2023
Why Do Brief Online Writing Interventions Improve Health? Examining Mediators of Expressive Writing and Self-Affirmation Intervention Efficacy Among Sexual Minority Emerging Adults
Chaudoir S, Behari K, Williams S, Pachankis J. Why Do Brief Online Writing Interventions Improve Health? Examining Mediators of Expressive Writing and Self-Affirmation Intervention Efficacy Among Sexual Minority Emerging Adults. Psychology Of Sexual Orientation And Gender Diversity 2023, 10: 103-116. DOI: 10.1037/sgd0000507.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth risk behaviorsExpressive writingMental healthSexual minoritiesOnline expressive writingMental health problemsMental health benefitsPsychological interventionsEmerging AdultsWriting interventionBrief interventionNeutral controlIntervention efficacyPresent researchSalubrious effectsNovel evidenceInterventionAdultsRecent trialsHealth problemsBehaviorPutative mechanismsHealth benefitsHealthWriting
2022
Emotion Regulation in Context: Expressive Flexibility as a Stigma Coping Resource for Sexual Minority Men
Wang K, Maiolatesi AJ, Burton CL, Scheer JR, Pachankis JE. Emotion Regulation in Context: Expressive Flexibility as a Stigma Coping Resource for Sexual Minority Men. Psychology Of Sexual Orientation And Gender Diversity 2022, 9: 214-221. PMID: 35757788, PMCID: PMC9231373, DOI: 10.1037/sgd0000503.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSexual orientation-related discriminationExpressive flexibilityPsychological distressSexual minority menMental healthSelf-report measuresSignificant mental health problemsStigma-related stressMental health problemsEmotion regulationStigma copingMinority menCoping interventionsCoping resourcesMen's mental healthPotential bufferU.S. sampleDistressPresent researchLongitudinal analysisDiscriminationCopingHealth problemsHigh levelsPerceptionRejection Sensitivity Across Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Age: Measurement Invariance and Latent Mean Differences
Maiolatesi AJ, Clark KA, Pachankis JE. Rejection Sensitivity Across Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Age: Measurement Invariance and Latent Mean Differences. Psychological Assessment 2022, 34: 431-442. PMID: 35025579, PMCID: PMC9328167, DOI: 10.1037/pas0001109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLatent mean differencesRejection sensitivityPersonality dispositionsMeasurement invarianceScalar invarianceAdult Rejection Sensitivity QuestionnaireSocial experienceInformation processing styleRejection Sensitivity QuestionnaireMaladaptive personality dispositionsSexual orientationPartial scalar invarianceSexual minoritiesProcessing styleAnxious expectationsMental health disparitiesGroup differencesSensitivity QuestionnairePresent research highlightSwedish young adultsYoung adultsFuture researchPresent researchSocial groupsPopulation-based sample
2018
Genital Herpes Stigma: Toward the Measurement and Validation of a Highly Prevalent yet Hidden Public Health Problem
Wang K, Merin A, Rendina HJ, Pachankis JE. Genital Herpes Stigma: Toward the Measurement and Validation of a Highly Prevalent yet Hidden Public Health Problem. Stigma And Health 2018, 3: 27-34. PMID: 29629409, PMCID: PMC5881938, DOI: 10.1037/sah0000067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRelevant psychosocial variablesPsychosocial variablesNegative psychological consequencesSound assessment toolsStigma ScaleConfirmatory factor analysisGood internal consistencyNegative affectPsychological consequencesStigma researchersGenital herpesPsychological distressSocial supportIncurable viral infectionPsychometric propertiesConstruct validityInternal consistencyFactor analysisPresent researchPersonalized stigmaDisclosure concernsHIV Stigma ScaleResearch settingsPublic health problemStigma
2016
Emotional Clarity as a Buffer in the Association Between Perceived Mental Illness Stigma and Suicide Risk
Wang K, Weiss NH, Pachankis JE, Link BG. Emotional Clarity as a Buffer in the Association Between Perceived Mental Illness Stigma and Suicide Risk. Stigma And Health 2016, 1: 252-262. PMID: 28090587, PMCID: PMC5223270, DOI: 10.1037/sah0000032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental illness stigmaEmotional clarityIllness stigmaSelf-report measuresSample of individualsSuicide riskEmotion regulationModeration analysisGreater deficitsIntervention effortsSuicide risk severityRecent psychiatric hospitalizationPresent researchDeficitsPsychiatric disordersStigmaPsychiatric diagnosisIndividualsClarityPsychiatric hospitalizationModeratorRisk severityPotential utilityAssociationDisorders