Articles

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Not Always a Straight Path: College Students’ Narratives of Heterosexual Identity Development, Sex Roles: A Journal of Research (2012)

Research has recently begun to examine heterosexual identity development, providing preliminary evidence of variation...

 

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Associations Between Young Adults' Use of Sexually Explicit Materials and Their Sexual Preferences, Behaviors, and Satisfaction, Journal of Sex Research (2011)

The present study examined how levels of sexually explicit material (SEM) use during adolescence and...

 

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Interpersonal Identity Formation in Conversations with Close Friends About Dating Relationships (with Neill Korobov), Journal of Adolescence (2011)

The present study explores how close same-sex friendship groups participate in the co-construction of identities...

 

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Processes of Sexual Orientation Questioning Among Heterosexual Women (with Elisabeth Morgan Thompson), Journal of Sex Research (2011)

Because very little is known about heterosexual identity development, this study assesses and describes sexual...

 

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Image and Video Disclosure of Substance Use on Social Media Websites (with Chareen Snelson and Patt Elison-Bowers), Computers in Human Behavior (2010)

The present study examines young adults’ use of social media websites, such as MySpace, Facebook,...

 

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Comparing Narratives of Personal and Preferred Partner Characteristics in Online Dating Advertisements (with Tamara C. Richards and Emily M. VanNess), Computers in Human Behavior (2010)

This study explored online personal ads of 294 heterosexual and homosexual men and women in...

 

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Processes of Sexual Orientation Questioning among Heterosexual Men (with Matthew G. Steiner and Elisabeth Morgan Thompson), Men & Masculinities (2010)

Male heterosexual identity development has received little empirical attention. The current study examines sexual...

 

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A Longitudinal Study of Conversations with Parents about Sex and Dating During College (with Avril Thorne and Eileen L. Zurbriggen), Developmental Psychology (2010)

Emerging adulthood is a time of sexual and romantic relationship development as well as change...

 

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Comparing Sexual-Minority and Heterosexual Young Women’s Friends and Parents as Sources of Support for Sexual Issues (with Carly K. Friedman), Journal of Youth and Adolescence (2008)

The present study provides a comparative analysis of sexual-minority and heterosexual emerging adult women’s experiences...

 

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"Mostly Straight" Young Women: Variations in Sexual Behavior and Identity Development (with Elisabeth Morgan Thompson), Developmental Psychology (2008)

Researchers have begun to explore and identify various gradations in sexual orientation identity, paying attention...

 

Presentations

A Typology of Romantic Relationships in Emerging Adult College Students, 5th Conference on Emerging Adulthood (2011)
 

Heterosexual College Women’s Sexual Identity Exploration and Commitment: Associations with Same-Sex Attraction, Fantasy, and Behavior (with Elisabeth Thompson), 5th Conference on Emerging Adulthood (2011)