FAMILIES AND PARENTING - A COMPARISON OF LESBIAN AND HETEROSEXUAL MOTHERS

Mothers (24 lesbian and 35 heterosexual) mere asked to complete a ques tionnaire of four scales, Index of Family Relations, Index of Parental Attitudes, Family Awareness Scale, and Dyadic Adjustment Scale. Analy sis of the mean scores indicated that these lesbian and heterosexual m others gathered in a snowball sampling had remarkably similar scores o n self-reported stress, adjustment, competence, and quality of the rel ationship with their families, although variability was larger for the lesbian group.