Mary‐joan Gerson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3995310 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary‐joan Gerson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary‐joan |
| FAMILY NAME | Gerson |
| SIGNATURE | GERSON M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
In the Field as Well as on the Brink
Psychoanalytic activism
Mad Men
The World of Mad Men
An international study of irritable bowel syndrome
A collaborative family-systemic approach to treating chronic illness
Psychosomatics and psychoanalytic theory
Psychosomatics and psychoanalytic theory
Personal authorship
Personal authorship
Standing at the threshold
Standing at the threshold
Standing at the threshold
In her current work on female adolescence, Carol Gilligan reported that girls lose their sense of relationship awareness and conviction as they enter adolescence. This article represents a psychoanalytic response to her findings
The Prospect of Parenthood For Women and Men
This study, which involved older subjects of both sexes (113 women, 75 men) and variables drawn from a psychodynamic perspective, is an extension of an earlier investigation that explored parenthood motivation in young women. Though feminism was not significantly related to motivation for older subjects of either sex, in both investigations psychological variables accounted for greater variance in female motivation than did demographic variables.…
Feminism and the wish for a child
Mothering
The Lure of Motherhood
A multivariate exploration of motivations for parenthood in 184 unmarried, childless, female college undergraduates indicated that positive memories of early childhood maternal love, traditional feminine sex-role identification and antifeminist sympathy were the primary unique psychological variables accounting for expressed desire for children. Significantly correlated with parenthood motivation, but not contributing uniquely, were memories of f…
A collaborative family-systemic approach to treating chronic illness
An international study of irritable bowel syndrome
The Prospect of Parenthood For Women and Men
This study, which involved older subjects of both sexes (113 women, 75 men) and variables drawn from a psychodynamic perspective, is an extension of an earlier investigation that explored parenthood motivation in young women. Though feminism was not significantly related to motivation for older subjects of either sex, in both investigations psychological variables accounted for greater variance in female motivation than did demographic variables.…
Feminism and the wish for a child
Mothering
The Lure of Motherhood
A multivariate exploration of motivations for parenthood in 184 unmarried, childless, female college undergraduates indicated that positive memories of early childhood maternal love, traditional feminine sex-role identification and antifeminist sympathy were the primary unique psychological variables accounting for expressed desire for children. Significantly correlated with parenthood motivation, but not contributing uniquely, were memories of f…
The Lure of Motherhood
A multivariate exploration of motivations for parenthood in 184 unmarried, childless, female college undergraduates indicated that positive memories of early childhood maternal love, traditional feminine sex-role identification and antifeminist sympathy were the primary unique psychological variables accounting for expressed desire for children. Significantly correlated with parenthood motivation, but not contributing uniquely, were memories of f…
Feminism and the wish for a child
Mothering
The Prospect of Parenthood For Women and Men
This study, which involved older subjects of both sexes (113 women, 75 men) and variables drawn from a psychodynamic perspective, is an extension of an earlier investigation that explored parenthood motivation in young women. Though feminism was not significantly related to motivation for older subjects of either sex, in both investigations psychological variables accounted for greater variance in female motivation than did demographic variables.…
Standing at the threshold
Standing at the threshold
Standing at the threshold
In her current work on female adolescence, Carol Gilligan reported that girls lose their sense of relationship awareness and conviction as they enter adolescence. This article represents a psychoanalytic response to her findings
Personal authorship
Personal authorship
Psychosomatics and psychoanalytic theory
Psychosomatics and psychoanalytic theory
A collaborative family-systemic approach to treating chronic illness
An international study of irritable bowel syndrome
Mad Men
The World of Mad Men
Psychoanalytic activism
In the Field as Well as on the Brink
Psychology (17 works) · Psychoanalysis (12 works) · Psychotherapist (10 works) · Psychoanalytic theory (9 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works)