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Conversations About Psychology and Sexual Orientation

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Description for Conversations About Psychology and Sexual Orientation paperback. Based on the belief that thoughtful dialogue can engender positive change, this book explores the implications for psychology of essentialist and social constructionist understandings of sexual orientation. It presents theoretical frameworks, followed by application sections dealing with clinical practice, research and theory, and public policy. Num Pages: 245 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.

Psychology's approach to sexual orientation has long had its foundation in essentialism, which undergirds psychological theory and research as well as clinical practice and applications of psychology to public policy issues. It is only recently that psychology as a discipline has begun to entertain social constructivism as an alternative approach.
Based on the belief that thoughtful dialogue can engender positive change, Conversations about Psychology and Sexual Orientation explores the implications for psychology of both essentialist and social constructionist understandings of sexual orientation. The book opens with an introduction presenting basic theoretical frameworks, followed by three application sections dealing ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
Number of Pages
245
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814713259
SKU
V9780814713259
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Janis S. Bohan
Janis Bohan is on the adjunct faculty at Antioch New England Graduate School and a teacher at the Metropolitan State College of Denver.. Glenda M. Russell is a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies in Amherst, MA. She is coauthor of Conversations about Psychology and Sexual Orientation (also available from NYU Press).

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