Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2021
Faculty Sponsor
Claire LeBeau
Abstract
The hegemony informs epistemological assumptions within the field of psychology, and thus, psychological research is informed by the heteropatriarchy. Emerging adult relationships are rooted in cishet values, heteronormative and cisnormative values, erasing LGBTQIA+ romantic relationships. Emerging adult relationship research promotes cishet values by disregarding gender and sexuality spectrums through the expectations of binary gender and sexualities which produces data that cannot be generalized (Brassard et al., 2018; James-Kangal et al., 2019). Future research must utilize sample groups that include multidimensional social identities and researchers must internalize the importance of examining their dichotomized biases. Metanalytic studies and a broader critique are needed to measure the effects of the cishet paradigm on relational research.
Recommended Citation
Betz, Kristina, "The Negative Impacts of Cishet Values: An Exploration of LGBQTIA+ Representation Within Emerging Adult Relationship Research" (2021). Psychology Student Scholarship. 1.
https://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/psychology-stdt/1