LibGuides: SoPSS: LGBTQ+ Couple and Family Therapy : Graduate Student Resources

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Seminal Authors

Gender- and Culture-Sensitive Therapies
From The SAGE Encyclopedia of Marriage, Family, and Couples Counseling
LGBT Families
From The SAGE Encyclopedia of Marriage, Family, and Couples Counseling
Gender Minority Stress
From the SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies

Subject-Specific Theories

The Sage Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies by Abbie E. Goldberg (Editor)
ISBN: 9781483371306
Publication Date: 2016
This far-reaching and contemporary new Encyclopedia examines and explores the lives and experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) individuals, focusing on the contexts and forces that shape their lives.
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies by Abbie E. Goldberg, Genny Beemyn (Editors)
ISBN: 1544393849
Publication Date: 2021
This encyclopedia takes an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to trans studies. Entries address a wide range of topics, from broad concepts, to specific subjects, to key historical figures, events, and organizations.

Example Dissertations & Theses

The Relationship Between Provider Characteristics and the Culturally Competent Care of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Patients (2023)
This qualitative phenomenological study examined the relationship between LGBT patient care and perceptions
they have about receiving culturally competent care in the primary care environment among the
nurses, nurse practitioners, and physicians in the state of Indiana. (Northcentral University)
Sexual Minority Stress, Structural Stigma, and Intersectional Identities: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (2024)
The purpose of this qualitative interpretive phenomenological analysis was to interpret the lived experiences of minority stress Hispanic/Latinx gay/lesbian gender nonconforming people experience that is engendered by exposure to structural stigma and compounded by intersectional stigmatized social identities. (Northcentral University)
The Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Eating Disorder Symptomatology Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals: An Extension of the Minority Stress Model (2023)
The problem addressed in this study was that transgender individuals
experience elevated levels of minority stress, placing them at increased risk for eating disorders and food insecurity. Using a minority stress framework, the purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationship between food insecurity and eating disorder symptomatology among trans and gender diverse adults and how that relationship may be impacted by minority stress and social support. (Northcentral University)