Brandon-Friedman, Richard A.; Karnoski, Ryan; Hall, Seventy F.(Routledge, 2020)
For transgender and nonbinary (TNB) youth, the child welfare system (CWS) is often an unfriendly environment. Many experience continued rejection, discrimination, harassment, and hostility from those who are tasked with ...
Brandon-Friedman, Richard A.; Warden, Rand; Waletich, Rebecca; Donahue, Kelly L.(Routledge, 2020)
A young person coming out as transgender or nonbinary (TNB) can affect their entire family system. Feelings of loss, confusion, self-doubt, fear, and anger are common during this time of transition as family members process ...
Kinney, M. Killian; Brandon-Friedman, Richard A.(Routledge, 2021)
Gender identity is an abstract component of one’s identity, yet a person’s physical appearance can be a significant source of anxiety and dysphoria or acceptance and integration. Distinct from individuals’ sex assigned at ...
Brandon-Friedman, Richard A.; Snedecor, Rachel; Ramseyer Winter, Virginia(Routledge, 2021)
Body image, sexual identity, sexual well-being, and gender identity interact in complex ways in youths’ lives. While separate concepts, they inherently intertwine as each affects the other socially, emotionally, developmentally, ...
Boys, Stephanie K.; Harris, Evan M.(IU School of Social Work, 2019)
As the anti-abortion movement gains ground in the United States, it is important to explore the potential impact of overturning Roe v. Wade (1973) on the practice of IVF (in vitro fertilization). If the United States Supreme ...
Yip, Paul Siu Fai; Xiao, Yunyu; Wong, Clifford Long Hin; Au, Terry Kit Fong(Springer, 2020)
Despite growing attention to gender disparities in higher education, women in academia still receive less research funding and recognition. Previous research on this gender gap has focused on biomedical, science, technology, ...
Brandon-Friedman, Richard A.; Pierce, Barb; Wahler, Elizabeth; Thigpen, Jeffry; Fortenberry, J. Dennis(Elsevier, 2020-10)
Little is known about differences in the levels of sexual well-being, sexual identity development, or sexual health outcomes between sexual minority and non-sexual minority youth in the foster care system. Using a sample ...
Brandon-Friedman, Richard A.; Kinney, M. Killian(Taylor & Francis, 2021)
In 2010, the It Gets Better (IGB) project website was launched to house videos containing messages of support for youth who identify as sexual and/or gender minorities (SGMs). Despite success as a virtual social movement, ...
While perhaps not garnering the attention of conditions like cancer or heart disease, or behavioral health conditions such as addiction and mental illness, obesity is emerging as a major health concern across the globe. ...
A better understanding of variability in the strengths of youth with psychiatric disorders is critical as a strength-based approach can lead to recovery. This study aimed to identify subgroups of strengths among youth with ...
Yesterday and today are different. For many, the difference is like night and day. This is the case for those who experience mental health challenges versus those who do not. It is not the same as having a bad day. It’s ...
The objective of this study was to examine sex differences in the association between sexual violence victimization and suicidal ideation and suicide attempt among adolescents. Data for this study came from the 2017 National ...
Purpose: The novel Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) has had a significant impact worldwide that led to changes in healthcare. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on ...