Contents

Volume 4, Issue 1

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Point/Counterpoint: Responses to Kitzinger and Wilkinson
   
Social Advocacy for Equal Marriage: The Politics of “Rights” and the Psychology of “Mental Health”
Celia Kitzinger University of York
Sue Wilkinson Simon Fraser University
 
   
Keep the Tool-Box Open for Social Justice: Comment on Kitzinger and Wilkinson
Catherine Borshuk
Indiana University, South Bend
Frances Cherry Carleton University
 
   
Same-Sex Marriage: A Construct in a Quest for Ecological Validity
Carlton W. Parks, Jr. Alliant International University, Los Angeles
 
   
The Perils of Rights Discourse: A Response to Kitzinger and Wilkinson
Susan B. Boyd University of British Columbia
 
   
Meaningful Voices: How Psychologists, Speaking as Psychologists, Can Inform Social Policy
David M. Frost City University of New York
Suzanne C. Ouellette City University of New York
 
   
Point/Counterpoint: Responses to Renner and Moore
   
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: The Elusive Search for Racial Equity in Higher Education
K. Edward Renner Evaluation Research
Thom Moore University of Illinois
 
   
Affirmative Action and the Search for Educational Equity
Faye J. Crosby University of California, Santa Cruz
Susan Clayton The College of Wooster
 
   
Racial Equity and Diversity, Taking the Viable Approach Is Crucial: A Comment on Renner and Moore
Geoffrey Maruyama University of Minnesota
 

 
   
1. A Content Analysis of Violence in American War Movies
Elizabeth Monk-Turner Old Dominion University
Peter Ciba Old Dominion University
Matthew Cunningham Old Dominion University
P. Gregory McIntire Old Dominion University
Mark Pollard Old Dominion University
Rebecca Turner Old Dominion University
   
2. Psychological Aspects of Predictive Genetic-Test Decisions: What Do We Know So Far?
Holly Etchegary
Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland
 
   
3. The Proportion of Gaming Revenue Derived from Problem Gamblers: Examining the Issues in a Canadian Context
Robert J. Williams University of Lethbridge
Robert T. Wood
University of Lethbridge
 
   
4. Low-Wage Single-Mother Families in This Jobless Recovery: Can Improved Social Policies Help?
Hilda Kahne Brandeis University
 
   
5. Alcohol Promotional Clothing Items and Alcohol Use by University Students
Jane E. Workman
Southern Illinois University
 
   
6. Opposition to the Legitimacy of Hate Crime Laws: The Role of Argument Acceptance, Knowledge, Individual Differences, and Peer Influence
Edward Dunbar University of California
Andres Molina University of California
 
   
7. Watershed Pollution and Preservation: The Awareness–Appraisal Model of Environmentally Positive Intentions and Behaviors
Donelson R. Forsyth Virginia Commonwealth University
Margot Garcia Virginia Commonwealth University
Linda E. Zyzniewski Virginia Commonwealth University
Paul A. Story Virginia Commonwealth University
Natalie A. Kerr James Madison University
 
   
8. Capital Constructions: Newspaper Reporting in Death Penalty Cases
Craig Haney University of California, Santa Cruz
Susan Greene University of California, Santa Cruz
 
   
9. Media and Professional Interest in Homelessness over 30 Years (1974–2003)
Philip O. Buck Wayne State University
Paul A. Toro Wayne State University
Melanie A. Ramos Wayne State University
 

Book Reviews  
   
1. Applied Social Psychology Minus the Application
J. Kremer, N. Sheehy, J. Reilly, K. Trew, & O. Muldoon.
Applying Social Psychology. New York
Book Review  
   
2. Resilience in Children with Special Need
D. B. Bugental. Thriving in the Face of Childhood Adversity.
NY: Psychology Press.
Book Review
 
3. Psychology of Environmental Problems
The Psychology of Environmental Problems (2nd ed.)
D. Du NannWinter and S. M. Koger
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004.
ISBN: 0-8058-4630-1 (287 pp., $36).
 
Psychology and Environmental Change
R. S. Nickerson
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003.
ISBN: 0-8058-4096-6 (318 pp., $34.50)
 
Environmental Problems and Human Behavior (2nd ed.)
G. T. Gardner and P. C. Stern
Boston,MA:Pearson Custom Publishing, 2002.
ISBN: 0-536-68633- 5 (371 pp., $57.33).
 
Book Review
 
4. Deadly Conflict and the Challenge of Coexistence
Peace Education: The Concept, Principles, and Practices Around the World.
Salomon, G. & Nevo, B. (Eds.).
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2002.
ISBN: 0-8058-4193-8 (298 pp., $69.95).
Book Review
 
5. Evolutionary Psychology and Violence
Evolutionary Psychology and Violence: A Primer for Policymakers and Public Policy Advocates.
Richard W. Bloom and Nancy Dess (Eds.).
Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003.
ISBN: 0-275-97467-7 (288 pp., $64.00).
Book Review