Abstract
We examined the “APA [American Psychological
Association] RESOLUTION on Sexual Orientation Change Efforts” (APA, 2021)
and while doing so have noted several problems. The APA (2021) resolution
report is largely flawed in terms of theory, logic, and science. It relies
almost exclusively on sexual minority theory when many other theories might be
useful. It relies upon seriously flawed logic, treating SOCE as unchanged and
unimproved over the past six decades. In addition, it relies upon very
weak and limited science, overlooking recent reports on SOCE outcomes, not
considering effect sizes for SOCE treatments, treating correlational results as
causal, and often overlooking ways of testing more complex models of
SOCE. The same limitations apply to much of the material reported in APA’s
book edited by Haldeman (2022a), therefore not deserving a separate review. As
such, we concluded that readers of the APA (2021) resolution report or Haldeman
(2022a) for that matter, would walk away with unequivocal, one-sided, and
misguided information about the topic of SOCE and therefore a condensed
fact-checked critical analysis is presented.
