Louis Diamant – författare

Employers often ascribe values to gender and sexual orientation that override truly relevant personal characteristics including ability, intelligence and dedication. Policy makers and business leaders need to be informed and involved in creating a workplace climate that openly accepts all people. This volume highlights concerns such as gender barriers to occupational advancement, sexual harassment and female vulnerability, and heterosexual men as targets of sexual harassment.Diamant and Lee discuss the origins and development of sexual stereotypes that form the basis for discrimination. Busines leaders must educate themselves and their employees to understand the wide range of differences that exist in the workforce. The Psychology of Sex, Gender, and Jobs offers solutions to managing the workforce of today.

This comprehensive overview of research, issues, and theories relating to sexual orientation, behavior, and identity by experts in various disciplines is unique in providing both historical perspectives and a synthesis of the recent advances in understanding homosexuality and heterosexuality.Drawing from biological and psychological research, this handbook critically reviews the major theories about sexual orientation and examines each theory on the basis of empirical support. One section summarizes recent developments in genetic and neuroanatomic research. Another section discusses problems with sexual performance among heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual persons. A third section provides overviews of clinical disorders or sexual deviations. Various chapters clarify the distinction between sexual disorders, such as pedophilia, and sexual variations, such as homosexuality. Chapters also examine important social issues relevant to sexual orientation, such as disability, prejudice, aging, and gender roles. Experts address the continuing controversy over the feasibility of altering sexual orientation; new developments in treating different types of problems; and changing perspectives today. This handbook is designed for the use of educators, students, and researchers in the social and behavioral sciences.

A description of the ways in which sport, exercise and fitness affect human psychology and development from before birth to old age. The contributing authors cover psychological attitudes to fitness, environmental factors, adolescent identity and moral development.

“The social psychology of sports and the problems of personal adjustment and mental health are herein encountered with regard for the innovative approach, respect for the theoretical framework, and value for and emphasis on research. The ensuing chapters will explore relationships between the most important areas in sport, exercise, and fitness (SEF) and the human psychological condition.” – From the PrefaceTaking a holistic approach Psychology of Sports, Exercise and Fitness: Social and Personal Issues, originally published in 1991, addresses the social psychology of sports and the problems of personal adjustment and mental health at the time. Some of the theoretical bases behind SEF are discussed, as well as the interactions of SEF with mental health and adjustive processes. Also considered are the ways that social factors together with SEF affect individuals.The authors represent a number of psychological specialities (sports psychopharmacology, clinical, industrial, social development, sports medicine, exercise, physiology, physical education, philosophy), a variety that provides the reader with a balance of professional, academic, and theoretical backgrounds. Thus, students, professionals, and other individuals with serious interest in this topic will find this text to be an unparalleled source of information.

First published in 1993. This book looks at the stress of gay and lesbian workers within the work world, and for that reason alone deserves its place on a list of recommended mental health, psycho-social health readings. However, more than this major factor merits consideration. Issues that are core to the identity of any person must be examined from the particular position of the homosexual worker and career seeker, and include such fundamental concepts as fairness, self-esteem, economics, survival, the need and right to participate in the work force, and the need and right for a voice and basic identity in vocational systems.