Sensitivity and rough-and-tumble play in gay and heterosexual single-father families through surrogacy: The role of microaggressions and fathers' rumination.

N Carone, V Lingiardi, R Baiocco… - Psychology of Men & …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Gay and heterosexual single fathers through surrogacy may be targets of microaggressions
(ie, subtle and implicit stigma-related stressors), as they present highly contested aspects of …

Remediating child attachment insecurity: Evaluating the basic trust intervention in adoptive families

MAJ Zeegers, C Colonnesi, MJ Noom… - Research on Social …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: This study evaluated the video-feedback intervention Basic Trust in families with
internationally adoptive children aged 2–12 years. The intervention aims to reduce child …

Parenting, dyadic coping, and child emotion regulation in lesbian, gay, and heterosexual parent families through assisted reproduction

A Fortunato, M Quintigliano, N Carone… - … of Reproductive and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Aims The present study examined the associations between family structure, parenting, and
dyadic coping and children's emotion regulation in lesbian, gay, and heterosexual parent …

Parental burnout, coparenting, and internalized sexual stigma during COVID-19 in parents with minoritized sexual identities.

G Cruciani, M Quintigliano, AM Speranza… - Journal of Family …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
The COVID-19 pandemic acted as a model of stressful situations for parents insofar as it led
to unprecedented difficulties in childcare and caregiving, resulting in increased levels of …

[HTML][HTML] Mental health disparities between lesbian mothers and heterosexual parents: The mediating role of positivity

G Shenkman, HMW Bos, S D'Amore… - Sexuality Research and …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Previous evidence has shown better mental health outcomes for lesbian
mothers, in comparison with heterosexual parents. The present study explored the …

Disorganized/controlling attachments, emotion regulation, and emotion communication in later middle childhood

LE Brumariu, KA Kerns, KR Giuseppone… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
We assessed how disorganized and controlling attachments (disorganized/disoriented,
caregiving/role-confused, hostile/punitive) in later middle childhood relate to children's …

Challenging Oedipus in changing families: Gender identifications and access to origins in same-sex parent families created through third-party reproduction

V Lingiardi, N Carone - The International Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Socio-cultural changes and advancements in assisted reproduction over the past 40 years
have led to a rise in new family forms, including same-sex parent families formed through …

Parent–child attachment in early and middle childhood

LE Brumariu, KA Kerns - The Wiley‐Blackwell Handbook of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter focuses on parent–child attachment in early and middle childhood. It discusses
key concepts of attachment theory, including the definition and nature of attachment in early …

[HTML][HTML] Neither Parents' Sex Nor the Type of Family Modulates Attentional Bias Toward Infant Faces: A Preliminary Study in Different-Sex and Same-Sex Parents

M Gemignani, M Giannotti, P Rigo, P Venuti… - Archives of Sexual …, 2024 - Springer
An attentional bias toward infant versus adult faces has been detected in parents and
positively associated with sensitive caregiving behaviors. In previous research, the …

Dehumanization of same-sex parents in Italy: An exploratory study

S Di Battista, M Pivetti, D Paolini, M Poliandri - Psicologia sociale, 2020 - rivisteweb.it
In 2016, Italy recognized civil partnerships for same-sex couples, providing them with most
of the legal entitlements enjoyed by married opposite-sex couples. However, reproductive …