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Title:
Family Functioning in Lesbian Families Created by Donor
Insemination
Author(s): Vanfraussen, Katrien, Department of Developmental
And Life Span Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium Ponjaert-Kristoffersen, Ingrid, Department of Developmental and Life
Span Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Brewaeys, Anne, Department of Developmental and Life Span Psychology,
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Source:
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Vol. 73(1), January 2003.
78-90.
Publisher:
Educational Publishing Foundation
ISSN:
0002-9432
Digital Object ID:
10.1037/0002-9432.73.1.78
Article Type:
Journal Article
Abstract:
The quantitative and qualitative data of this study on
family functioning in lesbian donor insemination families reveal that
according to both parents and children, the quality of childrens
relationship with the social mother is comparable to that with the
biological mother. Unlike fathers in heterosexual families, the lesbian
social mother is as much involved in child activities as is the
biological mother. Furthermore, the lesbian social mother has as much
authority as does the father in heterosexual families.
Always our confusions. (letter to parents of homosexual children from National Conference of Catholic Bishops) Richard Neuhaus.
Abstract: A pastoral letter from the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB), approved by the administrative committee of the conference, is called “Always Our Children: A Pastoral Message to Parents of Homosexual Children and Suggestions for Pastoral Ministries.” It is in many ways thoughtful and compassionate, but has generated controversy, for a reason. The letter may be telling people what they want to hear and reflect the desire of the bishops, like that of everyone else, to be praised. The Churchs teaching may not be reflected clearly, although there is a good case for nonjudgmental leadership style and feeling the pain of other people. (
Pretreatment attrition from couple therapy for male drug abusers. Shalonda Kelly; Elizabeth E. Epstein; Barbara S. McCrady.
Authors Abstract: COPYRIGHT 2004 Taylor & Francis Ltd.
This study tracked pretreatment attrition of 120 callers, 84 of whom were potentially eligible for outpatient couple treatment for male drug abuse. Demographic, significant other, substance use, and access related variables were examined as predictors of intake and treatment entry. Results were similar to other findings regarding variables associated with initiation of individual substance use treatment, and 29% of eligible callers entered treatment. Men whose partners did not use substances or who used in moderation were more likely to attend the intake session, and couples who received referrals were more likely to enter treatment than those who responded to a newspaper advertisement. (
Prediction of outcome in drug dependence
Bo Frykholm, Lars-M. Gunne and B. Huitfeldt
University of Uppsala, Sweden
Available online 4 June 2002.
Abstract
Two-hundred and fifty subjects dependent on amphetamine (88%) or opiates (12%) were subjected to a time-programmed follow-up at 2, 4, 6 weeks, 3, 6 months and 1, 2 and 3 yr after discharge from the clinic. Follow-up data were compared with socio-psychiatric background data obtained by standardized forms and (based on information from 200 cases) a prognostic instrument was constructed by stepwise discriminant analysis according to Dixon (1973). The instrument was validated on a random sample of 50 selected from the total material of 250 patients and was found to contain a prediction power of 66-88% according to different systems of classification.
Two background variables stood out as the most important ones, the first describing the degree of involvement with drugs (“number of injections”) and the second describing number of remaining social contacts with drug-free persons (“contacts with relatives”). These two variables