2023/01/20 by Marie-Louise Mares, Marie‐Louise Mares, Yuchi Anthony Chen +3 · 1 voice · 17 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Child Development and Digital Technology #Developmental psychology #Gender studies #Gender, Feminism, and Media #Human sexuality #Identity (music) #Identity negotiation #LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy #Lesbian #Negotiation #Psychology #Sexual identity #Sexual orientation #Social psychology #Socialization #Sociology #Transgender
paper · doi:10.1093/joc/jqac046
published in Journal of Communication 73(2), 113-125 (Oxford University Press)
openalex publication_date 2023/01/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25
Abstract Social relational theory proposes that children and parents socialize each other, particularly when knowledge, beliefs, and identities diverge. For families with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) teens, identity-relevant media depictions may spark moments of mutual socialization, including attempts to mediate each other’s viewing and discussions of the teen’s identity. U.S. data from 200 LGBTQ teens (aged 13–18) and one of their parents indicated that 83% of dyads reported that media content had elicited identity-related conversations. Both teens and parents perceived teens to mediate more often than parents, though latent profile analyses suggested distinct dyadic profiles. Although all teens were out to their parent, those with more identity certainty engaged in and received more frequent mediation. For parents, the frequency and positivity of “media moments” were associated with greater support for their teen’s identity. For teens, positivity (but not frequency) of such moments was associated with perceptions of more parental support for their identity.