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Gender and sexual orientation shape the nature of people’s social networks. In this paper, we investigate gender and sexual orientation differences in both the amount and importance of social support from family, friends, and romantic partners. We also evaluate the hypothesis that an increased reliance on friendship among lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals successfully compensates for lower levels of support from family. To accomplish these goals, we evaluate structural equation models using data from the California Quality of Life Survey, a population-based sample of heterosexual women (n = 888), lesbian-bisexual women (n = 264), heterosexual men (n = 767), and gay-bisexual men (n = 322). We found that lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals report lower levels of familial support than heterosexual women and men – but family support is equally important across all groups. Contrary to our expectations, lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals did not report higher levels of support from friends compared with heterosexuals. Support from friends, however, was a more important source of support for individuals with minority sexual orientations than for heterosexuals. We also found that lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals report lower levels of support from their network as a whole. These results shed light on the strategies that lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals use to compensate for a lack of support from families of origin. However, because lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals still report lower levels of social support overall, our findings also raise questions about whether these strategies are successful. |
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| Strohm, Charles., Cochran, Susan. and Mays, Vickie. "Gender and sexual orientation differences in social support from family, friends, and romantic relationships" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, TBA, New York, New York City, Aug 11, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p184468_index.html> |
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| Strohm, C. Q., Cochran, S. and Mays, V. , 2007-08-11 "Gender and sexual orientation differences in social support from family, friends, and romantic relationships" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, TBA, New York, New York City Online <PDF>. 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p184468_index.html |
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Abstract: Gender and sexual orientation shape the nature of people’s social networks. In this paper, we investigate gender and sexual orientation differences in both the amount and importance of social support from family, friends, and romantic partners. We also evaluate the hypothesis that an increased reliance on friendship among lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals successfully compensates for lower levels of support from family. To accomplish these goals, we evaluate structural equation models using data from the California Quality of Life Survey, a population-based sample of heterosexual women (n = 888), lesbian-bisexual women (n = 264), heterosexual men (n = 767), and gay-bisexual men (n = 322). We found that lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals report lower levels of familial support than heterosexual women and men – but family support is equally important across all groups. Contrary to our expectations, lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals did not report higher levels of support from friends compared with heterosexuals. Support from friends, however, was a more important source of support for individuals with minority sexual orientations than for heterosexuals. We also found that lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals report lower levels of support from their network as a whole. These results shed light on the strategies that lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals use to compensate for a lack of support from families of origin. However, because lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals still report lower levels of social support overall, our findings also raise questions about whether these strategies are successful. |
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| Gender and sexual orientation differences in social support from family friends and romantic relationships Charles Q. Strohm Department of Sociology UCLA Susan D. Cochran Department of Epidemiology UCLA Vickie M. Mays Department of Psychology UCLA 17 January 2007 Gender and sexual orientation have profound effects on the nature of people’s relationships with family friends and romantic partners. Women and men rely on different types of relationships for support (Aukett Ritchie & Mill 1988; Fischer & Oliker 1983) and women |
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