- Michael Lamb (psychologist)
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Michael Lamb Born United States Nationality American Occupation Psychologist Michael E. Lamb, Ph.D. is a professor and Head of the Department of Social and Developmental Psychology[1] at the University of Cambridge.[2] In 2003 Lamb was the recipient of the 2003-2004 James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science.[3]
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Professional research
Lamb researches early family relationships, child care, developmental science and related public policy. This work has focused on divorce, child custody, child maltreatment, and the effects of child care on children's sociological emotional development. His work in family relationships has focused on the role of fathers and the importance of their relationships with children. This includes traditional and non-traditional families, single fathers, families in economic struggle, and those at risk regarding domestic violence. He has researched how custody arrangements affect paternal relationships with children and the need for shared parenting post-divorce. Lamb has conducted forensic interviews with children about child abuse and has developed best practices in regards to interviewing children about abuse. He has also researched and written about child care quality.[3]
Proposition 8 in California
In 2010 Michael Lamb was to testify in the Perry v. Schwarzenegger trial which challenged California Proposition 8 as being unconstitutional. Lamb testified that children do not require a male and a female parent to have a stable and healthy life growing up. Lamb stressed that childhood adjustment relied more on the relationships between the parents and the relationships the child has with their parents. While under question by lawyer David H. Thompson, who worked for the Proposition 8 campaign, Lamb had to admit that he was a member of the ACLU, the National Organization of Women, the NAACP, Amnesty International and the Nature Conservancy. Thompson called Lamb a "committed liberal."[4]
Selected publications
- Day, Randal D. & Michael E. Lamb. Conceptualizing and Measuring Father Involvement. London: Routledge (2003). ISBN 0805843590
- Lamb, Michael E. & others. Tell Me What Happened: Structured Investigative Interviews of Child Victims and Witnesses. New York: Wiley (2008). ISBN 0470518669
- Lamb, Michael E. The Role of the Father in Child Development. New York: Wiley (2010). ISBN 047040549X
- Lamb, Michael E. & Debra A. Poole. Investigative Interviews of Children: A Guide for Helping Professionals. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association (1998). ISBN 1557986843
Lamb has also contributed to Psychology Today.[5]
References
- ^ "Michael Lamb". Academic staff. University of Cambridge. 2009. http://www.sdp.cam.ac.uk/contacts/staff/profiles/mlamb.html. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ Bob Egelko (2010). "Gays make fine parents, psychologist testifies". Gays. SFGate. http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-01-16/news/17828578_1_same-sex-marriage-heterosexual-parents-lesbian-parents. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ a b "2003-2004 James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award". Association for Psychological Science. 2003. http://www.psychologicalscience.org/awards/cattell/citations/lamb.cfm. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ Maura Dolan (2010). "Children thrive equally with same-sex, heterosexual parents, psychologist testifies at Prop. 8 trial". This Just In. Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/01/children-thrive-equally-with-same-sex-heterosexual-parents-psychologist-testifies-at-prop-8-trial.html. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ "Michael Lamb". Authors. Psychology Today. 2011. http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/authors/michael-lamb. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
Categories:- Living people
- Academics of the University of Cambridge
- British psychologists
- Social psychology
- Developmental psychologists
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