Tällaista löytyi Suomi24:n gay-palstalta.
A recent study by two Taiwanese psychiatrists, For-Wey Lung and Bih-Ching Shu (2007), examined the role of parental bonding on the adjustment problems of homosexuals. The authors studied three groups derived from men serving their mandatory military service in Taiwan: 51 young homosexual males, 100 non-homosexual male personnel with adjustment disorder and 124 male controls. The participants were administered Chinese versions of the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire as well as the Chinese Health Questionnaire. The BPI provides self-reports of parental behaviors toward the respondents during the first 16 years of their life. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to compare differences between the groups. Logistic regression, path analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM) techniques were employed to identify the best fitting model that predicted variable relationships within the dyadic group comparisons.
Several findings were of note. The model relating homosexual males and controls explained a full 62% of the variance in differences between these two groups. The authors report that, "...individuals with non-caring parents or an overprotective mother tended to develop homosexuality [more] easily than those without non-caring parents or an over-protective mother" (p. 23). Furthermore, "...individuals with an over-protective father tended to develop homosexuality [more] easily that those without an over-protective father" (p. 23). According to the authors' description of the PBI, an over-protective parent can be characterized as over-controlling while a non-caring parent can be described as unaffectionate. Finally, the authors indicated that homosexual individuals tended to have a higher level of neurosis.
Not surprisingly, the model best integrating the associations between homosexual males and the non-homosexual adjustment disorder group explained only 27% of the variance in differences, much less than between homosexual males and the controls. Nonetheless, the findings still indicated that "...individuals with an over-protective father or non-caring parents had a greater tendency to develop homosexuality [more] easily than those who developed adjustment disorder" (p. 23). The authors go on to assert that, "...paternal protection and maternal care were determined to be the main vulnerability factors in the development of homosexual males" (p. 25).
Lung and Shu summarize their results as follows:
In conclusion, the construct of sexual partner orientation set in early childhood has been demonstrated in this study. Paternal attachment and introverted and neurotic characteristics present major influencing factors in the development of homosexuals. In particular, the father-son relationship has a unique role in the process of becoming a male homosexual (p. 25).
Lung, F.W., & Shu, B. C. (2007). Father-son attachment and sexual partner orientation in Taiwan. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 48, 20-26.
Eli summary (heikosti :)) suomennettuna: "Tämä tutkimus osoittaa, että seksuaalinen suuntautuneisuus rakentuu lapsuudessa. Isän kiintymys ja sisäänpäinkääntynyt ja neuroottinen luonne ovat pääsyyt homoseksuaalisuuden kehittymiseen. Varsinkin isä-poika -suhteella on uniikki rooli siinä prosessissa, joka johtaa miehen homoseksuaalisuuteen."
A recent study by two Taiwanese psychiatrists, For-Wey Lung and Bih-Ching Shu (2007), examined the role of parental bonding on the adjustment problems of homosexuals. The authors studied three groups derived from men serving their mandatory military service in Taiwan: 51 young homosexual males, 100 non-homosexual male personnel with adjustment disorder and 124 male controls. The participants were administered Chinese versions of the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire as well as the Chinese Health Questionnaire. The BPI provides self-reports of parental behaviors toward the respondents during the first 16 years of their life. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to compare differences between the groups. Logistic regression, path analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM) techniques were employed to identify the best fitting model that predicted variable relationships within the dyadic group comparisons.
Several findings were of note. The model relating homosexual males and controls explained a full 62% of the variance in differences between these two groups. The authors report that, "...individuals with non-caring parents or an overprotective mother tended to develop homosexuality [more] easily than those without non-caring parents or an over-protective mother" (p. 23). Furthermore, "...individuals with an over-protective father tended to develop homosexuality [more] easily that those without an over-protective father" (p. 23). According to the authors' description of the PBI, an over-protective parent can be characterized as over-controlling while a non-caring parent can be described as unaffectionate. Finally, the authors indicated that homosexual individuals tended to have a higher level of neurosis.
Not surprisingly, the model best integrating the associations between homosexual males and the non-homosexual adjustment disorder group explained only 27% of the variance in differences, much less than between homosexual males and the controls. Nonetheless, the findings still indicated that "...individuals with an over-protective father or non-caring parents had a greater tendency to develop homosexuality [more] easily than those who developed adjustment disorder" (p. 23). The authors go on to assert that, "...paternal protection and maternal care were determined to be the main vulnerability factors in the development of homosexual males" (p. 25).
Lung and Shu summarize their results as follows:
In conclusion, the construct of sexual partner orientation set in early childhood has been demonstrated in this study. Paternal attachment and introverted and neurotic characteristics present major influencing factors in the development of homosexuals. In particular, the father-son relationship has a unique role in the process of becoming a male homosexual (p. 25).
Lung, F.W., & Shu, B. C. (2007). Father-son attachment and sexual partner orientation in Taiwan. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 48, 20-26.
Eli summary (heikosti :)) suomennettuna: "Tämä tutkimus osoittaa, että seksuaalinen suuntautuneisuus rakentuu lapsuudessa. Isän kiintymys ja sisäänpäinkääntynyt ja neuroottinen luonne ovat pääsyyt homoseksuaalisuuden kehittymiseen. Varsinkin isä-poika -suhteella on uniikki rooli siinä prosessissa, joka johtaa miehen homoseksuaalisuuteen."