Psychology of gender

This book provides deep insight into intimacy and distance in the complex, globalised world through the newly coined concept of couples living apart together transnationally (LATT).

Injured Men is a unique casebook of clinical material pertaining to men who have sustained trauma.

First published in 1985.

This is the second issue of Psychoanalytic Inquiry devoted to mothers and daughters.

Mighty Lewd Books describes the emergence of a new home-grown English pornography.

A dynamic and contextualized account of the processes and mechanisms underlying gendered career decisions and attainment across the life course.

The Etherized Wife seeks to provide a comprehensive examination of the evolution of sex therapy through the prism of gender.

Increasingly adopted by therapists and mental health professionals, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients to cope with social, emotional and mental health issues by using the six core ACT processes: Acceptance, Cognitive Defusion, Being Present, the Self as Context, Values and Committed Action.

This book draws on interviews carried out over a period of eight years, as well as novels, films, and domestic violence literature, to explain the role of storytelling in the history of the battered women's movement.

Children are born into a world infused with gendered information.

This book posits that women's political leadership is vital for transitions to a sustainable future.

In one of the first psychological studies of women in heterosexual relationships, Caroline Dryden examines the social context of their experiences and emotional struggles.

This book answers young readers' questions about gender - what it is, what it isn't, and how it impacts our experiences and our interactions with others.

Some books break myths.

We live in a society in which messages associating physical attractiveness with success and happiness are pervasive.

The Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals, 3rd Edition, builds on the authors' authoritative first person voice on sexual matters of the previous editions.

Many issues remain unresolved in sexuality.

This book provides a psychoanalytic perspective on female psychology and includes articles with divergent theoretical viewpoints.

The Maternal Experience explores the powerful and dynamic nature of maternal ambivalence and disrupts the conventional narrative of the mother's lived experience by arguing that encounters with feelings of hatred are both universal and have the capacity to stimulate and enrich her maternal love.

Engendering Psychology's treatment of issues is based solidly on scientific evidence and presented in a balanced manner.

This autotheoretical Element argues that movement between ''woman'' and ''non-binary'' is possible, affectively, politically, and strategically.

The question of exactly what sex differences exist and whether they have a biological foundation has been one of our culture's favorite enduring discussions.

This book draws on interviews carried out over a period of eight years, as well as novels, films, and domestic violence literature, to explain the role of storytelling in the history of the battered women's movement.

Für alle diejenigen Ärzte, die sich in das Fachgebiet Sexualmedizin einarbeiten möchten, ohne dabei zu sehr ins Detail zu gehen, gibt es ELSEVIER ESSENTIALS Sexualität.

Adopted Women and Biological Fathers offers a critical and deconstructive challenge to the dominant notions of adoptive identity.

Treating Trauma in Trans People brings together key concepts from both gender-affirming treatment and trauma-focused care, with interventions focused on resolving physiological, intrapsychic, and interpersonal disruptions.

Sex Differences and Similarities in Communication offers a thorough exploration of sex differences in how men and women communicate, set within the context of sex similarities, offering a balanced examination of the topic.

This volume focuses on the specific relationship between the institutional impunity, lack of public safety and public space in failing to prevent organized sexual murder.

Child and Adolescent Psychology provides an accessible and thorough introduction to human development by integrating insights from typical and atypical development.

This much-needed book provides an in-depth, nonjudgmental look at how consumption of Internet pornography and sexually explicit Internet material (SEIM) impacts the social, physical, emotional, and sexual development of adolescents.

This book is no standard guide on ordinary women's topics.

This fully revised fourth edition of Identity in Adolescence: The Balance Between Self and Other presents four theoretical perspectives on identity development during adolescence and young adulthood and their practical implications for intervention.

This book seeks to imagine the possibility of a more loving masculinity in a society where structural violence, failures of government and economic inequality underpin much of the violent behaviour that men display.

A woman's middle age had traditionally been regarded as a time of loss and decline.

This book urges those invested in social justice for 2SLGBTQ people to interrogate the biomedical model of mental illness beyond the diagnoses that specifically target gender and sexual dissidence.

The terms gender, careers and inequalities were chosen to delineate the conceptual framework of this book - the second volume of a new series focussed on equality, diversity and inclusion issues.

The question of exactly what sex differences exist and whether they have a biological foundation has been one of our culture's favorite enduring discussions.

Since the increased attention toward diversity in the workplace, the concepts of "e;diversity initiatives"e; and "e;diversity management"e; have become a common place in many conversations among academics and practitioners alike.

This book aims to be a comprehensive resource that will apprise readers of the complex dynamics of the psychological interiors of women and others in the sex and gender spectrum, as they grapple with sociopolitical and cultural constraints.

This book provides a major assessment of the effectiveness of the concept of gender.

The last half-century has seen enormous changes in society's attitude toward sexuality.

In recent years there have been substantial changes in approaches to how genders are made and what functions genders fulfill.

This book focuses on the social psychological aspects of gay men's lives and provides a cutting-edge examination of topics including sexual orientation, sexual behavior, identity, relationships, prejudice, and health.

This book uses an intersectional approach to explore the ways in which girls and adults in school systems hold multiple realities, negotiate tensions, cultivate hope and resilience, resist oppression, and envision transformation.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to the latest research on the nonverbal cues that signal our biological sex, gender, and sexual  orientation to others, as well as our sexual/romantic interest in others.

This book answers young readers' questions about gender - what it is, what it isn't, and how it impacts our experiences and our interactions with others.

This book offers a collection of original contributions to current research available on Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA) by engaging with current literature and unpublished research in the field.

Bringing together the latest research with practical insights from the authors' professional experience, this important book provides a context for the conversations that are needed within organisations and offers practical guidance towards action that can be taken to improve the working life of LGBTQ+ employees.

This text offers a unique developmental focus on gender.