2023
Hypervigilance: An Understudied Mediator of the Longitudinal Relationship Between Stigma and Internalizing Psychopathology Among Sexual-Minority Young Adults
Hollinsaid N, Pachankis J, Bränström R, Hatzenbuehler M. Hypervigilance: An Understudied Mediator of the Longitudinal Relationship Between Stigma and Internalizing Psychopathology Among Sexual-Minority Young Adults. Clinical Psychological Science 2023, 11: 954-973. DOI: 10.1177/21677026231159050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRejection sensitivitySexual minority young adultsInternalizing psychopathologySexual minority mental healthYoung adultsSexual minoritiesSymptoms 2 yearsTransdiagnostic mechanismsPsychological mechanismsPsychological interventionsStigma-related experiencesDistinct constructsHypervigilanceLongitudinal relationshipRuminationMental healthProspective associationsPsychopathologyConstructsStigmaAdultsDiscriminationInterventionImplicationsMinority
2022
The buckle of the Bible Belt: Sexual minority emerging adults’ minority stress in South Central Appalachia
Mann A, Williams S, Job S, Pachankis J, Chaudoir S. The buckle of the Bible Belt: Sexual minority emerging adults’ minority stress in South Central Appalachia. Journal Of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health 2022, 27: 439-457. PMID: 38156197, PMCID: PMC10752621, DOI: 10.1080/19359705.2022.2064953.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Brief Online Interventions for LGBTQ Young Adult Mental and Behavioral Health: A Randomized Controlled Trial in a High-Stigma, Low-Resource Context
Pachankis JE, Williams SL, Behari K, Job S, McConocha EM, Chaudoir SR. Brief Online Interventions for LGBTQ Young Adult Mental and Behavioral Health: A Randomized Controlled Trial in a High-Stigma, Low-Resource Context. Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology 2020, 88: 429-444. PMID: 32271053, PMCID: PMC7153536, DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000497.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-resource settingsSexual minority young adultsMinority young adultsMental healthYoung adultsAppalachian TennesseePopulation-level implementationYoung adult sexual minoritiesHealth risk behaviorsAdult sexual minoritiesControlled TrialsGeneral psychological distressDepressive symptomsBrief online interventionSuicidal ideationScalable interventionsBehavioral healthDrug abuseExpressive writing interventionHigh stigmaPsychological distressMinority mental healthOnline interventionInterventionNeutral control