Psychology & Sexuality

Papers
(The median citation count of Psychology & Sexuality is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Workplace harassment as a moderator of sexual minority employees’ minority stress and psychological distress38
LGB widowhood: the association between partner loss and psychological well-being36
Understanding the distribution of recent deliberate self-harm among young LGBTQ+ australians20
Compassion and gender diversity: evaluation of an online compassion-focused therapy group in a gender service18
Asexual individuals report high preferences for femininity in male and female faces18
Self-compassion as a mediator of the relationship between social support and identity affirmation in sexual minority adults14
Regulatory focus and perceived safety with casual partners: implications for perceived risk and casual sex intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic11
Bereavement in older age in LGBTIQ adults10
Measuring sexual self-concept: a methodological review10
Ideological beliefs and gender essentialism: relations to individual and normative opposition to same-sex parent families10
Mental health and general psychological processes among asexual, bisexual, and gay/lesbian college students in the United States10
Self-injury in young bisexual people: a micro-longitudinal investigation (SIBL) of rumination and binegativity on non-suicidal self-injury9
A sexual empowerment process predicting heterosexual women’s sexual pleasure9
“When men were men”: the effects of Gender Nostalgia on bias against trans men and women9
Sexual-specific disgust sensitivity mechanisms in homonegativity and transnegativity; the mediating role of right-wing authoritarianism (RWA)9
The virility-fertility tradeoff: effects of fatherhood on (precarious) masculinity, sexual esteem, and sexual depression8
Exploring anti-asexual bias in a sample of Australian undergraduate psychology students7
Pain characteristics, sexual script flexibility, and penetration control cognitions in those experiencing anodyspareunia7
The investment model of commitment: examining asexual and aromantic populations using confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis7
Heterosexual-identified men’s endorsement of masculinity ideologies moderates associations between pornography consumption, body satisfaction and sexual functioning7
What the hell are you doing? A PRISMA systematic review of psychosocial precursors of slut-shaming in adolescents and young adults7
Associations between subcategories of disgust sensitivity and homonegativity: examining intergroup contact as a moderator7
Behavioural responses to SOGIE-based harassment among university students: a qualitative study on bystander intervention in the Philippines7
The impact of transgender minority stress and emotion regulation on suicidality and self-harm6
For sex, ulterior motives or relief: a latent profile analysis of individuals who sext their relationship partner(s)6
A “social cure” for minority stress? Individual and collective identity strategies on the mental health outcomes of lesbian and gay people6
Exploring the prevalence and characteristics of self-labelled identity, coping, and mental health among BDSM-practicing adults in the United States6
‘You’re straight until proven gay’ – a qualitative exploration of identity development among gay men who have ‘come-out’ as ‘late bloomers’6
Attachment buffers against the association between childhood sexual abuse, depression, and substance use problems among transgender women: a moderated-mediation model5
The integration of queer-related curriculum in psychology training in Aotearoa/New Zealand: a survey with programme directors5
Systematic review of queer and minority identities in romantic relationships research5
Is the sexual sensation seeking scale a reliable instrument? addressing multiple factor structures in a Colombian sample5
Closeness and distance: relationships and sexuality during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States5
Narrative processing of anti-LGBTQ+ victimisation: exploring themes of redemption and meaning4
Why men don’t say no: sexual compliance and gender socialization in heterosexual men4
Motives for security and sexual activity among single individuals at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic4
Fat fuckers and fat fucking: a feminine ethic of care in sex therapy4
Transgender and gender expansive emerging adults: the moderating role of thwarted belongingness on mental health4
Intersectional health disparities: the relationships between sex, race/ethnicity, and sexual orientation and depressive symptoms4
Collective resistance as a means to healing. A narrative participatory study with sexual minority refugee & asylum-seeking people4
To feel safe inside and out: The effect of self-compassion and social safeness underlie the relationship between parental invalidation and borderline features in sexual minority adults4
Lay theories of decreasing homophobia in the UK among an older heterosexual cohort4
Prejudice against gender and sexual diversity among soldiers of the Brazilian army4
Ambiguity tolerance and desire to practice or actual involvement in various types of consensual non-monogamy4
Fisting intimacy: The sexual scripting of intimacy in gay men’s anal fisting4
Eros under patriarchy: A study of Basson’s ‘sexual response model’4
Associations with LGBTQ+ mental health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic3
Shame as a moderator of attachment and sexual satisfaction3
‘Why are PrEP gays always like this … ’: psychosocial influences on U.K.-based men who have sex with men’s perceptions and use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis3
Sexual consent attitudes mediate gender differences in responsibility attributions for a heterosexual date rape scenario3
Holding hands: LGBTQ people’s experiences of public displays of affection with their partner(s)3
The interaction between perceived chronological age and physical sexual development in attractiveness judgements made by people who are attracted to children3
”I don’t want to say the wrong thing”: mental health professionals’ narratives of feeling inadequately skilled when working with gender diverse adults3
‘An impossible dream’? Non-binary people’s perceptions of legal gender status and reform in the UK3
Sexual consent cues among sexual minority men in the United States3
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV-positive men who have sex with men: (dis)connection to social, sexual, and health networks2
Social-psychological and socio-structural correlates of negative attitudes towards asexuals’ parenting rights2
Exploring LGBT resilience and moving beyond a deficit-model: findings from a qualitative study in England2
Mental health literacy in India and Australia and its relationship to attitudes towards LGBT people2
Do attitude functions and perceiver demographics predict attitudes towards asexuality?2
Intersex lived experience: trauma and posttraumatic growth in narratives2
Effects of transgender identity labels on perceptions of gender minorities2
Differences between Australian bisexual and pansexual women: an assessment of minority stressors and psychological outcomes2
A systematic review on differences in sexual satisfaction of women as a function of sexual identity2
A meta-analysis of the reliability of the Sexual Self-Esteem Inventory in Women (SSEI-W) measure2
Heterosexist events and psychological problems: internalized homophobia as a mediator and perceived parental support as a moderator2
Unveiling the stressful experiences faced by asexual individuals in South Korea: a consensual qualitative study2
Acceptability and determinants of using male hormonal contraceptives: a systematic review from a gender perspective2
Investigating the relationship between non-consensual condom removal and the dark triad of personality2
“Much like skydiving, I would really rather avoid it if I can”: asexual and allosexual adults’ motives for not having sexual experiences2
Correction2
Predictors of perceptions toward blaming the victim, excusing the perpetrator, and supporting the victim in intimate partner violence scenarios involving transgender women2
Grief in later life: symbolic losses and unsolicited gains following the death of a same-gender partner1
Psychological health among adult offspring of lesbian parents at a time of anti-LGBTQ+ oppression1
Polyamorous and ambiamorous adolescents: a first empirical look at mental health in an LGBTQ+ sample1
‘Between losing my family and asserting my identity’: exploration of Korean LGBQ YouTubers’ experiences coming out to parents1
Why is absent/low sexual desire a mental disorder (except when patients identify as asexual)?1
Community (dis)connectedness and identity among LGBTQIA+ people during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative cross-sectional and longitudinal trajectory study1
“I had to stay true to myself”: transgender and gender diverse feminine adolescents’ experiences with gender identity disclosure during online partner seeking1
Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in gay Australian men: exploring social support and self-compassion as protective factors1
News coverage on transgender celebrities in Belgium: Parasocial contact, attitudes, and policy support1
Rethinking the dichotomy of sexual identity and relational intimacies: Chinese gay men’s mental health in mixed-orientation marriages1
Who counts as a sexual partner? Women’s criteria for defining and sorting through their sexual histories1
The impact of sexual orientation conversion therapies on transgender individuals1
Hidden grief is complicated: identity concealment as a minority stressor and relational-cultural barrier among bereaved sexual and gender minoritized elders1
Effects of affective arousal on risky sexual decision-making in US emerging adult college students1
Him, her, them, or none: misgendering and degendering of transgender individuals1
Psychological distress mediates the link between bullying and truancy in Australian LGBQ+ adolescents with experiences of homelessness1
Development and validation of the Positive Bisexual Identity (PBI) scale1
First time sexual experiences of sexual minority adolescent girls in the United States1
Asexuality: a content analysis of sex therapy journals1
Fear of victimisation among LGBTQ+ students at Latine-focused institutions v. predominately white institutions: an examination across sexuality, gender identity, and ethnoracial identity1
Multidimensional factors associated with perceived risk of HIV among sexually experienced individuals in Portugal1
Support needed from inside and out: social support and self-compassion as negative determinants of psychiatric symptoms among Polish gays, lesbians, and bisexuals experiencing minority stress1
A systematic review of identity management strategies for religious people who are sexually and gender diverse1
Intersex people’s experiences of medical interventions, sex education, and physical intimacy1
‘I’d rather be dead than gay:’ a qualitative exploration of the lived experiences of sexually and gender diverse Christians in Australia1
Pro- and anti-LGBT activism as the case of system-challenging and system-supporting collective action1
Bidimensional self-esteem and sexual functioning among Malaysian young adults: the moderating role of relationship status1
Asking about me: the impact of identity-related questions from others on asexual peoples’ well-being and functioning1
Trends in body image among Australian queer men during COVID-19 lockdowns1
Beyond transitioning: committing to, exploring, and reconsidering transmasculine identity1
The role of faith in the experience of grief among sexually diverse individuals: a systematic review1
An exploratory investigation of body esteem, body dissatisfaction and body change behaviours in sexual minority young adults from a risk and protective perspective1
Experiences and correlates of cyber dating abuse in sexual and gender minority adolescent girls and feminine teens: implications for psychological wellbeing1
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