the most difficult decision to make after recognizing their nontraditional sexual orientation is whether to reveal to their parents that they will not be fulfilling their expectations. Parents represent a significant factor in their childs developing sense of self-worth and sexual identity, especially in terms of a youth feeling comfortable with his or her homosexuality and of a youth disclosing this information to others. This poster is based on a qualitative research project. Its main objective was to map out lives of Czech gay and lesbian youth and provide a deeper insight into a developmental trajectory of alternatively oriented youth. A special attention was paid to the homosexual identity formation process, adaptation difficulties, social acceptance and specific aspects of close interpersonal relationships particular focus was put on parents and peers. The results indicate that coming out process represents a key component that influences and modifies long term close interpersonal relationships. We identified several specifications concerning the heterosexual parent gay child relationship e.g. discrepancy in parental roles, communication patterns, fear of refusal, parents reaction to coming out.

In Czech

Příspěvek přináši přehled výsledků z vlastného kvalitativního výzkumu. Hlavním cílem bylo zmapování problematiky coming outu rodičům u českých homosexuálních adolescentů.

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Links

GD403/03/H135, research and development project	Name: Analýza psychosociálních charakteristik české populace z aspektu gender Investor: Czech Science Foundation, An Analysis of Psycho-social Characteristics of the Czech Population from the Aspect of Gender
LN00A023, research and development project	Name: Centrum výzkumu utváření osobnosti v etnických a sociálních kontextech Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Centre for the research of the formation of personality in ethnical and social contexts