Lesbian and Gay Psychology: New Perspectives

Written in an accessible but scholarly manner, this is the first British–edited and authored collection on lesbian and gay psychology. Leading names in the field discuss a broad range of concerns cutting across social, health, developmental, educational and counselling psychology. These include topics such as development during adolescence, girls′ friendships, identity formation and disclosure, parenting and family issues, health issues, psychotherapy and social attitudes.
The struggle to legitimise lesbian and gay psychology has been a local as well as an international one, and the contributors to this volume share some of the characteristics which have distinguished the development of the discipline in Britain. Typical of the British approach are engagement with both feminist and critical perspectives, the use of qualitative as well as quantitative methods, and theoretical and epistemological sophistication.
The volume as a whole takes lesbian and gay psychology forward into the twenty–first century.

Spis treści:
List of contributors.
Foreword: The Cutting Edges of Lesbian and Gay Psychology: Anthony R. D′Augelli, Pennsylvania State University.
1. Introducing Lesbian and Gay Psychology: Celia Kitzinger, University of York, and Adrian Coyle, University of Surrey.
2. Developmental Issues for Lesbian and Gay Youth: Ian Rivers, York St John College.
3. Girls′ Friendship and the Formation of Sexual Identities: Christine Griffin, University of Birmingham.
4. Coming Out as a Lesbian: Laura A. Markowe, south Bank University.
5. Lesbian and Gay Parenting: Fiona Tasker, Birkbeck College, University of London.
6. Resistance and Normalization in the Construction of Lesbian and Gay Families: A Discursive Analysis: Victoria Clark, Loughborough University.
7. Lesbian Health: Sue Wilkinson, Loughborough University.
8. Gay Men′s Physical and Emotional Well–Being: Re–Orienting r esearch and Health Promotion: Ian Warwick and Peter Aggleton, both University of London.
9. Psychopathology and the Social and Historical Construction of Gay Male Identities: Gary Taylor, University of Sussex.
10. Lesbian and Gay Affirmative Psychotherapy: Defining the Domain: Martin Milton, University of Surrey, Adrian Coyle, University of Surrey, and Charles Legg, City University.
11. Family Therapy with Lesbian and Gay Clients: Maeve Malley, Birkbeck College, University of London, and Damian McCann, Edgware Community Hospital, London.
12. ‘I′ve Always Tolerated It but: Heterosexual Masculinity and the Discursive Reproduction of Homophobia: Brendan Gough, University of Leeds.
13. Student Support for Lesbian and Gay Human Rights: Findings from a Large–Scale Questionnaire Study: Sonja J. Ellis, Sheffield Hallam University.
14. Lesbian and Gay Awareness Training: Challenging Homophobia, Liberalism and Managing Stereotypes: Elizabeth Peel, Loughborough University.

Nota biograficzna:

Adrian Coyle is Senior Lecturer and Joint Course Director of the Practitioner Doctorate in Psychotherapeutic and Counselling Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Surrey.
Celia Kitzinger is Professor of Conversation Analysis, Gender and Sexuality in the Department of Sociology at the University of York.
Both editors are well–established in the field of lesbian and gay psychology.

Okładka tylna:
Written in an accessible but scholarly manner, this is the first British–edited and authored collection on lesbian and gay psychology. Leading names in the field discuss a broad range of concerns cutting across social, health, developmental, educational and counselling psychology. These include topics such as development during adolescence, girls′ friendships, identity formation and disclosure, parenting and family issues, health issues, psychotherapy an d social attitudes.
The struggle to legitimise lesbian and gay psychology has been a local as well as an international one, and the contributors to this volume share some of the characteristics which have distinguished the development of the discipline in Britain. Typical of the British approach are engagement with both feminist and critical perspectives, the use of qualitative as well as quantitative methods, and theoretical and epistemological sophistication.
The volume as a whole takes lesbian and gay psychology forward into the twenty–first century.