@article{ref1,
title="Resilience in families after a child's same-sex sexual orientation disclosure: the child's perspective",
journal="American journal of family therapy",
year="2023",
author="de Villiers, Laing and Greeff, Abraham P.",
volume="51",
number="4",
pages="476-490",
abstract="The aim of this study was to identify qualities and resources that help families to adapt to the disclosure of their child's same-sex sexual orientation. Fifty-four same sex-attracted participants from the Western Cape Province, South Africa represented their families and completed seven self-report questionnaires and responded to an open-ended question. The combined quantitative and qualitative analyses identified several family resilience qualities. Amongst these are community and social support from family, relatives, and friends; positive family communication; ability to redefine a stressor; ability to minimize reactivity; and exposure to same sex-attracted individuals and same-sex attraction as a topic of conversation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0192-6187",
doi="10.1080/01926187.2021.2012851",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01926187.2021.2012851"
}