The Psychological World of the Gay Teenager:Social Change, Narrative, and “Normality”

By B. Cohler, Phillip L. Hammack. 2007

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Subfields: Reproductive Medicine, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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LGBT Aging: A Review of Research Findings, Needs, and Policy Implications (2016, background): “At the same time, the lifecourse perspective also takes a historical perspective, examining how events at each life stage can influence later stages, both from an individual (biological and social) and environmental (cultural and contextual) aspect (Cohler and Hammack, 2007; Elder, 1998).”
A Gendered Approach to Adolescent Dating Violence: Conceptual and Methodological Issues (2009, background): “Analyses of gay teenager narratives reflect historical changes in gay and lesbian identity development (Cohler & Hammack, 2007; Kitzinger & Wilkinson, 1995).”
The Influence of Declining Homophobia on Men’s Gender in the United States: An Argument for the Study of Homohysteria (2014, background): “Evidence for the impact of decreasing homophobia is present in qualitative research, too; showing positive effects on the lives of sexual minorities (Cohler and Hammack 2007; Savin-Williams 2005).”
Narrative, psychology and the politics of sexual identity in the United States: from ‘sickness’ to ‘species’ to ‘subject’ (2013, background): “In the case of same-sex desire, this work suggests that how individuals make social and psychological sense of their attractions depends upon the scripts or master narratives that are available to them in a particular social ecology of development (Cohler & Hammack, 2007 ; Hammack, 2005b ; 2008; H”
Narrative and the Cultural Psychology of Identity (2008, background): “Second, in connecting gay male identity to social practice associated with a distinct culture, Cohler’s work assumes that personal narratives are products of dynamic engagement with a master narrative of identity (e.g., Cohler & Hammack, 2007).”
The Social Development of Contingent Self-Worth in Sexual Minority Young Men: An Empirical Investigation of the “Best Little Boy in the World” Hypothesis (2013, background): “…minority male development—for example, those suggesting that with greater social acceptance will come a recession of sexual identities altogether (Cohler & Hammack, 2007; Savin-Williams, 2006a)—recognize that at a point across development for sexual minority adolescents comes a recognition of…”
“Let Me Do What I Please With It . . . Don’t Decide My Identity For Me”: LGBTQ+ Youth Experiences of Social Media in Narrative Identity Development (2020, background): “These stories are constructed from preexisting sociocultural templates or master narratives (Cohler & Hammack, 2007; Hammack et al., 2009; McLean & Syed, 2015) that individuals rely on to tell big or small tales of a human agent embedded in a social world (Bamberg, 2006).”
Narrative and the politics of meaning (2011, background): “Gradually, this master narrative has been challenged for its own brand of compulsory identity through a new master narrative of emancipation from sexual identity categories (Cohler & Hammack, 2007).”
Effects of Family and Friend Support on LGB Youths' Mental Health and Sexual Orientation Milestones. (2011, background): “These changes are usually explained by the increased visibility of LGB persons and improvement in societal attitudes toward sexual minorities in recent years, which have made coming out easier for younger persons (Cohler & Hammack, 2007; Savin-Williams).”
The Lived Experience of Homeless Youth: A Narrative Approach (2015, background): “…use of the phrase “coming out,” which arose several times during the interview, suggests an appropriation of the “struggle and success” narrative used by same-sex attracted youth characterized by a sense of identification and pride (see Cohler & Hammack, 2007; Hammack, Thompson, & Pilecki, 2009).”
Contemporary Issues in Sexual Orientation and Identity Development in Emerging Adulthood (2013, background): “Further complicating matters is that sexual identity and sexual orientation labels are subject to both historical and cultural forces (Cohler & Hammack, 2007).”
Narrative, Identity, and the Politics of Exclusion: Social Change and the Gay and Lesbian Life Course (2011, background): “attracted youth, while it simultaneously integrates a critical stance toward the sexual identity taxonomy and the idea that same-sex attraction diverges from “normality” (Cohler and Hammack 2007).”
Mental Health of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth and Young Adults: Differential Effects of Age, Gender, Religiosity, and Sexual Orientation (2012, background): “This finding raises questions about claims that being a sexual minority no longer impacts upon the mental health of young individuals (Cohler & Hammack, 2007; Savin-Williams, 2005).”