Research Catalog

Title

Gay and lesbian youth : expressions of identity / Ritch C. Savin-Williams.

Author

Savin-Williams, Ritch C.

Publication

New York : Hemisphere Pub. Corp., ©1990.

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Details

Description

x, 202 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

This book addresses a recent theme in research and programs that focus on teh life period of adolescence, "growing up forgotten." It is a presentation of the author's initial research in the field, based on his study on self-esteem and coming out in a widely varied sample of gay and lesbian youths.

Series Statement

The Series in clinical and community psychology, 0146-0846

Uniform Title

Series in clinical and community psychology.

Subject

• Gay youth > Psychology
• Gay youth > United States > Attitudes
• Gay people > Identity
• Lesbians > Identity
• Homosexuality
• Homosexuality
• Adolescent
• Jeunes homosexuels > Psychologie
• Jeunes homosexuels > États-Unis > Attitudes
• Personnes homosexuelles > Identité
• Lesbiennes > Identité
• Homosexualité
• homosexuality
• Gay youth > Attitudes
• Gay youth > Psychology
• Gays > Identity
• Lesbians > Identity
• Homosexualität
• Jugend
• Lesbische Orientierung
• Homoseksuelen
• Adolescenten
• Identiteit
• Homosexualität
• Jugend
• Lesbische Liebe
• United States
• Homosexual adolescents

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Pt. 1. Forgotten and invisible. Overview -- Sexual orientation, sexual behavior, and sexual identity -- Prior research with lesbian and gay youths -- Pt. 2. The alleged self-hatred of gays. Overview -- Psychoanalytic perspectives -- sociological perspectives -- Empirical research -- Meanings and conjectures -- Conclusion -- Pt. 3. Coming out. Overview -- Definitions -- Sensitization -- Self-recognition -- Disclosure to others -- Theoretical, empirical, and clinical issues -- Pt. 4. Research design and procedures. Overview -- Problems and priorities -- Measures -- Gay and lesbian questionnaire -- Study participants -- Pt. 5. Predicting self-esteem. Overview -- Sociodemographic characteristics -- Attitudes and interests -- Bay-related activities and attitudes -- Support of family and friends -- Love and love affairs -- Self-descriptions and self-worth
• Pt. 6. Study results predicting self-esteem. Overview -- Sociodemographic variables -- Attitudes and interests -- Gay-related activities and attitudes -- Support of family and friends -- Love and love affairs -- Self-descriptions and self-worth -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Pt. 7. Predicting coming out and self-esteem. Overview -- Coming out as multidimensional -- Predicting those who come out -- Relationship between coming out and self-esteem -- Discussion -- Pt. 8. The significance of parents for coming out and self-esteem. Overview -- Reflected appraisals -- Coming out right to parents -- Pt. 9. Gender variations. Overview -- Descriptive data -- Discussion -- Pt. 10. Moving the invisible to visibility. Overview -- Views of homosexuality -- Gay and lesbian youth as problematic -- The promise of lesbian and gay youth.

ISBN

• 1560320370
• 9781560320371

LCCN

89026780

OCLC

• ocm20690787
• 20690787
• SCSB-1887587

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library