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Report
Psychological Adjustment of 17-Year-Old Adolescents
Findings from the National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study
June 2010
This report from the National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study explores the psychological wellbeing of adolescents who were conceived through donor insemination by lesbian mothers. It was published in Pediatrics in July 2010.
Highlights
Adolescents who have been reared in lesbian-mother families since birth demonstrate healthy psychological adjustment.
The children were rated significantly higher in social, school/academic, and total competence than their peers with different-sex parents.
The children were rated significantly lower in social problems, rule-breaking, aggressive, and externalizing problem behaviors than their peers.