2024
A pilot trial of an LGBTQ-affirmative cognitive-behavioral therapy for transgender and gender expansive individuals’ mental, behavioral, and sexual health
Lelutiu-Weinberger C, Filimon M, Chiaramonte D, Leonard S, Dogaru B, Pana E, Pruneanu C, Pachankis J. A pilot trial of an LGBTQ-affirmative cognitive-behavioral therapy for transgender and gender expansive individuals’ mental, behavioral, and sexual health. Behavior Therapy 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2024.10.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive-behavioral therapyMinority stressAnxiety symptomsPreliminary efficacyTGE individualsCisgender sexual minorityTherapeutic allianceTrained psychologistsEvidence-based interventionsBaseline to follow-upTreatment relevanceRisk mechanismsImprove psychosocial healthGender-expansive individualsTGE youthSexual minoritiesAnxietyNorth American contextDepressionRandomized controlled trialsContext of RomaniaPsychosocial healthHealth outcomesFollow-upExit interviews
2018
Examination of Behavioral, Social, and Environmental Contextual Influences on Sexually Transmitted Infections in At Risk, Urban, Adolescents, and Young Adults
Boyer CB, Santiago Rivera OJ, Chiaramonte DM, Ellen JM. Examination of Behavioral, Social, and Environmental Contextual Influences on Sexually Transmitted Infections in At Risk, Urban, Adolescents, and Young Adults. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2018, 45: 542-548. PMID: 29466279, PMCID: PMC6043398, DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000000797.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContextual influencesAnonymous survey dataSexual minoritiesUS neighborhoodsEconomic needsYoung peopleAfrican American/BlackEthnic minoritiesSocial challengesSTI indicatorsSelf-reported lifetime prevalenceExamination of BehavioralAmerican/BlackContextual factorsSurvey dataAYA menExtant literatureAYA womenMultiple logistical regression modelGender differencesCommunity venuesHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testingMinorityMoneyYoung adults