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Robin Ann Buhrke

Assistant Professor Emerita in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
5515 S. Roxboro St Unit 35, Durham, NC 27713
5515 S. Roxboro St Unit 35, Durham, NC 27713

Selected Publications


Honoring and protecting relationships

Chapter · January 1, 2018 As of early 2003, no jurisdiction in the United States allowed or recognized marriages between partners of the same sex. The Netherlands was the first European country to allow same-sex couples to marry. In most jurisdictions in the United States, lesbians ... Full text Cite

After "don't ask don't tell": Competent care of lesbian, gay and bisexual military personnel during the DoD policy transition

Journal Article Professional Psychology Research and Practice · April 1, 2015 Repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that excluded openly lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) persons from military service (Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-321, 124 Stat. 3515, 2010) was a defining moment for the nation and ... Full text Cite

Under a Rainbow Flag: The Diversity of Sexual Orientation

Chapter · March 22, 2012 Sexual orientation cuts across all races, genders, ethnicities, generations, ability statuses, and socioeconomic levels. The rainbow flag is symbolic of the diverse contributions that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people bring to American culture ... Full text Cite

Service delivery in a "don't ask, don't tell" world: Ethical care of gay, lesbian, and bisexual military personnel

Journal Article Professional Psychology Research and Practice · February 1, 2006 Because current federal law prohibits gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) persons from serving openly in the military, the 65,000 GLB men and women estimated to currently serve in the armed forces face unique occupational stressors and a heightened need for s ... Full text Cite

Content Analysis and Methodological Critique of Articles Concerning Lesbian and Gay Male Issues in Counseling Journals

Journal Article Journal of Counseling Psychology · January 1, 1992 This study examined research of lesbian and gay male issues in counseling psychology journals. Of the 6,661 studies reviewed from 6 major counseling psychology journals over a 12-year period, 43 (.65%) focused on variables related to lesbian or gay male se ... Full text Cite

A Spanish Version of the Expectations about Counseling Questionnaire: Translation and Validation

Journal Article Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences · January 1, 1992 Hispanic populations traditionally have underused mental health services, and those who have made use of these services tend to drop out at a higher rate than Anglos. One reason may be that theirexpectations of counselors and the counseling pmcess have not ... Full text Cite

SPECIFICATION OF COUNSELOR RACE AND EXPECTATIONS ABOUT COUNSELING

Journal Article JOURNAL OF COLLEGE STUDENT DEVELOPMENT · March 1, 1991 Link to item Cite

Training Issues for Counseling Psychologists in Working With Lesbian Women and Gay Men

Journal Article Counseling Psychologist · January 1, 1991 Counseling psychology professional organizations clearly state that discrimination on the basis of minority status-be it racial/ethnic, sexual orientation, gender, or other-is unethical and unacceptable. Unfortunately, many counselors and counseling psycho ... Full text Cite

Lesbian-related issues in counseling supervision

Journal Article Women and Therapy · February 6, 1989 Full text Cite

Female Student Perspectives on Training in Lesbian and Gay Issues

Journal Article Counseling Psychologist · January 1, 1989 This study examined female counseling psychology doctoral students’ perceptions of the type and extent of training they had received concerning lesbian and gay people. Participants, 213 female students from at least 31 counseling psychology programs, compl ... Full text Cite

Incorporating Lesbian and Gay Issues Into Counselor Training: A Resource Guide

Journal Article Journal of Counseling Development · January 1, 1989 In order for counselors to facilitate the growth of their lesbian and gay clients, they must be familiar with and become sensitive to the special needs of this population. However, most counselors and counselor trainees have had little exposure to these ne ... Full text Cite

DATE RAPE AWARENESS PROGRAM - A MODEL FOR EDUCATING AND CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING

Journal Article JOURNAL OF COLLEGE STUDENT DEVELOPMENT · September 1, 1988 Link to item Cite

Factor dimensions across different measures of sex role ideology

Journal Article Sex Roles · March 1, 1988 The development of sex role ideology is an important part of the maturation process. Numerous means have been used to measure sex role ideology. The purpose of this study was to investigate the dimensionality of the construct of sex role ideology. Particip ... Full text Cite

Sex differences in same- and cross-sex supportive relationships

Journal Article Sex Roles · September 1, 1987 The current study focused on sex differences in same- and cross-sex supportive relationships. Subjects, 249 female and 103 male volunteers, completed a questionnaire designed to assess the nature and quality of supportive relationships. Four dimensions of ... Full text Cite

The right hemisphere and temporal processing of consonant transition durations: electrophysiological correlates.

Journal Article Brain Lang · September 1985 Auditory evoked responses (AER) were recorded from frontal, temporal, and parietal scalp regions to a series of consonant-vowel syllables which varied in the duration of the consonant transition. Multivariate analyses of the AER waveforms identified one co ... Full text Link to item Cite

Electrophysiological correlates of adult decisions made during a conservation of quantity task.

Journal Article Brain Cogn · January 1983 Visual evoked responses were recorded from 10 scalp locations over the left and right hemisphere while adults were involved in a conservation of quantity task. Multivariate analyses involving principal components analysis and ANOVA identified bilateral and ... Full text Link to item Cite