Henny Bos, Ph.D.
Henny Bos, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Childhood Education and Family Support at the Research Institute of Child Development and Education, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Dr. Bos has been conducting a longitudinal study of Dutch lesbian families that is comparable to the NLLFS.
After graduating in Educational Sciences from Utrecht University in the Netherlands, Dr. Bos worked in the Department of Gay and Lesbian Studies at Utrecht University and with the Rutgers NISSO Group, where her research focused on gay and lesbian health and workplace issues. For her studies on parenting in planned lesbian families, Dr. Bos was awarded a PhD from the Department of Education, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam. While working on her PhD, Dr. Bos published on gay/lesbian issues in the workplace and co-edited the book Van Adoptie to Eiceldonatie: Op zoek naar oplossing voor onvruchtbaarheid (From Adoption to Oocyte Donation: Solutions for Infertility).
Dr. Bos is a member of the International School of Education and Development, the International Academy of Sex Research, the American Psychological Association, the Nederlandse Vereniging van Seksuologie (NVVS—Dutch Association of Sexologists), and the Studiegroep Onderzoek Reproduktieve Technieken (SORT—Reproductive Techniques Research Study Group). As member of committees at NVVS and SORT, she has served as conference organizer. She was a special issue guest editor for the journals Patient, Education, and Counseling ("Cultural Factors in Infertility"), the Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology ("Infertility, Culture, and Psychology in Worldwide Perspective"), and the Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology ("The Influence of Social and Cultural Factors on Infertility and New Reproductive Technologies"). She has presented her research on planned lesbian families at many international conferences.
Between 2004 and 2007, Dr. Bos was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Amsterdam, working on a follow-up study of her thesis topic. During her post-doc fellowship, she wrote a proposal for a Ph.D. project on child adjustment, family relationships and family functioning in patchwork families, and she supervised the Ph.D. candidate who carried out this project.
In July 2007, Dr. Bos was appointed Assistant Professor at the Department of Education of the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam. She is conducting a longitudinal study on children in planned lesbian families—an investigation that is comparable to the NLLFS. Dr. Bos also coordinates several masters' courses, and she supervises the research of graduate students. In the academic year 2007—2008, Dr. Bos was awarded "Teacher of the Year." The Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences has also nominated her for the Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Art and Sciences.
Articles by Dr. Henny Bos
(On topics other than the NLLFS)
Hakvoort, E.M., Bos, H.M.W., van Balen, F., & Hermanns, J.M.A. (in press). Post–divorce relationships in families and children's psychosocial adjustment. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Divorce and Remarriage.
Bos, H. M.W., & van Balen, F. (in press). Children of the new reproductive technologies: social and genetic parenthood. Accepted for publication in Patient Education and Counseling.
Sandfort, Th. G. M., Bos, H.M.W., Collier, K. & Metselaar, M. (in press). School environment and the mental health of sexual minority youth: A study among Dutch young adolescents. Accepted for publication in the American Journal of Public Health.
Hakvoort, E.M. , Bos, H.M.W., van Balen, F., & Hermanns, J.M. (2010). Family relationships and the psychosocial adjustment of school–aged children in intact families. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 171, 182–201.
Udell, W., Sandfort, T., Reitz, E., Bos, H., & Dekovic, M. (2010). The relationship between early sexual debut and future psychosocial outcomes: An exploratory analysis. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 39, 1133–1145.
Bos, H., & Sandfort, Th. (2010). Children's gender identity in lesbian and heterosexual two–parent families. Sex Roles, 62, 114–126.
Van Balen, F., & Bos, H. (2009). The social and cultural consequences of being childless in poor–resource areas. Facts, Vies, & Vision. The Low Countries. Journal of Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Reproductive Health, 1, 106–121.
Bos, H.M.W. & Van Balen, F. (2008). Children in planned lesbian families: stigmatization, psychological adjustment and protective factors. Culture, Health, & Sexualities, 10, 221–236.
Bos, H.M.W., Sandfort, Th. G.M., de Bruyn, E.H., & Hakvoort, E. (2008). Same–sex attraction, social relationships, psychological functioning, and school performance in young adolescents. Developmental Psychology, 44, 59–68.
Bos, H.M.W, & Van Rooij, F. B. (2007). The influence of social and cultural factors on infertility and new reproductive technologies. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, 28, 65–68.
Bos, H.M.W. , & Hakvoort, E. M. (2007). Child adjustment and parenting in planned lesbian families with known and as–yet–unknown donors. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, 28, 121–129.
Bos, H.M.W., Van Balen, F. & Van den Boom, D.C. (2007). Child adjustment and parenting in planned lesbian–parent families. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 77, 38–48.
Kef, S., & Bos, H.M.W. (2006). Is love blind? Sexual behavior and psychological adjustment of adolescents with blindlessness. Sexuality and Disability, 24, 89–100.
Bos, H.M.W.,Van Balen, F., & Visser, A. (2005). Social and cultural factors in infertility and childlessness. Patient, Education, & Counseling, 59, 263–275.
Bos, H.M.W.,Van Balen, F., & Van Den Boom, D.C. (2005). Lesbian families and family functioning: An overview. Patient, Education, & Counseling, 59, 263–275.
Bos, H.M.W., Van Balen, F., & Van Den Boom, D.C. (2004). Experience of parenthood, couple relationship, social support, and child rearing goals in planned lesbian families. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45, 755–764.
Van Balen, F., & Bos, H.M.W. (2004). Guest editorial special issue “Infertility, culture, and psychology in worldwide perspective.” Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 22, 245–248.
Bos, H.M.W., Van Balen, F., Sandfort, Th. G. M., & Van Den Boom, D.C. (2004). Minority stress, experience of parenthood, and child adjustment in lesbian families. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 22, 291–305.
Bos, H.M.W., Van Balen, F., & Van Den Boom, D.C. (2003). Planned lesbian families: their desire and motivation to have a child. Human Reproduction, 18, 2216–1114.
Book Chapters by Dr. Henny Bos
Sandfort, Th.G.M., Bos, H.M.W., & Vet, R. (2005). Lesbians and gay men at work: consequences of being out. In A.M. Omoto, & H.S. Kurtzman (Ed.), Sexual orientation, mental health, and substance use: contemporary scientific perspectives (pp. 225–245). London: Sage Publications.