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Publications by Carien

Peer-reviewed or refereed journals (Accredited journals)

  • Kruger, L., Lubbe-De Beer, C. & Du-Plessis, AB. 2016. Resilience in Gay and Lesbian Parent Families: Perspectives from the Chrono-System. Journal of Comparative Family Studies. XLVII (3) 343-356.

  • Breshears, D. & Lubbe-De Beer, C. 2016. Creating supportive learning environments: Experiences of lesbian and gay-parented families in South African schools. Education as Change. Published online 20(1) (https://upjournals.co.za/index.php/EAC/index)

  • Breshears, D. & Lubbe-De Beer, C. 2016. Same-sex parented families’ negotiation of minority social identity in South Africa. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, published online in January 2016. DOI: 10.1080/1550428X.2015.1080134 (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1550428X.2015.1080134)

  • Breshears, D. & Lubbe-De Beer, C. 2014. A qualitative analysis of adult children’s advice for parents coming out to their children. Professional Psychology in Practice. 45(4), 231-238. doi 10.1037/a0035520

  • Lubbe-De Beer, C. & Thom, I. 2013. Exploring Expressive Sandwork as a Form of Psychosocial Care: A Case Study of a Vulnerable Adolescent. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 23(4), 631-634. doi:10.1080/14330237.2013.10820678

  • Du Preez, H. & Lubbe-De Beer, C. 2013. 'n Moeder se belewenis van outisme vanuit 'n emosionele intelligensie-perspektief. Acta Academia, 45(3), 126-160.

  • Scholtz, S. & Lubbe, C. 2013. The Application of Animal-Assisted Therapy in the South African Context: A Case Study. South African Journal of Psychology. 43(1), 116-129. doi: 10.1177/0081246312474405

  • Ruto-Korir, R. & Lubbe-De Beer. C. 2012. The potential for using visual elicitation in understanding preschool teachers’ beliefs of appropriate educational practices. South African Journal of Education, 32(4), 393-405. 

  • Lubbe, C. & Kruger, L.2012. The Disclosure Practices of a South African Born Adolescent Raised in an American Lesbian Parent Family.  Journal of GLBT Family Studies. 8(4), 385-402. 

  • Potgieter-Groot, L., Visser, M. & Lubbe-De Beer, C. 2012. Development of a training programme for teachers to deal with learners experiencing emotional and behavioural barriers to learning and development in the inclusive education classrooms in South Africa. Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 24(1), 59-71. 

  • Dellbridge, C. A. & Lubbe, C. 2009. An adolescent’s subjective experiences of mindfulness. Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 21(2), 167-180. 

  • Lubbe, C. 2008. The gift of having same-gender parents. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 18 (1), 89-96.

  • Lubbe, C. 2008. The Experiences of Children Growing up in Lesbian-Headed Families in South Africa. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 4 (3), 325-360. 

  • Lubbe, C. 2008. Mothers, fathers and parents: Same-gendered families in South Africa. Agenda, 76, 43-55. 

  • Lubbe, C. 2007. Mothers, fathers or parents: Same-gendered families in South Africa. South African Journal of Psychology, 37(2), 260-283. 

  • Lubbe, C. 2007. To tell or not to tell: how children of same-gender parents negotiate their lives at school. Education as Change, 11(2), 45-65.

Peer-reviewed articles in other journals

  • Dal-Bianco, C. 2015. ”Societies need to let go of hetero-normative assumptions“, Interview with South African scholar Carien Lubbe on same-sex families. Frauensolidarität/ Women´s Solidarity, 2, 11-12.

  • Lubbe, C. 2009. Same-gendered families’ contribution in rethinking the “family”. New Therapist, 59, Jan/Feb, 24-30.

Books and/or chapters in books

  • Lubbe-De Beer, C. & Marnell, J. 2013. Home Affairs: Rethinking Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Families in Contemporary South Africa. Johannesburg: Fanele Press. ISBN 9781920196332

Chapters in books

  • Lubbe-De Beer, C. 2016. Sandwork as psychological assessment technique. In R. Ferreira (Ed.). Psychological assessment. Thinking innovatively in contexts of diversity. (pp. 210-227). Cape Town: Juta. ISBN 978 0 70218 979 1

  • Lubbe-De Beer, C. 2013. Planned lesbian parenting in South Africa: reflections on the process of clinically assisted donor insemination. In C. Lubbe-De Beer and J. Marnell (eds.) Home Affairs: Rethinking Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Families in Contemporary South Africa. (pp.159-184). Johannesburg: Fanele Press. ISBN 9781920196332

  • Lubbe, C. 2013. LGBT Parents and Their Children: Non-Western Research and Perspectives. In Abbie Goldberg and Katherine Allen (eds.) LGBT-Parent Families: Innovations in Research and Implications for Practice. (pp. 209-223). New York: Springer. ISBN 978-1-4614-4556-2

  • Lubbe, C. 2011. Mothers, fathers and parents: Same-gendered families in South Africa. In J. Lee & S. Shaw. Women Worldwide, Transnational Feminist Perspectives on Women. (pp. 326-334). McGraw-Hill Ryerson Publishers. ISBN 007351229X / 9780073512297.

Published conference proceedings

  • Lubbe-De Beer, C. 2011. The possibility of using narrative research in educational leadership. Effective Schools in Effective Systems, Proceedings of the 6th Annual ISER conference, South Africa 2010. Department of Education Management, University of Pretoria with the International Symposium on Education Reform (ISER). (pp. 118-134). Pretoria, South Africa. ISBN 978-1-86854-949-8

Technical / Research reports

  • Zuberi, R., Ebersöhn, L., Maritz, J., Mampane, R., Lubbe, C. & Mboweni, H. 2005. Research report for UNICEF funded project: Developing Child Friendly Environments and Creating Safe Spaces for Children Initiative (Limpopo Province).

Conference presentations - International Conferences

  • Lubbe-De Beer, C. 2016. The necessity of embracing diversity: well-being for all LGBTI+ human beings. Invited keynote opening address at the Second International conference on LGBT psychology and related fields, 8-11 March 2016, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

  • Lubbe-De Beer, C. & Breshears, D. 2014. Creating Supportive School Environments for Children from Lesbian/Gay-Parented Families: Parents’ and Children’s Advice for South African Schools. 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology. Palais Des Congrès, Paris, France, 9 July 2014.

  • Lubbe-De Beer, C. 2014. Hands in the sand: searching for a “hands on” psychological intervention in resource scarce environments.  28th International Congress of Applied Psychology. Palais Des Congrès, Paris, France, 11 July 2014.

  • Lubbe-De Beer, C. 2012. Planned lesbian parent families in South Africa, as part of symposium on Transcontinental perspectives on lesbian and gay families. XXX International Congress of Psychology, 22-27 July, Cape Town.

  • Lubbe, C. 2010. The possibility of utilising narrative research in educational leadership. Invited paper at the 6 th Annual International Symposium on Educational Reform (ISER), Johannesburg, 20 July 2010.

  • Lubbe, C. 2009. Invited to present at symposium on "Cross-cultural perspectives on lesbian and gay families", at World Outgames 2nd International Conference on LGBT Human Rights. 27-29 July 2009, Copenhagen. 

  • Lubbe, C. 2008. Invited to present at symposium, The experiences of children growing up in same-gender families in South Africa, XXIX International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany, 21-25 July 2008.

  • Maritz, J., Mampane, R., Ebersöhn, L., Maritz, G., Lubbe, C., Pieterse, J. & Mboweni, H. 2006. Delivery of silence – why do learners in a high prevalence setting not voice HIV/AIDS as a risk? Poster presentation, AIDS conference 2006, 13-19 August 2006, Toronto, Canada.

  • Ferreira, R. & Lubbe, C. School-based family counselling in South Africa: a case study. Invited paper at the Oxford Symposium in School-Based Family Counselling, 10-15 August 2003, Keble College, University of Oxford, UK.

  • Lubbe, C. 2003. Exploring perceptions of asset-based assessment in Educational Psychology. Poster presentation, The fourth international interdisciplinary conference on Advances in Qualitative methodology, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 2-5 May 2003.

Conference presentations - National Conferences  (South Africa)

  • Lubbe-De Beer, C. & Breshears, D. 2014. Lesbian/gay-parented families’ perceptions of social attitude toward homosexuality in South Africa. 20th South African Psychology (PsySSA) conference, September 2014, Durban, South Africa.

  • Lubbe-De Beer, C. & Breshears, D. 2013. Creating Supportive School Environments for Children from Lesbian/Gay-Parented Families: Parents’ and Children’s Advice for South African Schools. Combatting homo-and transphobia: Transforming Classrooms and Schools. 29- 30 November 2013, Johannesburg.

  • Lubbe-De Beer, C. 2012. Stories of (dis)connections between schools and children growing up in lesbian parent families. Invited paper as part of EASA Award Recipients Panel at the Education Association of South Africa (EASA) 2012 Annual Conference, 17-20 January 2012, Eastern Cape.

  • Lubbe-De Beer, C. 2011. Non-western perspectives on planned lesbian families. 18th South African Psychology (PsySSA) conference, 15 September 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa; as part of symposium: Sexuality, Gender and LGBTI-related topics organised by Nel and Lubbe.

  • Lubbe-De Beer, C. 2011. Reflecting on facilitating the personal growth of psychological counsellors. 18th South African Psychology (PsySSA) conference, 14 September 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa.

  • Lubbe-De Beer, C. 2011. Planned lesbian parent families in South Africa. South African Symposium in Positive Social Sciences 2011: Optimising individual, social and institutional potential. 13-15 April 2011, Vanderbijlpark, North-West University Vaal Triangle campus.

  • Lubbe, C. 2010. Probing the boundaries of the closet...lesbian families in South Africa. 17th South African Psychology (PsySSA) conference, August 2010, Durban, South Africa; as part of symposium: Probing the boundaries of the closet: sexuality and gender identity in South Africa, organised by Nel and Lubbe.

  • Lubbe, C & Dellbridge, C. 2010. An adolescent’s subjective experiences of mindfulness. Poster presented at the17th South African Psychology (PsySSA) conference, August 2010, Durban, South Africa.

  • Lubbe, C. 2009. “Same-gendered families in South Africa”, as part of symposium: Bringing the LGBT-community together in South Africa, organised by Nel and Lubbe. 16th South African Psychology (PsySSA) conference, August 2009, Cape Town, South Africa.

  • Lubbe, C. 2008. “I’m mummy and she’s also mummy”: Exploring lesbian couples’ transition to parenthood. 15th South African Psychology (PsySSA) conference, September 2008, Johannesburg, South Africa.

  • Lubbe, C. 2006. We all have two moms...What can be learnt from children growing up in same-gendered families. South African Positive Psychology Conference, 4-7 April 2006. Northwest University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.

  • Lubbe, C. 2005. Fellow listeners in the great hall: exploring the role of presentation in qualitative research. Research Indaba, Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, 30 September- 1 October 2005.

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