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The Psychology of Sexual Orientation, Behavior, and Identity A Handbook
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Book Code: DPL/
ISBN: 0-313-28501-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-28501-1
544 pages, figures, tables
Greenwood Press
Publication: 10/30/1995
List Price: $167.95 (UK Sterling Price: £95.00)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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  • This handbook provides an up-to-date and comprehensive summary of empirical findings on sexual orientation and behavior....The material is accurate and objective, but a background in the study of human sexuality will be helpful for fully comprehending much of the material. A resource and reference for researchers, teachers, therapists, and students/
    —Choice
Description: This comprehensive overview of research, issues, and theories relating to sexual orientation, behavior, and identity by experts in various disciplines is unique in providing both historical perspectives and a synthesis of the recent advances in understanding homosexuality and heterosexuality. Drawing from biological and psychological research, this handbook critically reviews the major theories about sexual orientation and examines each theory on the basis of empirical support. One section summarizes recent developments in genetic and neuroanatomic research. Another section discusses problems with sexual performance among heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual persons. A third section provides overviews of clinical disorders or sexual deviations. Various chapters clarify the distinction between sexual disorders, such as pedophilia, and sexual variations, such as homosexuality. Chapters also examine important social issues relevant to sexual orientation, such as disability, prejudice, aging, and gender roles. Experts address the continuing controversy over the feasibility of altering sexual orientation; new developments in treating different types of problems; and changing perspectives today. This handbook is designed for the use of educators, students, and researchers in the social and behavioral sciences.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Sexual Orientation: Some Historical Perspective by Louis Diamant
  • The Psychobiology of Sexual Arousal and Behavior by David L. Rowland
  • Theoretical Explanations of Sexual Orientation
  • Biological Aspects of Sexual Orientation and Identity by Milton Diamond
  • Sexual Orientation and Development: An Interactive Approach by Michael R. Kauth and Seth C. Kalichman
  • Psychoanalysis and Male Homosexuality by Kenneth Lewes
  • Sexual Behavior and Orientation: Learning and Conditioning Principles by Geary S. Alford, Joseph J. Plaud, and Tavia L. McNair
  • Sexual Orientation: What Have We Learned from Primate Research by Karen Hambright
  • Sexual Dysfunctions in Nonclinical Populations
  • Sexual Dysfunction among Heterosexual Adults by Michael P. Carey and Christopher Gordon
  • Overcome: Repositioning Lesbian Sexualities by Ruth Fassinger and Susan Morrow
  • Sex Therapy for Gay and Bisexual Men by Andrew Behrendt and Kenneth George
  • Clinical Disorders of Sexual Behavior and Identity
  • The Paraphilias: Classification and Theory by Richard D. McAnulty
  • Sexual Sadism and Masochism by Bethany Lohr and Henry E. Adams
  • Pedophilia by Gene Abel and Candice Osborn
  • Perpetrators of Incest by Patricia Long
  • Hypersexuality and Impulsive Sexual Behavior by Victor Malatesta and Matthew Robinson
  • Gender Identity Disorders: A Developmental Perspective by Kenneth Zucker
  • Sexual Orientation and Social Issues
  • Sexual Reorientation Therapy for Pedophiles: Practices and Controversies by Howard Barbaree, Anthony Bogaert, and Michael Seto
  • Race and Sexuality in the United States by Rupert Francis, Frederick Ernst, Jessy Devieux, and Joyce Perkins
  • Sexuality and Disability by Stanley Ducharme and Kathleen Gill
  • Sexuality and Sexual Orientation in the Military and Other Social Institutions by Larry Lance
  • The Development of Gender Roles: Societal Influences by Marjorie Hardy
  • Sexuality and Religion by Vern Bullough
  • Sexuality and Sexual Orientation: Adjustments to Aging by Kelly Kyes
  • Gender, Sexuality, and Sexual Behavior in an Age of Sexual Epidemic by Nancy Roth and Raul Goyo-Shields
  • Sexual Orientation and the Law by Michael McGee
LC Card Number: 95-7512
LCC Class: HQ16
Dewey Class: 306.76
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