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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Paul R. Abramson, Ph.D.

ABRAMSON@SILCOM.COM
(805) 687-8384

  University of California
Department of Psychology
Los Angeles, California  90095-1563
Birth date:December 24, 1949
  Full Professor, UCLA, 1990-Present
Associate Professor, UCLA, 1982-1990
Assistant Professor, UCLA, 1976­-l982
Area Chair:  Personality, 1977-1985, 1988-1995
 
1971 B.A. University of Miami
1974 M.A. Connecticut College
1976 Ph.D. University of Connecticut

Chairperson:
Western Psychological Association, 1984 Convention

License or Certification :
Sex Therapist (American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists) 1980

Technical Advisor :
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Global Program on AIDS (1989-1991).

International Scientific Program Committee of the VIII International Conference on AIDS/III STD World Congress (Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1992)

Wenner-Gren Foundation Conference Grant :
Co-Chair (w/Gilbert Herdt, University of Chicago) of the International Conference "Theorizing Sexuality:  Evolution, culture and development," March 19-27, 1993, Cascais, Portugal.

Co-Chair (w/Gilbert Herdt, University of Chicago) of the International Conference "Theorizing Sexuality:  Evolution, culture and development," March 19-27, 1993, Cascais, Portugal.

Membership:

Society for the Scientific Study of Sex (Fellow) (1986-1992)
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Editor :
Journal of Sex Research (1988-1992)

Ad Hoc Editorial Consultant:

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Journal of Personality

National Science Foundation (Social & Developmental Psychology)

Psychological Bulletin

Journal of Research in Personality

Personality and Social Bulletin

Journal of Social Issues

Archives of Sexual Behavior (Editorial Board)

Evaluation Review

Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality

Journal of Personality Assessment

Psychophysiology

Psychopathologic (Italian) (Editorial Board)

American Psychological Association, Division 8

Patient Care

Journal of Sex Research (Editorial Board)

World Congress of Sexology (7)

Sexology in Progress (Italian) (Editorial Board)

Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality (Editorial Board)

 

Expert Witness (Superior Courts of Los Angeles, Ventura, Riverside, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Diego, San Bernardino & Del Norte Counties):  Incest, sexual molestation, pornography, child custody, developmental disabilities, post-traumatic stress disorder.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

A. Published Work

1. .Abramson, P.R., Abramson, L.M., Wohlford, P., & Berger, S.  A multi- aggression scale for the structured doll play.  In P. Wohlford (Ed.), Changing parental attitudes and behavior through participant group methods.  Washington, D.C.: Department of HEW, Office of Economic Opportunity, 1972. 
RESEARCH
ARTICLE
2. Abramson, P.R., Abramson, L.M., Wohlford, P., & Berger, S.  Maternal influences on the development of aggression in preschool-age children.   In P. Wohlford (Ed.), Changing parental attitudes and behavior through participant group methods.  Washington, D.C.:  Department of HEW, Office of Economic Opportunity, l972.

RESEARCH
ARTICLE

3. Abramson, P.R.   The relationship of the frequency of masturbation to several aspects of personality and behavior.  Journal of Sex Research, l973, 9, l32-l42.

RESEARCH
ARTICLE

4. Abramson, P.R.   Familial variables related to the expression of violent aggression in preschool-age children.  Journal of Genetic Psychology, l973, l22, 345-346.  In D. Olson (Ed.), Inventory of marriage and family literature.  Minneapolis:   National Council of Family Relations, l975.

RESEARCH
ARTICLE

5. Abramson, P.R.   The Holtzman Inkblot Test, violent aggression in fantasy, and black preschool-age children.  ­­Journal of Community Psychology, l974, 2, l39-l40. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
6. Abramson, P.R., Abramson, L.M., Wohlford, P., & Berger, S.  The multi-dimensional aggression scale for the structured doll play.   Journal of Personality Assessment, l974, 38, 436-440.  In    D. Olson (Ed.), Inventory of marriage and family literature.  Minneapolis:   National Council of Family Relations, l975; Educational Testing Service Test Collection.  In R.H. Bradley, B. Caldwell & D. Crary (Eds.), Instruments for assessing in infant social and emotional development.  New York:  Walker and Co., l979. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
7. Abramson, P.R., & Abramson, S.D.   A factorial study of multi-dimensional approach to aggressive behavior in black preschool-age children.  Journal of Genetic Psychology, l974, l25, 3l-36. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
8. Chobot, D.S., Goldberg, P.A., Abramson, L.M., & Abramson, P.R.  Prejudice against women:  A replication and extension.   Psychological Reports, l974, 35, 478. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
9. Singer, H.A., & Abramson, P.R.   The values of business administrators:   A longitudinal study.  Psychological Reports, l974, 33, 43-46. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
10.  Abramson, P.R., Goldberg, P.A., Mosher, D.L., Abramson, L.M., & Gottesdiener, M.  Experimenter effects on responses to erotic stimuli.  Journal of Research in Personality, l975, 9, l36-l46. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
11.   Abramson, P.R., & Mosher, D.L.   The development of a measure of negative attitudes toward masturbation.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, l975, 43, 485-490.   In Ilowit & Lucks (Eds.), Human sexuality:  A book of readings, Milburn, NJ:  R.F. Publishing, l976.  In Educational Testing Service Test Collection. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
12.   Goldberg, P.A., Gottesdiener, M., & Abramson, P.R.  Another putdown of women?   Perceived attractiveness as a function of support for the feminist movement.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, l975, 32, ll3-ll5.  In J.C. Brigham &  L.S. Wrightsman (Eds.), Contemporary issues in social psychology.  Brooks/Cole:  l977.  In Elliot Aronson, Readings about the social animal.  Freeman, l977. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
13.   Abramson, P.R., Repczynski, C.A., & Merrill, L.R.  The menstrual cycle and response to erotic literature.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, l976, 44, l0l8-l0l9. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
14.   Abramson, P.R., Abramson, L.M., Gravink, M.J., & Sommers, D. Early diagnosis and intervention of retardation:   A survey of parental reactions concerning the quality of services rendered.  Mental Retardation, l977, l5, 28-3l.  (Reprinted in Current Literature, Rapid Abstracts, New York:  Haworth Press, l977.) RESEARCH
ARTICLE
15.   Abramson, P.R., Goldberg, P.A., Greenberg, J., & Abramson, L.M.  The Talking Platypus Phenomenon:  Competency ratings as a function of sex and professional status.  Psychology of Women Quarterly, l977, 2, ll4-l24. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
16.   Abramson, P.R., Mosher, D.L., Abramson, L.M., & Woychowski, B.  Personality correlates of the Mosher Guilt scales.  Journal of Personality Assessment, l977, 4l, 375-382. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
17.   Abramson, P.R., Michalak, P., & Alling, C.   Perception of parental sex guilt and the sexual behavior and arousal of college students.   Perceptual and Motor Skills, l977, 45, 337-338.  In D. Olson (Ed.), Inventory of marriage and family literature.  Vol. V.  Minneapolis:  National Council of Family Relations, l978.  (Reprinted in Current Literature, Rapid Abstracts.  New York:  Haworth Press, l978). RESEARCH
ARTICLE
18.   Mosher, D.L., & Abramson, P.R.   Subjective sexual arousal to film of masturbation.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, l977, 45, 796-807. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
19.   Abramson, P.R.  Ethical requirements for research on human sexual behavior.   Journal of Social Issues, l977, 33, l84-l92.  In D.H. Olson & N. Dahl (Eds.), Inventory of marriage and family literature. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
20.   Abramson, P.R. & Handschumacher, I.W.   Experimenter effects on response to double-entendre words:  Some additional implications for sex research.  Journal of Personality Assessment, l978, 42, 592-596. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
21.   Abramson, P.R., & Handschumacher, I.W.   The Mosher sex guilt scale and the college population:  A methodological note.  Journal of Personality Assessment, l978, 42, 635. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
22.   Abramson, P.R., & Mosher, D.L.   An empirical investigation of experimentally-induced masturbatory fantasies.  Archives of Sexual Behavior, l979, 8, 27-39. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
23.   Perry, L.B., & Abramson, P.R.   Debriefing:  A gratuitous procedure?  American Psychologist, March, l980,  298-299. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
24. Seeley, T.T., Abramson, P.R., Perry, L.B., Rothblatt, A.B., & Seeley, D.M.  Thermo graphic measurement of sexual arousal:  A methodological note.  Archives of Sexual Behavior, l980, 9, 77-85. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
25. Abramson, P.R., Perry, L.B., Seeley, T.T., Seeley, D.M., & A. Rothblatt.  Thermo graphic measurement of sexual arousal.  Archives of Sexual Behavior, l98l, l0, l7l-l76. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
26. Bentler, P.M., & Abramson, P.R.   The science of sex research:   Some methodological considerations.  Archives of Sexual Behavior, l98l, l0, 225-25l. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
27. Abramson, P.R., Perry, L.B., Rothblatt, A., Seeley, T.T., & Seeley, D.M.  Negative attitudes toward masturbation and pelvic vaso-congestion:   A thermo graphic analysis.   Journal of Research in Personality, l98l, l5, 497-509. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
28. Abramson, P.R., & Imai-Marquez, J.   The Japanese American:   A Cross-Cultural, Cross-Sectional Study of Sex Guilt.  Journal of Research in Personality, l982, l6, 227-237. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
29. Abramson, P.R., & Mechanic, M.B.   Sex and the Media:   Three Decades of Best-Selling Books and Major Motion Pictures.  Archives of Sexual Behavior, l983, l2, l85-206. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
30. Perlman, S.D., & Abramson, P.R.   Sexual satisfaction in married and cohabiting individuals.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, l982, 50, 458-460. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
31. Abramson, P.R.  Personality:  The heuristic perspective.  Holt Rinehart & Winston, l980, 357 pp. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
32. Abramson, P.R.  Implications of the sexual system for the contraceptive process.   In D. Byrne & W. Fisher (Eds.), Adolescents, sex and contraception.  Hillsdale, NJ:  Erlbaum, l983. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
33.   Abramson, P.R.  Cognitive development and sexual expression.  Enfance et Sexualite.  Montreal:   Les Edition Etudes Vivantes Inc., l98l. CHAPTER
IN EDITED BOOK
34.   Bentler, P.M., & Abramson, P.R.   Methodological issues in sex research:   An overview.  In R. Green & J. Wiener (Eds.) Methodology in Sex Research.  Washington, D.C.:  U.S.  Government Printing Office, l98l.
BOOK CHAPTER
35.   Murray, J., & Abramson, P.R. (Eds.)   Bias in Psychotherapy.   New York:  Praeger, l983. EDITED BOOK
36.   Murray, J., & Abramson, P.R.   The effects of gender and attractiveness on psychotherapists' judgments.  In J. Murray & P.R. Abramson (Eds.), Bias in Psychotherapy.   New York:  Praeger, l983. CHAPTER
IN EDITED BOOK
37.   Abramson, P.R.  Bias in psychotherapy:  An introduction.  In J. Murray & P.R. Abramson (Eds.), Bias in Psychotherapy.  New York:  Praeger, l983. CHAPTER
IN EDITED BOOK
38.   Abramson, P.R., Moriuchi, K.D., Waite, M.S., & Perry, L.B.  Parental attitudes about sexual education:  Cross-cultural differences and covariate controls.  Archives of Sexual Behavior, 1983, 12, 381-397. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
39.   Abramson, P.R., & Pearsall, E.H.   Pectoral changes during the sexual response cycle.  A thermo graphic analysis.   Archives of Sexual Behavior, 1983, 12, 357-368. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
40.   Abramson, P.R.  Freud and Dora:  The Artful Dream by Philip McCaffrey (Rutgers University Press).  Los Angeles Times, Book Review, January 15, 1985. BOOK
REVIEW
41.   Abramson, P.R.  The Rage Within, by Willard Gaylin (Simon & Schuster).   Los Angeles Times:   Book Review, December 16, 1984. BOOK
REVIEW
42.   Abramson, P.R. (1984).   Sarah:  A Sexual Biography.  New York:  State University of New York Press. BOOK
43.   Abramson, P.R., & Hayashi, H. (1984).   Pornography in Japan:  Cross-cultural and theoretical considerations.  In N.M. Malamuth & E. Donnerstein (Eds.), Pornography and Sexual Aggression.  New York:  Academic Press. CHAPTER
IN EDITED BOOK
44.   Abramson, P.R. (1986).   Sexuality in Japan:  From an American Perspective.  Psychologia:  An International Journal of Psychology in the Orient, 29, 1-9. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
45.   Houck, E.L., & Abramson, P.R. (1986).   Masturbatory guilt and the psychological consequences of sexually-transmitted diseases among women.  Journal of Research in Personality, 20, 267-275. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
46.   Hayashi, H., & Abramson, P.R. (1987).   Self identity of Japanese Americans during the internment period of World War II:  An archival study.  Psychologia:  An International Journal of Psychology in the Orient, 30, 127-136. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
47.   Abramson, P.R. & Rothschild, B. (1988).   Sex, drugs, and matrices:  Mathematical prediction of HIV infection.  Journal of Sex Research, 25, 106-122. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
48.   Abramson, P.R. (1988).   Sexual assessment and the epidemiology of AIDS.  Journal of Sex Research, 25, 323-346. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
49.   Abramson, P.R. (1988). Millions of genitals.   Review of P. Caplan (Ed.), The cultural construction of sexuality.  London: Tavistock, 1987.  In Contemporary Psychology, 33, 723-724. BOOK
REVIEW
50.   Harris, G.N., & Abramson, P.R. (1988).   Personality correlates of the clinical sequelae of genital herpes.  Journal of Research in Personality, 22, 322-336. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
51.   Abramson, P.R., & Parker, T. & Weisberg, S.R. (1988).  The sexual expression of mentally retarded people:  Educational and legal implications.  American Journal of Mental Retardation, 93, 328-334. REVIEW
ARTICLE
52.   Abramson, P.R. (1988). AIDS and the pornography industry:  Opportunities and obstacles for prevention.  In R. Berk (Ed.), The Social Consequences of Aids.  Cambridge:   Clark Abt Publishers. BOOK
CHAPTER
53.   Abramson, P.R. & Pearsall, E.H. (1988).   Facilitating maternal and fetal health:  The broader policy implications of  "safe sex."  AIDS and Public Policy Journal, 3, 42-46. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
54.   Kaplan, E. H. & Abramson, P.R. (1989).   So what if the program ain't perfect?  A mathematical model of AIDS education.  Evaluation Review, 13, 107-122. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
55.   Abramson, P.R., Sekler, J.C., Berk, R. & Cloud, M.Y. (1989).  An evaluation of an undergraduate course on AIDS.  Evaluation Review, 13, 516-532. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
56.   Abramson, P.R. (1990).   Sexual Science:  Emerging discipline or oxymoron?  Journal of Sex Research, 27, 147-165. POSITION
PAPER
57.   Abramson, P.R. & Herdt, G. (1990).   The assessment of sexual practices relevant to the transmission of AIDS:  A global perspective.  Journal of Sex Research, 27, 215-232. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
58.   Abramson, P.R. (1990).   AIDS, sex and the National Academy Press.   (Review of Turner, C.F., Miller, H.G. & Moses, L.E. (Eds.) (1989).  AIDS:  Sexual behavior and intravenous drug use.  Washington, D.C.:  National Academy Press.)  Contemporary Psychology, 35, 872-873. BOOK
REVIEW
59.   Abramson, P.R. & Berk, R. (1990).   Estimates of AIDS incubation periods from convenience samples.  New Directions for Program Evaluation (Special AIDS Issue), 46, 37-49. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
60.   Abramson, P.R. (1991).   I think she doth protest to much:  A reply to Tiefer.  Journal of Sex Research, 28, 603-606. REJOINDER
61.   Abramson, P.R. (1992).   A case for case studies:  An immigrant's journal.  Newbury Park; Sage. BOOK
62.   Abramson, P.R. (1992).   Sex, lies and ethnography.  In Herdt, G. & Lindenbaum, S. (Eds.).  The time of AIDS:  Theory, method and practice.  Newbury Park:  Sage. BOOK
CHAPTER
63.   Pinkerton, S.D., & Abramson, P.R. (1992).   Base rates revisted:  Assessment strategies for HIV/AIDS.  The Journal of Sex Research, 29, 407-424. POSITION
PAPER
64.   Pinkerton, S.D., & Abramson, P.R. (1992).   Is risky sex rational?  The Journal of Sex Research, 29, 490-498.  (Reprinted, in full, in Monash Bioethics Review (1996), 15, 19-26.) BRIEF
REPORT
65.   Pinkerton, S.D. & Abramson, P.R. (1993).   Evaluating the risks:  A Bernoulli Process Model of HIV Infection and Risk Reduction.  Evaluation Review, 17, 504-528. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
66.  Pinkerton, S.D. & Abramson, P.R. (1993).  HIV vaccines:  A magic bullet in the fight against AIDS?  Evaluation Review, 17, 579-600. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
  Pinkerton, S.D. & Abramson, P.R. (1993).  A magic bullet against AIDS?  Science, 262, 162-163. TECHNICAL
LETTER
68.   Pinkerton, S.D. & Abramson, P.R. (1994).   Critique of HIV home testing.  The Lancet, 343, 1294-1295. LETTER
69.   Abramson, P.R., Cloud, M.Y., Keese, N. & Keese, R. (1994).  How much is too much?:   Dependency in a psychotherapeutic relationship.  American Journal of Psychotherapy, 48, 294-301. POSITION
PAPER
70.   Pinkerton, S.D. & Abramson, P.R. (1994).   An alternative model of the reproductive rate of HIV infection:  Formulation, evaluation, and implications for risk reduction interventions.  Evaluation Review, 18, 371-388. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
71.   Abramson, P.R. & Pinkerton, S.D. (1995).   (Eds.)  Sexual Nature/Sexual Culture.  Chicago:  University of Chicago Press. EDITED BOOK
72.   Abramson, P.R. & Pinkerton, S.D. (1995).   Nature, nurture, and in-between.  In P.R. Abramson & S.D. Pinkerton (Eds.), Sexual Nature / Sexual Culture.   Chicago:  University of Chicago Press. BOOK
CHAPTER
73.   Berk, R., Abramson, P.R. & Okami, P. (1995).   Sexual activity as told in surveys.  In P.R. Abramson & S.D. Pinkerton (Eds.) Sexual Nature / Sexual Culture. Chicago:  University of Chicago Press. BOOK
CHAPTER
74.   Abramson, P.R. & Pinkerton, S.D. (1995).   With Pleasure:  Thoughts on the Nature of Human Sexuality.  Oxford University Press.  

THEORY

BOOK

75.   Parker, T.A. & Abramson, P.R. (1995).   The law hath not been dead:  Protecting adults with developmental disabilities from sexual abuse and violation of their sexual freedom.  Mental Retardation, 33, 257-263.  

RESEARCH
ARTICLE

76.   Pinkerton, S.D. & Abramson, P.R. (1995).   Decision making and personality factors in sexual risk-taking for HIV/AIDS:  Theoretical integration.  Personality and Individual Differences, 19, 713-723. REVIEW ARTICLE
77.   Pinkerton, S.D. & Abramson, P.R. (1995).   The joys of diversification:  Vaccines, condoms, and AIDS prevention.  AIDS and Public Policy Journal, 10, 148-156.  

POSITION

PAPER

78.   Abramson, P.R. & Pinkerton, S.D. (1996).   Electrons and sex.  Science, 273, 1155-1156. CMMNTRY
79.   Pinkerton, S.D. & Abramson, P.R. (1996).   Implications of increased infectivity in early-stage HIV infection:  Application of a Bernoulli-Process Model of HIV transmission.  Evaluation Review, 20, 516-540. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
80.   Pinkerton, S.D., & Abramson, P.R. (1996).   Model based allocation of HIV prevention resources.  AIDs and Public Policy Journal, 11, 98-100. CMMNTRY
81.   Pinkerton, S.D. & Abramson (1996).   Occasional condom use and HIV risk reduction.  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retro virology, 13, 456-460.  

RESEARCH
ARTICLE

82.   Abramson, P.R., Cloud, M.Y. Keese, R. & Girardi, J. (1997).  Proof positive:   Pornography in a Day Care Center.  Sexual Abuse:  A Journal of Research and Treatment, 9, 75-86.

Position Paper

83.   Pinkerton, S.D. & Abramson, P.R. (1997).   Effectiveness of condoms in preventing HIV transmission.  Social Science and Medicine, 44, 1303-1312. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
84.   Pinkerton, S.D. & Abramson, P.R. (1997).   Homosexuality in Japan:  Legal and social constraints.  In D.J. West & R. Green (Eds.)  Sociologic Control of Homosexuality:  A Multi-Nation Comparison.  New York:  Plenum.  

BOOK

CHAPTER

85.   Pinkerton, S.D. & Abramson, P.R. (1997).   Condoms and the prevention of AIDS.  American Scientist, 85, 364-373.  

REVIEW

ARTICLE

86.   Pinkerton, S.D. & Abramson, P.R. (1997).  Monogamy and AIDS. American Scientist, 85, 404-405. LETTER
87.    Okami, P., Olmstead, R., & Abramson, P.R. (1997).  Sexual experiences in early childhood:  18-year longitudinal data from the UCLA Family Lifestyles Project.   The Journal of Sex Research, 34, 339-347. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
88. Pinkerton, S.D., Holtgrave, D.R., Leviton, L.C., Wagstaff, D.A. & Abramson, P.R. (1998). Model-based evaluation of HIV prevention interventions. Evaluation Review, 22, 155-174. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
89. Pinkerton, S.D. & Abramson, P.R. (1998). Not all behavior change is equivalent. American Journal of Public Health,   85, 684. LETTER
90. Okami, P., Olmstead, R., Abramson, P.R., & Pendleton, L. (1998). Early childhood exposure to parental nudity and scenes of parental sexuality (“primal scenes”): An 18-year longitudinal study of outcome. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 27,   361-384. RESEARCH
ARTICLE
91. Pinkerton, S.D., Holtgrave, D.R., Leviton, L.C., Wagstaff, D.A. & Abramson, P.R. (1998). Toward a standardized minimal sexual behavior data set for HIV prevention. American Journal of Health Behavior, 22, 259-266. RESEARCH
ARTICLE

92. Pinkerton, S.D. & Abramson, P.R. (1998). The Bernoulli-process model of HIV transmission: Applications and Implications. In D.R. Holtgrave (Ed.), Handbook of Economic Evaluation of HIV Prevention Programs. New York: Plenum Press.

BOOK CHAPTER
93. Abramson, P.R. & Pinkerton, S.D. (1998). The Handy-Dandy kitchen device. Science, 282,   (12/11/98). LETTER

C.  Work in Progress
1.         See published works #30.

2.         See #32

3.         See #35.
4.         See #38.
5.         See #36.
6.         Project dropped.
7.         See #37.

8.         See #39

 
9.         See #46.
10.       Project dropped.
11.       See #44.
12.       See #42.
13.       See #43.
14.       Project dropped.
15.       See #45.

16.       Project dropped.

 
17.       See #59.
18.       See #55.
19.       See #56.
20.       See #57.
21.       See #58.
22.       See #62.
23.       See #75.
24.       See #61.

25.       See #69.

 
 26.      See #65.
27.       See #70.
28.       See #66.
 29.      See #67.
 30.      See #71.
31.       See #74.
 32.      See #72.
 33.      See #82.

34.       See #73.

35.       See #77.
36.       See #76.
37.       See #83.
38.       See #79.
39.       See #81.
40.       See #80.
41.       See #87.
42.       See #90.
43.       See #84.
44.       See #91.
45.       See #85.
46.       See #92.
47.       See #88.
48.       See #89.

49. Wagstaff, D.A., Pinkerton, S.D., Abramson, P.R., Holtgrave, D.R. & Levinton, L.C. (1999). Estimating the impact of sexually transmitted HIV prevention interventions: A comparison of the proportion of unprotected acts to a regression-based approach. AIDS and Behavior, in press.

RESEARCH ARTICLE
50. Pinkerton, S.D., Abramson, P.R., & Turk, M.E. (1999). Updated estimates of condom effectiveness. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 9,  88-89. COMMENT
51. Wagstaff, D.A., Abramson, P.R. & Pinkerton, S.D. (1999). Research in human sexuality. In L.T. Szuchman & F. Muscarella (Eds.). The psychological science of sexuality: A research-based approach to understanding human sexuality. New York: John Wiley & Sons. BOOK
CHAPTER
52. Pinkerton, S.D., Abramson, P.R. & Holtgrave, D.R. (1999). What is a condom worth? AIDS and Behavior, in press. RESEARCH ARTICLE

53. Pinkerton, S.D., Wagner-Raphael, L.I., Craun, C.A. & Abramson, P.R. (1999). A quantitative study of the accuracy of college students HIV risk estimates. Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, in press.

RESEARCH ARTICLE
54. Bogart, L.M., Cecil, H., Wagstaff, D.A., Pinkerton, S.D. & Abramson, P.R. (1999). Classifying behaviors as “sex”: The effect of gender, orgasm, and type of act. Submitted for publication. RESEARCH ARTICLE

 

Symposiums and Invited Presentations

Abramson, P.R.  Discussant (Invited) Midwestern Psychological Association symposium on "Current research on human sexual behavior" (Donn Byrne, sponsor) l976.

Bentler, P.M. & Abramson, P.R.  (Invited)  Methodological issues for research on human sexual behavior:  An overview.  Presented at the National Institute of Mental Health conference on methodology in sex research on human sexual behavior, Washington, D.C. November, l977. 

Bohn, B. & Abramson, P.R  (Invited)  Human sexual ethics:  A cognitive social learning theory.  Midwestern Psychological Association, l978. 

Abramson, P.R.  (Invited)  Strangers in the night:  A theory concerning contraception and adolescent sexuality.  Presented at the American Psychological Association symposium on human sexuality, New York, l979. 

Abramson, P.R.  (Invited)  Cognitive development and sexual expression in childhood.  Presented at the International Symposium on childhood & sexuality, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada, l979. 

Abramson, P.R.  (Invited, based on faculty and graduate student ranking #l0) Thermographic measurement of sexual arousal, California State University, Los Angeles, l980.  

Abramson, P.R., & Perry, L.B.  Thermo graphic measurement of sexual arousal.  Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, l980.

Abramson, P.R.  (Invited)  Diagnosis and management of sexual dysfunctions.  Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Northridge Hospital, l980.

Abramson, P.R.  (Invited)  Thermo graphic assessment of sexual arousal:  An overview.  Department of Psychiatry (Human Sexuality Program), NPI, UCLA, l980.

Abramson, P.R.  Chair (Invited)   Human Sexuality I:  Assessment strategies in sexual arousal research.  American Psychological Association, Montreal, l980.

Abramson, P.R.  Discussant (Invited)  Human Sexuality I:   Assessment strategies in sexual arousal research.  American Psychological Association, Montreal, l980. 

Abramson, P.R.  Chair (Invited) of Invited Address (Dr. John Money) for Divisions l, 7 & 8.  American Psychological Association, Montreal, l980. 

Abramson, P.R.  Discussant (Invited)  Human Sexuality II;   Social interaction perspective.  American Psychological Association, Montreal, l980. 

Abramson, P.R.  Chair (Invited)   Human Sexuality III:  Models of behavior and intimacy.  American Psychological Association, Montreal, l980.

Abramson, P.R.  (Invited)  The sexual system:  A theory of human sexual behavior.  Presented at the American Psychological Association, Montreal, l980. 

Abramson, P.R.  (Invited)  Thermo graphic measurement of sexual arousal:  An overview.  Department of Psychiatry (Student Mental Health), NPI, UCLA, l98l. 

Abramson, P.R.  (Invited)  Sex differences in aggressive behavior.  Presented at the California Commission on Crime Control & Violence Prevention, Cypress, California, l98l. 

Abramson, P.R.  Chair & Discussant (Invited)  The Effects of Aggressive Pornography.  American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, l98l. 

Abramson, P.R.  (Invited Keynote Speaker)  Thermo graphic measurement of sexual arousal.  Personality & Behavioral Disorders Convention,  Kyoto, Japan, l982.

Abramson, P.R.  (One of 3 American Psychologists [Bandura and Zajonc, the others] Invited)  Research on Human Sexual Functioning.  Japanese Psychological Association, Kyoto, Japan, l982.

Abramson, P.R.  (Invited, Keynote Speaker)  The psycho-physiology of human sexual arousal.  The Psychodynamic & Physiological Aspects of Female Sexual International Congress, University of Milano, Italy, l983.

Abramson, P.R.  (Invited, Keynote Speaker)  The psycho-physiology of human sexual arousal.  Multi-disciplinary Prospective of Psycho- neuroendocrinology, University of Modena Medical School, Italy, l983.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited, 6-hour Lecture)  Current research on human sexual functioning.  Brescia Medical School, Italy, l983.

Abramson, P.R.  (Invited)  Sarah:  A Sexual Biography.   San Diego Society for Sex Therapy and Education, San Diego, 1984.

Abramson, P.R.  (Invited, Keynote Speaker)  Child sexual abuse:   Psychological and legal implications.  Family Court Services Conference:  Association of Family and Conciliation, Anaheim, 1985.

Abramson, P.R.  (Invited, Keynote Speaker)  Child witnesses in teacher- discharge cases.  National Education Association; Annual Convention for Attorneys Who Represent Teachers, Sarasota, FL, 1985.

Abramson, P.R.  (Invited)  The refutability of "irrefutable" evidence.  Pepperdine Law School, Malibu, 1985.

Abramson, P.R.  (Invited)  Sex and the media.  The Center for Population Options,  Los Angeles, 1985.

Abramson, P.R.  (Invited by the U.S. Attorney General's Office)  Pornography in Japan.  Commission on Pornography, Houston, Texas, 1985.

Abramson, P.R.  (Invited)  Pornography in Japan.  The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, San Diego, California, 1985.

Abramson, P.R.  (Invited)  The prosecution of child sexual abuse:  Issues of evidence.  Pepperdine Law School, Malibu, 1986.

Abramson, P.R.  (Invited)  Pornography:  Cross-cultural issues.  The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex.  Los Angeles, California, 1987.

Abramson, P.R.  Yearly Report:   The Journal of Sex Research.  The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex.  Atlanta, Georgia, 1987.

Abramson, P.R. (One of eight scientists (including a Nobel laureate) invited - in conjunction with the United Nations, World Health Organization, Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, etc.).  The Social Science Research Council's meeting on the global social consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.   New York, NY, 1988.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited Plenary Speaker - with Estelle Freedman/Stanford & Janet Shibley Hyde/University of Wisconsin).  Requirements for an emerging sexual science.  The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex.  San Francisco, CA, 1988.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  Long range planning session.  The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex.  Chicago, IL, 1989.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  Technical Advisor.  Global Program on AIDS.  The World Health Organization.  Geneva, Switzerland, 1989.

Abramson, P.R.  Bi-Yearly Report:   The Journal of Sex Research.  The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex.  Boston, MA, 1989

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  Sexual assessment and the epidemiology of AIDS.  CORS/TIMS/ORSA Conference (Operations Research Society of America).   Vancouver, British Columbia, 1989.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  Sexuality, sexual transmission and HIV/AIDS.  Paper presented at the World Health Organization's Technical Working Group Meeting on Behavioral Psychology, Sexuality and Behavior Modification, University Hospital and Medical School, Nottingham:  24-26, January 1990.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  Scientific review of the Proposed National Survey of Health and Sexual Behavior.  Social Science Research Council.  New York, NY.  February 13, 1990.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  Back to basics:  Sexual assessment and the epidemiology of AIDS.  Presented at the Wenner-Gren Foundation Symposium, no. 111.  "AIDS research:  Issues for anthropological theory, method and practice, June 25 - July 1, 1990, Estes Park, Colorado.

Abramson, P.R. Yearly Report:  The Journal of Sex Research.  The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex.   Minneapolis, MN, 1990.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  Sex, lies and ethnography.  University of Chicago, Committee on Human Development.  Chicago, Illinois, April, 17, 1991.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  About last night: Studies on remembering sexual experiences.  University of Chicago, Gay and Lesbian Studies Program.  Chicago, Illinois, April 19, 1991.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  Co-factors and the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS.  Department of Bio-Medical Sciences and Bio-Technology, Bresicia University, Brescia, ITALY, May 16, 1991.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  The social implications of AIDS: Sexual Science, sex education and social policy.  Societa Italiana per la Ricerca e la Formazione in Sessuologia and Scuola Superiore di Formazione in Psicoterapia e Psicosomatica, Cremona, ITALY, May 18, 1991.

Abramson, P.R. Yearly Report:  The Journal of Sex Research.  The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex.  New Orleans, LA, 1991.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  The assessment of sexual abuse:  Some cautionary comments.  Provo Canyon School, Provo, Utah, February 13, 1992.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  STDs and sexuality in the year 2000.  (Dr. Carmelo Vazquez) Universidad Compulutense, Madrid, Spain, in EL PAIS, January 10, 1992.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  The monotonous fare of the besieged:  Sex and the developmentally disabled.  The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex.  San Diego, CA, November 1992.

Abramson, P.R. (Co-Chair).  Research and theory on human sexual behavior:  A paradigmatic shift.  Wenner Gren Foundation Conference, "Theorizing sexuality:  Evolution, culture and development," March 20, 1993, Cascais, Portugal.

Abramson, P.R. (Co-Chair).  Sexual science and the state of the (non) art.  Wenner Gren Foundation Conference, "Theorizing sexuality:  Evolution, culture and development," March 20, 1993, Cascais, Portugal.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  Cultural perspectives on human sexuality.  Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, November, 1994.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  The politics of pornography.  Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara.  February, 1995.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  Kiddie Porn:  When does a nude photograph go over the edge?  Sex Angles Conference, University of California, Santa Barbara.  March 8, 1996.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  Porn:  Tempest on a Soapbox.  UCLA Law Faculty Seminar. UCLA Law School.  April 15, 1996.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited). The Agony and Ecstasy of Close Relationships:  A Discussion of WITH PLEASURE.  UCLA Psychology Department, CRIG Colloquium.  April 19, 1996.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  A theory of pleasure.  Faculty Workshop on Sex and Gender. University of Chicago, October 9, 1996.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  Sex and the Law.  University of Chicago Law School, October 10, 1996.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  The First Amendment and Obscenity Law. Faculty Seminar.  Stanford University Law School, October 30, 1996.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  Sexual abuse of the developmentally disabled. Ventura County District Attorney’s Task Force, November 14, 1996.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  The Supremacy of Pleasure over Reproduction:  Thoughts on the Nature/Origin of Desire.  The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex (Western Region), April 3, 1997.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  Why is monogamy so damn hard?  (Panel presentation with Stephen Levine, M.D., Andrew Mattison, Ph.D. & Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D.)   The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex (Western Region), April 3, 1997.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  Porn:  Tempest on a Soapbox.  Colloquium for the Law and Society Program.  University of California, Santa Barbara, April 8, 1997.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  Porn:   Culture and Commodity.   Colloquium for the Medical Anthropology Program.   University of California, Berkeley, April 9, 1997.

Abramson, P.R. (Invited).  The culture of pornography.  Colloquium for the Department of Anthropology.  University of California, San Diego, June 2, 1997.

Pinkerton, S.D., Abramson, P.R. & Holtgrave, D. R. (Invited). What is a condom worth? 2nd Annual National Symposium on Overcoming Barriers to Condom Use, Los Angeles, February 19-20, 1998.

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