2024
Parent Responses to Their Sexual and Gender Minority Children: Implications for Parent-Focused Supportive Interventions
van Dyk I, Clark K, Dougherty L, Pachankis J. Parent Responses to Their Sexual and Gender Minority Children: Implications for Parent-Focused Supportive Interventions. Psychology Of Sexual Orientation And Gender Diversity 2024, 11: 1-16. DOI: 10.1037/sgd0000589.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSGM childrenSGM identitiesParental supportSGM youthParent-child relationshipParent-focused interventionsParent subgroupsGender minority youthPoor mental healthParental rejectionParental acceptanceParents' responsesIntervention formatPerson interventionsParental engagementMinority youthMental healthIntervention contentSupportive interventionsMinority childrenMixed-method studySuch interventionsMore sessionsYouthParents
2022
A Study of Parents of Sexual and Gender Minority Children: Linking Parental Reactions With Child Mental Health
Clark K, Dougherty L, Pachankis J. A Study of Parents of Sexual and Gender Minority Children: Linking Parental Reactions With Child Mental Health. Psychology Of Sexual Orientation And Gender Diversity 2022, 9: 300-308. DOI: 10.1037/sgd0000456.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRecent mental health problemsChild mental healthSGM childrenStudy of parentsMental healthSGM identitiesParental responsesResponse classesAnxiety/worryMinority childrenLatent profile analysisRecent mental healthYouth mental healthMental health problemsSocial difficultiesParental reactionsNegative responseSubstance useChild sociodemographic characteristicsNegative indicatorsParentsBullyingPositive responseOnline surveyChildren
2020
Parent versus child report of children's sexual orientation: associations with psychiatric morbidity in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study
Clark KA, Mennies RJ, Olino TM, Dougherty LR, Pachankis JE. Parent versus child report of children's sexual orientation: associations with psychiatric morbidity in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study. Annals Of Epidemiology 2020, 45: 1-4. PMID: 32439147, PMCID: PMC7245580, DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.03.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChild's sexual orientationAdolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) studyCognitive Development StudyParent-child dyadsChild reportsChild psychiatric morbiditySexual orientationAgreement/disagreementYES/Psychiatric morbidityDevelopment studiesParent reportLifetime psychiatric morbidityDyadsEarly vulnerabilityDyad groupLower psychiatric morbidityParentsBaseline assessmentSexual orientation disparitiesOrientation disparitiesChildrenPTSDMorbidity