title: Twenty years and still in the dark? Content analysis of articles pertaining to gay, lesbian, and bisexual issues in marriage and family therapy journals.
abstract: To what extent do marriage and family therapy journals address gay, lesbian, and bisexual issues and how does this coverage compare to allied fields? To answer these questions, a content analysis was conducted on articles published in the marriage and family therapy literature from 1975 to 1995. Of the 13,217 articles examined in 17 journals, only 77 (.006%) focused on gay, lesbian, and/or bisexual issues or used sexual orientation as a variable. Findings support the contention that gay, lesbian, and bisexual issues are ignored by marriage and family therapy researchers and scholars.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock 79409, USA.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Serovich
mesh_terms: D001727:Bisexuality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017594:Publication Bias