Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 22, 2026

Assessing the Coherence of Parents' Short Narratives Regarding their Child Using the Five-Minute Speech Sample Procedure
Published on: September 19, 2019
Same-sex couple perceptions of family support: a consensual qualitative study
Sharon Scales Rostosky1, Bethe A Korfhage, Julie M Duhigg
1Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, 245 Dickey Hall, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0017, USA. rostosk@uky.edu
Abstract:
Few studies have examined the family context in which same-sex couples negotiate their lives and relationships. Consensual qualitative research methods (Hill, Thompson, & Williams, 1997) were used to analyze 14 same-sex couples' conversations about family support. Couples perceived that their families are positively supportive, non-supportive, or ambivalent in their support. These perceptions led to positive or negative emotional reactions in the couple members and to specific coping. The majority of couples perceived that family support (or lack of support) had an effect on the quality of their couple relationship. No general or typical response strategies to lack of family of origin support emerged, suggesting a lack of models or norms for same-sex couples. The implications for psychotherapeutic interventions with same-sex couples are discussed.
Related Concept Videos
Relationship with Other Adult Family Members and Siblings
Relationship Formation
Theory of Romantic Attachment in Adulthood
Family Therapy
Strategic Family Therapy
Strategic family therapy emphasizes resolving communication barriers and improving problem-solving abilities...
Sources of Self-Esteem I: Family Experience
Socioemotional Experience and Gender Development