Handbook of Psychology and Sexual Orientation

Author: Charlotte J. PattersonPublisher: Oxford University PressPaperback:ISBN 10: 019024707XISBN 13: 978-0190247072Hardcover:ISBN 10: 0199765219ISBN 13: 978-0199765218A tremendous outpouring of psychological research on sexual orientation has occurred in recent years, and interested readers have been hard-pressed to keep up with the pace of scholarship in this field. In particular, the last decade has seen a great increase in research on psychology and sexual orientation.The first authoritative summary of its kind in this area, Handbook of Psychology and Sexual Orientation is the primary resource for the many researchers, including a new generation of investigators, who are continuing to advance understanding in this field. Volume editors Charlotte J. Patterson and Anthony R. D'Augelli, along with other leading experts, contribute an extraordinary review of contemporary psychological research and theory on sexual orientation in their specific fields of work. The book is divided in fou