Same-Sex Marriage: A Construct in a Quest for Ecological Validity

The Kitzinger and Wilkinson's ASAP paper serves as the foundation for this discussion of the same‐sex marriage construct. The major focus of this discussion is, “What needs to occur in order for ecological validity to be achieved?” First, there needs to be some concerted attention paid to the e...

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Published inAnalyses of social issues and public policy Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 203 - 210
Main Author Parks Jr, Carlton W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 350 Main Street , Malden , MA 02148 , USA , and 9600 Garsington Road , Oxford OX4 2DQ , UK Blackwell Publishing, Inc 01.12.2004
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Homosexual Relationships
Homosexuality
Interpersonal Relations
Lesbianism
Marriage
Validity
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Summary:The Kitzinger and Wilkinson's ASAP paper serves as the foundation for this discussion of the same‐sex marriage construct. The major focus of this discussion is, “What needs to occur in order for ecological validity to be achieved?” First, there needs to be some concerted attention paid to the entire spectrum of close relationships (at both the positive and the negative end of the continuum) before the same‐sex marriage construct is fully embraced. Next, some attention needs to be paid to the diversity of viewpoints/beliefs/attitudes that exists concerning same‐sex marriage within the ethnically and culturally diverse LGBT communities.
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ISSN:1529-7489
1530-2415
DOI:10.1111/j.1530-2415.2004.00042.x