{"title":"Policy Perspectives on Efforts to End Conversion Practices","authors":"Sarah Campau","doi":"10.1016/j.cbpra.2023.09.001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>After over 50 years of research and debate, the cognitive and behavioral scientific community has overwhelmingly condemned attempts to change a person’s gender identity or sexuality. Despite evidence that conversion practices are ineffective and harmful, politicians debate the rights of LGBTQIA+ individuals while change efforts continue. Using the advocacy coalition framework, this paper discusses the influence of research, policy, and debate in the context of larger social and political change. As members of a policy advocacy coalition, cognitive and behavioral practitioners have the power to influence laws and other forms of policy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51511,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive and Behavioral Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9000,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Cognitive and Behavioral Practice","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1077722923000883","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
After over 50 years of research and debate, the cognitive and behavioral scientific community has overwhelmingly condemned attempts to change a person’s gender identity or sexuality. Despite evidence that conversion practices are ineffective and harmful, politicians debate the rights of LGBTQIA+ individuals while change efforts continue. Using the advocacy coalition framework, this paper discusses the influence of research, policy, and debate in the context of larger social and political change. As members of a policy advocacy coalition, cognitive and behavioral practitioners have the power to influence laws and other forms of policy.
期刊介绍:
Cognitive and Behavioral Practice is a quarterly international journal that serves an enduring resource for empirically informed methods of clinical practice. Its mission is to bridge the gap between published research and the actual clinical practice of cognitive behavior therapy. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice publishes clinically rich accounts of innovative assessment and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that are clearly grounded in empirical research. A focus on application and implementation of procedures is maintained.