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Section 3
Helping Families Decrease Risk &
Increase Well-Being for Their LGBT Children

Question 3 | Test | Table of Contents

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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, A Practitioner’s Resource Guide: Helping Families to Support Their LGBT Children. HHS Publication No. PEP14-LGBTKIDS. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2014, p. 8-11.
Reviewed 2023

Update
Protective Environments, Health, and Substance Use
Among Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth

Kennedy, K. S., Harper, C. R., Li, J., Suarez, N. A., & Johns, M. M. (2022). Protective Environments, Health, and Substance Use Among Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth. LGBT health, 9(6), 393–400. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2021.0258

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Borden, K. A. (2014). When family members identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual: Parent–child relationships [Editorial]. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 45(4), 219–220.

Feugé, É. A., Cossette, L., Cyr, C., & Julien, D. (2019). Parental involvement among adoptive gay fathers: Associations with resources, time constraints, gender role, and child adjustment. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 6(1), 1–10.

Goodman, J. A., & Israel, T. (2020). An online intervention to promote predictors of supportive parenting for sexual minority youth. Journal of Family Psychology, 34(1), 90–100.

Rosenkrantz, D. E., Rostosky, S. S., Toland, M. D., & Dueber, D. M. (2020). Cognitive-affective and religious values associated with parental acceptance of an LGBT child. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 7(1), 55–65.

Rostosky, S. S., Abreu, R. L., Mahoney, A., & Riggle, E. D. B. (2017). A qualitative study of parenting and religiosity/spirituality in LBGTQ families. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 9(4), 437–445.

QUESTION 3
How do Families respond to their LGBT children? To select and enter your answer go to Test.