Psychology

 

Psychology

Our faculty are actively involved in research, which includes publishing, writing grants, presenting at national and international conferences, and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students. Their scholarship is diverse both in theory and in method — a mark of distinction and strength both within and across our three programs in clinical psychology, developmental psychology, and social psychology.

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Submissions from 2013

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Women wearing white: Discourses of menstruation and the experience of menarche, Theresa E. Jackson and Rachel Joffe Falmagne

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Adolescent development in a diverse and changing world: Introduction, Lene Arnett Jensen and Xinyin Chen

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Incorporating LGBTQ issues into family courses: Instructor challenges and strategies relative to perceived teaching climate, Katherine A. Kuvalanka, Abbie E. Goldberg, and Ramona F. Oswald

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Service priorities and unmet service needs among people living with HIV/AIDS: Results from a nationwide interview of HIV/AIDS housing organizations, Carter A. Lennon, Jennifer A. Pellowski, Angela C. White, Seth C. Kalichman, David J. Finitsis, Viana Turcios-Cotto, Alefiyah Pishori, Nicole M. Overstreet, Dominica Hernandez, Ann Kane, David M. Kelly, and Gertrude A. Lanouette

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The role of power in intimate relationships, Carter A. Lennon, Andrew L. Stewart, and Thomas Ledermann

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Correlates of parental control and autonomy support in an interdependent culture: A look at Ghana, Kristine N. Marbell and Wendy S. Grolnick

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Time for "the talk"...now what? Autonomy support and structure in mother-daughter conversations about sex, Carrie P. Mauras, Wendy S. Grolnick, and Rachel W. Friendly

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Internalized stigma and HIV status disclosure among HIV-positive black men who have sex with men, Nicole M. Overstreet, Valerie A. Earnshaw, Seth C. Kalichman, and Diane M. Quinn

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The Intimate partner violence stigmatization model and barriers to help seeking, Nicole M. Overstreet and Diane M. Quinn

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Combined MI + CBT for depressive symptoms and binge drinking among young adults: Two case studies, Paola Pedrelli, Brian Borsari, Kathleen M. Palm, Elizabeth Dalton, and Maurizio Fava

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Social Dominance in Context and in Individuals: Contextual Moderation of Robust Effects of Social Dominance Orientation in 15 Languages and 20 Countries, Felicia Pratto, Atilla Çidam, Andrew L. Stewart, Fouad Bou Zeineddine, María Aranda, Antonio Aiello, Xenia Chryssochoou, Aleksandra Cichocka, J. Christopher Cohrs, Kevin Durrheim, Véronique Eicher, Rob Foels, Paulina Górska, I. Ching Lee, Laurent Licata, James H. Liu, Liu Li, Ines Meyer, Davide Morselli, Orla Muldoon, Hamdi Muluk, Stamos Papastamou, Igor Petrovic, Nebojsa Petrovic, Gerasimos Prodromitis, Francesca Prati, Monica Rubini, Rim Saab, Jacquelien van Stekelenburg, Joseph Sweetman, Wenwen Zheng, and Kristen E. Henkel

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When inequality fails: Power, group dominance, and societal change, Felicia Pratto, Andrew L. Stewart, and Fouad Bou Zeineddine

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Learning and teaching about matter in the elementary grades: What conceptual changes are needed?, Carol L. Smith and Marianne Wiser

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Multilevel modeling approaches to the study of LGBT-parent families: Methods for dyadic data analysis, Juli Anna Z. Smith, Aline G. Sayer, and Abbie E. Goldberg

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Approaching young adult health and medicine from a developmental perspective, Jennifer L. Tanner and Jeffrey J. Arnett

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"Crime against Humanity" or "Crime against Jews"? Acknowledgment in Construals of the Holocaust and Its Importance for Intergroup Relations, Johanna Ray Vollhardt

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After the Genocide: Psychological Perspectives on Victim, Bystander, and Perpetrator Groups, Johanna Ray Vollhardt and Michal Bilewicz

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Learning and teaching about matter in the middle-school years: How can the atomic-molecular theory be meaningfully introduced?, Marianne Wiser and Carol L. Smith

Submissions from 2012

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Adolescent psychology around the world, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett

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Preface, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett

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Toward a cultural-developmental stage theory of the life course, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett and Jennifer Lynn Tanner

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Why narrative?, Michael Bamberg

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Effects of gender, diagnostic labels, and causal theories on willingness to report symptoms of depression, Joshua L. Berger, Michael E. Addis, Erin D. Reilly, Matthew R. Syzdek, and Jonathan D. Green

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Predicting relationship help seeking prior to a marriage checkup, C. J. Eubanks Fleming and James V. Córdova

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Leaving dualisms behind: Felt thinking and the social.Commentary of John Cromby, 'Beyond belief', Rachel Joffe Falmagne

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The Potential of Learning Progression Research To Inform the Design of State Science Standards, Jacob Foster and Marianne Wiser

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Where We Live: The Unexpected Influence of Urban Neighborhoods on the Academic Performance of African American Adolescents, Samantha Francois, Stacy Overstreet, and Michael Cunningham

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Gay dads: Transitions to adoptive fatherhood, Abbie E. Goldberg

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Why parenthood, and why now? Gay men's motivations for pursuing parenthood, Abbie E. Goldberg, Jordan B. Downing, and April M. Moyer

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The transition from infertility to adoption: Perceptions of lesbian and heterosexual couples, Abbie E. Goldberg, Jordan B. Downing, and Hannah B. Richardson

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Gender-typed play behavior in early childhood: Adopted children with lesbian, gay, and heterosexual parents, Abbie E. Goldberg, Deborah A. Kashy, and Juli Anna Z. Smith

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On the border: Young adults with LGBQ parents navigate LGBTQ communities, Abbie E. Goldberg, Lori A. Kinkler, Hannah B. Richardson, and Jordan B. Downing

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Marriage (in)equality: The perspectives of adolescents and emerging adults with lesbian, gay, and bisexual parents, Abbie E. Goldberg and Katherine A. Kuvalanka

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"When you're sitting on the fence, hope's the hardest part": Challenges and experiences of heterosexual and same-sex couples adopting through the child welfare system, Abbie E. Goldberg, April M. Moyer, Lori A. Kinkler, and Hannah B. Richardson

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The Division of labor in lesbian, gay, and heterosexual new adoptive parents, Abbie E. Goldberg, Julianna Z. Smith, and Maureen Perry-Jenkins

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Individual differences in masculine gender socialization as predictive of men's psychophysiological responses to negative affect, Jonathan D. Green and Michael E. Addis

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The relations among parental power assertion, control, and structure, Wendy S. Grolnick

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The role of expectations in children's experience of novel events, Suzanne T. Gurland, Wendy S. Grolnick, and Rachel W. Friendly

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Bridging theory: Where cultures meet in self and science, Lene Arnett Jensen

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Bridging Universal and Cultural Perspectives: A Vision for Developmental Psychology in a Global World, Lene Arnett Jensen

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Selves, societies, and social sciences: Pluralism in a changing global world, Lene Arnett Jensen

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Going global: New pathways for adolescents and emerging adults in a changing world, Lene Arnett Jensen and Jeffrey Jensen Arnett

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Effective psychotherapy with low-income clients: The importance of attending to social class, Saeromi Kim and Esteban Cardemil

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Peer groups as a crucible of positive value development in a global world, Reed W. Larson, Lene Arnett Jensen, Hyeyoung Kang, Aisha Griffith, and Vikki Rompala

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Early understanding of the functions of print: Parent-child interaction and preschoolers' notating skills, Diana Leyva, Elaine Reese, and Marianne Wiser

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An Acceptance-Based Behavioral Intervention for Weight Loss: A Pilot Study, Heather M. Niemeier, Tricia Leahey, Kathleen Palm Reed, Richard A. Brown, and Rena R. Wing

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Contingencies of self-worth and appearance concerns: Do domains of self-worth matter?, Nicole M. Overstreet and Diane M. Quinn

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Group Dominance and the Half-Blindness of Privilege, Felicia Pratto and Andrew L. Stewart

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Families as facilitators of student engagement: Toward a home-school partnership model, Jacquelyn N. Raftery, Wendy S. Grolnick, and Elizabeth S. Flamm

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"You try to be superman and you don't have to be": Gayadoptive fathers' challenges and tensions in balancing work and family, Hannah B. Richardson, April M. Moyer, and Abbie E. Goldberg

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Effect of medroxyprogesterone on depressive symptoms in depressed and nondepressed perimenopausal and postmenopausal women after discontinuation of transdermal estradiol therapy, Maria Pia Rogines-Velo, Amy E. Heberle, and Hadine Joffe

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Collective Victimization, Johanna Ray Vollhardt

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Interpreting rights and duties after mass violence, Johanna Ray Vollhardt

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Communication during emerging adulthood, Brian J. Willoughby and Jeffrey J. Arnett

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Use of History of Science to Understand and Remedy Students' Misconceptions About Heat and Temperature, Marianne Wiser

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Learning Progressions as Tools for Curriculum Development: Lessons from the Inquiry Project, Marianne Wiser, Carol L. Smith, and Susan J. Doubler

Submissions from 2011

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More than just a punctuation mark: How boys and young men learn about menstruation, Katherine R. Allen, Christine E. Kaestle, and Abbie E. Goldberg

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Emerging adulthood(s): The cultural psychology of a new life stage, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett

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Debating emerging adulthood: Stage or process?, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Leo B. Hendry, Marion Kloep, and Jennifer L. Tanner

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The Curtain rises: A Brief overview of the book, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Leo B. Hendry, Marion Kloep, and Jennifer L. Tanner

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Bringing down the curtain, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Marion Kloep, Leo B. Hendry, and Jennifer L. Tanner

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In Defense of emerging adulthood as a life stage: Rejoinder to Kloep's and Hendry's chapters 4 and 5, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett and Jennifer L. Tanner

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Themes and variations in emerging adulthood across social classes, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett and Jennifer L. Tanner

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Toward a cultural-developmental stage theory of the life course, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett and Jennifer Lynn Tanner

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Who am I? Big or small—shallow or deep?, Michael Bamberg

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Who am I? Narration and its contribution to self and identity, Michael Bamberg

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A randomized controlled trial of cognitive-behavioral treatment for depression versus relaxation training for alcohol-dependent individuals with elevated depressive symptoms, Richard A. Brown, Susan E. Ramsey, Christopher W. Kahler, Kathleen M. Palm, Peter M. Monti, David Abrams, Maryella Dubreuil, Alan Gordon, and Ivan W. Miller

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Series editor’s preface, Nancy Budwig

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One size does not fit all: Cultural considerations in evidence-based practice for depression, Esteban V. Cardemil, Oswaldo Moreno, and Monica Sanchez

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Lesbian mothers' constructions of the division of paid and unpaid labor, Jordan B. Downing and Abbie E. Goldberg

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Does Acceptance and Relationship Focused Behavior Therapy Contribute to Bupropion Outcomes? A Randomized Controlled Trial of Functional Analytic Psychotherapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Smoking Cessation, Elizabeth V. Gifford, Barbara S. Kohlenberg, Steven C. Hayes, Heather M. Pierson, Melissa P. Piasecki, David O. Antonuccio, and Kathleen M. Palm

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Lesbian and Gay Adoptive Parent Families, Abbie E. Goldberg and Mark Gianino

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Perception and internalization of Adoption stigma Among gay, Lesbian, and Heterosexual adoptive parents, Abbie E. Goldberg, Lori A. Kinkler, and Denise A. Hines

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Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Couples in Open Adoption Arrangements: A Qualitative Study, Abbie E. Goldberg, Lori A. Kinkler, Hannah B. Richardson, and Jordan B. Downing

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Stigma, Social Context, and Mental Health: Lesbian and Gay Couples Across the Transition to Adoptive Parenthood, Abbie E. Goldberg and Juli Anna Z. Smith

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Bridging Cultural and Developmental Approaches to Psychology: New Syntheses in Theory, Research, and Policy, Lene Arnett Jensen

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Introduction: Changing Our Scholarship for a Changing World, Lene Arnett Jensen

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The Cultural-Developmental Theory of Moral Psychology: A New Synthesis, Lene Arnett Jensen

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The Cultural Development Of Three Fundamental Moral Ethics: Autonomy, Community, And Divinity, Lene Arnett Jensen

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Working With What We've Got: Perceptions of Barriers and Supports Among Small-Metropolitan-Area Same-Sex Adopting Couples, Lori A. Kinkler and Abbie E. Goldberg

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Men at risk The Physical, Mental and Social Health of Men in Massachusetts, James R. Mahalik, Michael E. Addis, Emily E. Douglas, Denise A. HInes, and Christopher S. Reigeluth

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The marriage checkup: Increasing access to marital health care, Melinda Ippolito Morrill, Cj Eubanks-Fleming, Amanda G. Harp, Julia W. Sollenberger, Ellen V. Darling, and James V. Cördova

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The roles of cognitive flexibility and experiential avoidance in explaining psychological distress in survivors of interpersonal victimization, Kathleen M. Palm and Victoria M. Follette

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Working-class jobs and new parents' mental health, Maureen Perry-Jenkins, Julianna Z. Smith, Abbie E. Goldberg, and Jade Logan

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Presenting "emerging adulthood": What makes It developmentally distinctive?, Jennifer L. Tanner and Jeffrey Jensen Arnett

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The acquisition of non-agent subjects in child Hebrew: The role of input, Sigal Uziel-Karl and Nancy Budwig

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Beyond damage and social reproduction: Meaning making, agency, and living history among youth in the aftermath of violent conflict, Johanna Ray Vollhardt

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Inclusive altruism born of suffering: The relationship between adversity and prosocial attitudes and behavior toward disadvantaged outgroups, Johanna R. Vollhardt and Ervin Staub

Submissions from 2010

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Editor's note: Special section on the adolescent brain and risk taking, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett

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Foreword, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett

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Oh, grow up! generational grumbling and the new life stage of emerging adulthood-commentary on trzesniewski & donnellan (2010), Jeffrey Jensen Arnett

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Blank check for biography?: Openness and ingenuity in the management of the "Who-Am-I Question" and what life stories actually may not be good for, Michael Bamberg

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Treatment goals of depressed outpatients: A qualitative investigation of goals identified by participants in a depression treatment trial, Cynthia L. Battle, Lisa Uebelacker, Michael A. Friedman, Esteban V. Cardemil, Christopher G. Beevers, and Ivan W. Miller

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Interpersonal and intrapersonal factors associated with autonomous motivation in adolescents' after-school activities, Krista L. Beiswenger and Wendy S. Grolnick

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The development of predication: Examining the link between knowledge and practice, Nancy Budwig

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Reaction to stressful life events: What predicts symptom severity?, Amy Cameron, Kathleen Palm, and Victoria Follette

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Developing a culturally appropriate depression prevention program: Opportunities and challenges, Esteban V. Cardemil, Saeromi Kim, Tatiana Davidson, Ingrid A. Sarmiento, Rachel Zack Ishikawa, Monica Sanchez, and Sandra Torres

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Examining the components and concomitants of parental structure in the academic domain, Melanie S. Farkas and Wendy S. Grolnick

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Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Family Psychology: A Systemic, Life-Cycle Perspective, Abbie E. Goldberg

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Studying complex families in context, Abbie E. Goldberg