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Professor Jacqui Gabb
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Browse 7 OpenLearn items Professor Jacqui Gabb has worked on
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What LGBTQ+ Relationships Can Teach Us About Love114
Listen up straight couples. Here’s why LGBTQ+ relationships tend to be happier according to science.
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12 Feb 2021
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Sex and the Natsal surveys – how do you compare?114
During 2021, as part of a research enrichment public engagement grant from the Wellcome Trust, we are developing several Open Educational Resources (OERs). Specifically OERs derived from the National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal).
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11 Feb 2021
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Stay together: Can LBGTQ+ and older couples show the way to a lasting love?114
Who knows what makes for happy relationships? Increasingly, it looks like same-sex couples might have the secret...
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28 Jan 2021
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No sex please, we're British!114
There have been major changes in sexual attitudes over the years, but what are the views of the ‘average’ British person in terms of sex? Try our sexual attitudes interactive 'No sex please, we’re British!' to see how your views compare to the majority.
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20 Jan 2021
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Queer kinship114
Professor Jacqui Gabb discusses how legal rights and reproductive possibilites have shaped lesbian motherhood and same-parent families over a generation (1990-2015).
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05 Jul 2017
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What are the secrets of enduring love?114
Dr Meg John Barker and Dr Jacqui Gabb explain their book The Secrets of Enduring Love and ask whether we should make grand romantic gestures in a short video.
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11 Feb 2016
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An interrogation of modern love114
Dr Jacqui Gabb, senior lecturer in social policy at The Open University, delves into Why Love Hurts by Eva Illouz - an interrogatation of modern love
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16 May 2012
Professor Jacqui Gabb's Research & Publications
Professor Jacqui Gabb (2019) It’s raining cats, dogs and diapers! The intersections of rising pet ownership and LGBTQ+ coupledom, In Families, Relationships and Societies 2(8)
Professor Darren Langdridge, Professor Jacqui Gabb and Jamie Lawson (2019) Art as a pathway to impact: understanding the affective experience of public engagement with film, In The Sociological Review 3(67)
Jill M. Chonody and Professor Jacqui Gabb (2019) Understanding the Role of Relationship Maintenance in Enduring Couple Partnerships in Later Adulthood, In Marriage & Family Review 3(55), Informa UK Limited
Professor Jacqui Gabb (2019) The relationship work of sexual intimacy in long-term heterosexual and LGBTQ partnerships, In Current Sociology
Professor Jacqui Gabb and Katherine Allen (2019) Qualitative Research on LGBTQ-Parent Families, Springer
Elizabeth McDermott et al. (2019) Family Trouble: Heteronormativity, emotion work and queer youth mental health, In Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine
Jill M. Chonody et al. (2017) Measuring Relationship Quality in an International Study: Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Validity, In Research on Social Work Practice 8(28)
Professor Jacqui Gabb (2017) Unsettling lesbian motherhood: Critical reflections over a generation (1990-2015), In Sexualities 7(21)
Joanna Mizielińska, Professor Jacqui Gabb and Agata Stasińska (2018-10-01) Editorial introduction to Special Issue: Queer Kinship and Relationships, In Sexualities 7(21), SAGE Publications
Jill M. Chonody et al. (2018-04-05) Measuring relationship quality in an international study, Routledge
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