Sexual Orientation

Assesment of Sexual Orientation in Maputo and Nampula

by brigitte bagnol

Sexual Orientation and Psychiatric Vulnerability: A Twin Study of Neuroticism and Psychoticism

by Brendan Zietsch

Genetic factors predisposing to homosexuality may increase mating success in heterosexuals

by Brendan Zietsch

Do shared etiological factors contribute to the relationship between sexual orientation and depression?

by Brendan Zietsch

Explanations for elevated psychiatric vulnerability in nonheterosexuals: Environmental stressors, genetics, and the HPA and HPG axes

by Brendan Zietsch

Crystalline listening, refusing to be God, intimate epistemology and the new sermon: A rhetoric of sexual tolerance

by Cynthia Mahaffey

A rhetoric of inclusion and tolerance for "sexual minorities" (LGBT) persons A rhetoric of inclusion and tolerance for "sexual minorities" (LGBT) persons

Gendered sexuality: A new model and measure of attraction and intimacy

by Ann R. Fischer

Starks, T. J., Gilbert, B. O., Fischer, A. R., Weston, R. J., DiLalla, D. L. (2009). Gendered sexuality: A new model and measure of attraction and intimacy. Journal of Homosexuality, 56, 14-30.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19197641

Currently, the literature related to sexual orientation is ambiguous with regard to the relationship of sexual... more Currently, the literature related to sexual orientation is ambiguous with regard to the relationship of sexual orientation, sexual identity, attraction, and intimacy. In order to explore the relationships of self-identified categorical sexual identity (which is the most popular method of sexual orientation assessment) with attraction and intimacy, it is imperative that researchers have access to a reliable and valid measure of the latter. The present study proposes a model for conceptualizing attraction and intimacy, termed gendered sexuality, and examines the factor structure of a measure designed to assess the construct. Results suggest that four factors adequately accounted for the variance in gendered sexuality in a large sample of young adults. These factors assess attraction to females, attraction to males, intimacy with females, and intimacy with males. Exploratory analyses provided preliminary evidence of potential construct validity and suggested that discrepancies between desired and available behavior predict dissatisfaction in interpersonal role as measured by the Outcome Questionnaire 45.2.

Vicarious Viewing Time: Prolonged Response Latencies for Sexually Attractive Targets as a Function of Task- or Stimulus-Specific Processing

by Roland Imhoff

multiple co-authors // accepted at Archives of Sexual Behavior

The amount of time an individual spends gazing at images is longer if the depicted person is sexually appealing.... more The amount of time an individual spends gazing at images is longer if the depicted person is sexually appealing. Despite an increasing use of such response latencies as a diagnostic tool in applied forensic settings, the underlying processes that drive the seemingly robust effect of longer response latencies for sexually attractive targets remain unknown. In the current study, two alternative explanations are presented and tested using an adapted viewing time paradigm that disentangled task- and stimulus-specific processes. Hetero- and homosexual male participants were instructed to rate the sexual attractiveness of target persons differing in sex and sexual maturation from four experimentally assigned perspectives–heterosexual and homosexual perspectives for both sexes. This vicarious viewing time paradigm facilitated the estimation of the independent contributions of task (assigned perspective) and stimuli to viewing time effects. Results showed a large task-driven effect as well as a relatively smaller stimulus-based effect. This pattern suggests that, when viewing time measures are used for the assessment of sexual interest, it should be taken into consideration that response latency patterns can be biased by judging images from a selected perspective.

Claiming psychological health: The history of homosexuality in the mental health professions.

by Louis Hoffman

Sandra K. Knight, Co-author

PsycCRITIQUES review of the book, American psychiatry and homosexuality: An oral history edited by Jack Drescher and... more PsycCRITIQUES review of the book, American psychiatry and homosexuality: An oral history edited by Jack Drescher and Joseph P. Merlino

Science, Interpretation, and Identity in the Sexual Orientation Debate: What Does Finger Length Have To Do With Understanding a Person?

by Louis Hoffman

Justin Lincoln, Co-author

PsycCRITIQUES Review of the book "Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why." PsycCRITIQUES Review of the book "Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why."

DESENVOLVIMENTO DA ESCALA REVISTA DE AJUSTAMENTO DIÁDICO (RDAS) COM CASAIS DO MESMO SEXO

by Pedro Costa

Co-authored with Pereira, H. & Leal, I.

Com base na Dyadic Adjusment Scale (DAS), a versão reduzida americana Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS) foi mais... more Com base na Dyadic Adjusment Scale (DAS), a versão reduzida americana Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS) foi mais recentemente desenvolvida com o intuito de avaliar o ajustamento diádico de casais, mais fiável e parcimoniosa do que a original. O objectivo do presente estudo é o de avaliar a validade do modelo multidimensional de três factores da RDAS com uma amostra de 177 casais do mesmo sexo (49% casais de lésbicas e 51% casais de gays) em Portugal. Os participantes completaram a RDAS, a Escala de Satisfação com o Suporte Social e a Escala de Homofobia Internalizada. Os resultados obtidos através de Análise Factorial Confirmatória foram semelhantes aos reportados pelos autores da escala revista. Através da RDAS foi possível discriminar níveis de ajustamento entre casais de lésbicas e casais gays, revelando-se que os casais de lésbicas reportaram níveis de coesão significativamente maiores do que casais gays. Foi também observado a importância de um baixo nível de homofobia internalizada e satisfação com o suporte social para o ajustamento diádico

Perceived Conflicts Between Affirmation of Religious Diversity and Affirmation of Sexual Diversity: That's Perceived.

by Ann R. Fischer

Fischer, A. R., & DeBord, K. A. (2007). Perceived conflicts between affirmation of religious diversity and affirmation of sexual diversity: That’s ‘perceived.’ In K. J. Bieschke, R. M. Perez, & K. A. DeBord (Eds.), Handbook of counseling and psychotherapy with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender clients (2nd ed., pp.317-339). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

The purpose of this chapter is to explore and invite further discussion of what we perceive as an ethical dilemma... more The purpose of this chapter is to explore and invite further discussion of what we perceive as an ethical dilemma within the field of psychology: How do individuals and organizations proceed when there is a perceived conflict between the two important professional values of respect for religious diversity and respect for sexual diversity? In its most basic form, our question is, "What should psychologists do when students or colleagues perceive that their religion tells them it is wrong to be lesbian, gay, or bisexual?" To affirm religious diversity, we ought to be respectful of norms and ideals of religion as people experience it, but to affirm sexual diversity, we ought to emphasize respect for and normalcy of (American Psychological Association [APA], 1998) lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) identities.

We emphasize "perceived" conflict and take this perception as our starting point, rather than attempting to argue about whether such a perception is warranted. Readers interested in perspectives on LGB-affirming and LGB-oppressing aspects of various religious systems may refer to sources such as Ritter and Terndrup (2002) and Davidson (2000). In other words, our domain here is not the concordance between affirmation of sexual diversity and doctrine or sacred texts within any particular religious tradition, but rather is what we in the mental health fields might do when a conflict is perceived . . . . Thus, in this chapter we address this issue directly by articulating how we attempted to resolve parts of the conflict by working through the steps of an ethical decision-making model (Hill, Glaser, & Harden, 1995).

Honeymoon vacation: Sexual-orientation prejudice and inconsistent behavioral responses

by Dawn Howerton

Howerton, D.M., Meltzer, A.L., & Olson, M.A. (In Press). Honeymoon vacation: Sexual-orientation prejudice and inconsistent behavioral responses. Journal of Basic and Applied Social Psychology.

Majority group members often hold inconsistent attitudes and behave inconsistently toward minority group members... more Majority group members often hold inconsistent attitudes and behave inconsistently toward minority group members (LaPiere, 1934). We conceptually replicated LaPiere (1934) to examine discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in two studies. As predicted, randomly selected bed and breakfasts were more likely to discriminate against gay males when impersonally contacted (Study 1) than when personally contacted (Study 2), suggesting an attitude-behavior discrepancy. We reason that establishments were more likely to discriminate when they did not have the motivation to appear non-prejudicial, and discuss the results in terms of the MODE model of attitude-behavioral processes.

Cross-category friendship patterns: Comparison of heterosexual and sexual minority adults

by M Paz Galupo

The life course development of human sexual orientation: An integrative paradigm

by Phillip L Hammack

Does Sexual Orientation Matter? An Experimental Assessment of Student Evaluations of a 'Gay'Professor

by Danny Osborne

Previous research in schools has shown that there is an alarming amount of antipathy directed toward individuals who... more Previous research in schools has shown that there is an alarming amount of antipathy directed toward individuals who are gay or lesbian. Despite this disturbing trend, few, if any, studies have looked at the impact these negative attitudes have on student evaluations of gay professors. Using 276 college students, we explored the possibility that students would discriminate against a job candidate based on the job candidate’s sexual orientation. Participants were led to believe that they were about to watch a videotaped lecture performed by a job candidate who was either gay or heterosexual. They were also informed that the job candidate was either applying to the participant’s school (high personal relevance) or to an out-of-state school (low personal relevance). In actuality, all of the participants watched the same videotape of a fictitious job candidate. Results indicated that participants evaluated the gay job candidate less favorably than the heterosexual job candidate only when the evaluations were of high personal relevance (i.e., when the job candidate was applying to the participant’s school). The implications of these results, as well as directions for future research, are discussed.

Psychiatric morbidity associated with same-sex sexual behaviour: influence of minority stress and familial factors.

by Qazi Rahman

Psychol Med. 2010 Feb;40(2):315-24.

Developmental instability is associated with neurocognitive performance in heterosexual and homosexual men, but not in women.

by Qazi Rahman

Genetic and environmental effects on same-sex sexual behavior: A population study of twins in Sweden

by Qazi Rahman

Sexual Orientation and the Sleep–Wake Cycle: A Preliminary Investigation

by Qazi Rahman