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Report
Mental Health of Adult Offspring of Lesbian Parents
National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study
July 2018
- Overview
- Highlights
- Report
The latest from the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study compares the psychological health of 25-year-olds raised by lesbian parents with adults of similar age, sex, race/ethnicity, and education. This is the first NLLFS report based on data collected when the offspring were legal adults. It was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in July 2018.
Highlights
The 25-year-old offspring of lesbian parents do as well on multiple measures of psychological health as their peers.
Researchers examined relationships, educational/job performance, and behavioral, emotional and mental health problems for both groups.
The NLLFS is the longest-running, ongoing, longitudinal investigation of sexual minority parents in the U.S.