Abbie Goldberg

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Abbie E. Goldberg is Professor of Gender and Psychology at Clark University in Worcester , Massachusetts ( USA ). Her main interests lie in researching gay and lesbian parents, starting families with adoption backgrounds and the development and change of parenthood in various social contexts.

Researches

Goldberg graduated from Wesleyan University and received her Ph.D. Awarded by the University of Massachusetts Amherst . She has been at Clark University since 2005, currently as an Associate Professor . Her research is financially supported by the American Psychological Association , the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation , the Williams Institute , the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues .

In her most recent research, she comes to the conclusion that homosexual parents are no worse for children than heterosexual parents, and in some cases same-sex couples can even be better. According to Goldberg, there are also no statistical indications that homosexual parents raise their children as "homosexual".

“All studies also show that the children can adapt very well. They are also more tolerant than children of heterosexual couples because their parents tend to impart positive values ​​to them. ”This also leads to the children being more flexible, especially because they have internalized far fewer gender clichés. Sons of gay and lesbian couples would therefore find it much less of a blemish to work in a “women's profession”.

Awards

Goldberg has received several awards, the most recent in 2010 with the 2010 Distinguished Book Award from the American Psychological Association and in 2007 the Outstanding Research Paper from a Feminist Perspective Award from the National Council on Family Relations .

Publications (selection)

  • Lesbian and gay parents and their children: Research on the family life cycle. APA Books, Washington, DC 2009, ISBN 978-1-433-80536-3 .
  • Lesbian and heterosexual preadoptive couples' openness to transracial adoption . In: American Journal of Orthopsychiatry , Volume 79 (1), 2009, pp. 103-117.
  • Heterosexual, lesbian, and gay preadoptive couples' preferences about child gender . In: Sex Roles , No. 61, 2009, pp. 55-71.
  • Talking about family: Disclosure practices of adults raised by lesbian, gay, and bisexual parents . In: Journal of Family Issues , Volume 8 (1), 2007, pp. 100-131.
  • (How) does it make a difference? Perspectives of adults with lesbian, gay, and bisexual parents . In: American Journal of Orthopsychiatry , No. 77, 2007, pp. 550-562.
  • The transition to parenthood for lesbian couples . In: Journal of GLBT Family Studies , No. 2, 2006, pp. 13–42.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Clark University: Brief CV of Goldberg
  2. ↑ apa.org; Retrieved December 30, 2011
  3. ↑ Queer.de; Retrieved December 30, 2011 (second paragraph, last line) . See her book Lesbian and gay parents and their children .
  4. ↑ Queer.de; Retrieved December 30, 2011
  5. ↑ Lesbian and Gay Association Germany ( Memento from January 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ^ Clark University: Faculty Biography
  7. ↑ Curriculum Vitae Abbie E. Goldberg (PDF; 115 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Goldberg, Abbie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goldberg, Abbie E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American gender researcher and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century