Thesis, PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--School of Nursing. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2005. / "A dissertation in nursing." Advisor: Steve Krantz. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed June 23, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 138-159 ). Online version of the print edition.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2005. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 196-202). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2004. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 143-155).

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

Thesis (M.F.A.)--University of Western Ontario, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 45-47).

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Using person-centred ethnography and narrative analysis, this work provides an account of how 16 same-sex attracted Christian men retrospectively constructed experiences of sexual-moral crisis and healing. The first of its kind to explore such experiences in their entirety and reflect on the relationships between various successes, failures, events, and encounters therein, it outlines a shared narrative structure composed of: 1) early experiences of anomie and difference, 2) the unmaking of self and world with the emergence of same-sex attraction, 3) a phase of personal disintegration and ineffective coping, 4) the quest for new possibilities and engagement with various remedial institutions, 5) personal commitment to particular redressive strategies, 6) experiences of healing; and 7) the call to performance and service in the wake of crisis. The author argues that sexual-moral crisis cannot be solely attributed to religiosity nor resolved through evasive strategies of self-bifurcation and denial. Rather, overcoming this conflict requires a reconstruction of self and world capable of restoring personal integrity and bringing the spiritual, moral, and sexual selves into harmonious alignment. This task is primarily social and entails the appropriation of public symbolic devices – explanatory models, plots, and metaphors - to reconfigure one’s experience of self and world. The author outlines three distinct figures that emerge from this transformative process: the sexual ascetic, the ex-gay man, and the gay survivor. Each is associated with a distinct understanding of self and embodies a unique sexual, moral, social, and spiritual existence. Drawing on theories of reading, the author argues that these divergent approaches reflect four considerations: the persuasiveness of the remedial discourse, its relevance to subjective experience, its socio-political acceptability, and its perceived therapeutic efficacy. Ultimately, participants in all three groups described remarkably similar experiences of healing and characterize their current lives as highly satisfying despite complex experiences of growth, loss, and continued struggle. The work effectively eschews binary approaches to sexual orientation and encourages the reader to recognize a diverse array of sexualities, spiritualties, moralities, and selves present in contemporary North American society. Implications for policy development, ethical debate, and psychological practice are discussed.

Orientador: Ana Cláudia Bortolozzi Maia / Banca: Mary Neide Damico Figueiro / Banca: Paulo Rennes Marçal Ribeiro / Resumo: A adoção de crianças por pessoas homossexuais é um tema polêmico em diversos países. Algumas questões interferem negativamente na opinião das pessoas como a crença errônea de que os homossexuais tenderiam a abusar sexualmente da criança ou que a orientação sexual dos pais determinaria a do filho. No Brasil, a avaliação favorável ou não da adoção por pessoas homossexuais, no campo da psicologia jurídica, é uma discussão ainda recente. A formação na Psicologia parece não enfatizar o tema da sexualidade e da homossexualidade e há pouca literatura que combata os mitos e equívocos sobre o desenvolvimento de filhos, quando criados por pessoas ou casais assumidamente homossexuais. Diante disso, esta pesquisa descritiva investigou a concepção de psicólogos judiciários diante de situações de adoção em que o adotante assuma uma orientação sexual homossexual. Participaram onze psicólogos judiciários atuantes em fóruns de duas cidades do interior paulista, respondendo a um roteiro de entrevista. Os relatos dos psicólogos foram gravados, transcritos na íntegra para a análise do conteúdo e foram distribuídos nos seguintes agrupamentos temáticos: procedimentos e critérios utilizados para avaliação psicológica em casos gerais e de requerentes homossexuais; concepções sobre a homossexualidade, sua determinação e sobre as pessoas homossexuais; opinião sobre a adoção por homossexuais e o desenvolvimento de pessoas criadas por pais/mães homossexuais; depoimentos de psicólogos que já acompanharam processos de adoção por homossexuais; além de aspectos da formação acadêmica e continuada que influenciam na avaliação dos casos de adoção. Conclui-se que, em geral, os psicólogos mostraram certa imprecisão na sua atuação profissional, quando se trata de processos de adoção por homossexuais, revelando contradições... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Children adoption by homosexuals is polemic in several countries. Some negative aspects, such as erroneous beliefs that homosexuals to sexually abuse children or that the parents' sexual orientation would determine the children's, influence people's opinion. In Brazil, the evaluation of adoption by homosexuals, whether favorable or not, is still a recent discussion regarding the judicial psychology field. Psychology formation doesn't seem to emphasize neither sexuality nor homosexuality, and there is little literature which fights myths and misunderstandings about children's development when raised by homosexual people or partners. Hence, this descriptive study investigated judicial psychologists' conception face the adoption situation when the adopter has clearly assumed a homosexual orientation. Eleven judicial psycholgists working in courts in two paulista interior cities answered and interview. The psychologists' reports were recorded, fully transcribed for content analysis, and distributed among thematic gorups: procedures and criteria for psychological evaluation in both general and homosexual cases; conceptins of homosexuality, its determination and homosexual people; opinion on adoption by homosexuals and the development of people raised by homosexual fathers and/or mothers; testimonials of psychologists who have already followed processes of adoption by homosexuals; aspects of the academic and continous formation which influence the evaluation of adoption cases. In conclusion, psychologists, in general, show some imprecision in their professional performance concerning processes of adoption by homosexuals, revealing contradictions, stereotypes and personal bias regarding... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre