Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Papers
(The TQCC of Sexuality Research and Social Policy is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
Evaluation of the Transfer of Training for a Sexual Assault Resistance Program Enhanced with Sexuality Education46
The Attitudes and Participation of Men in Making Decisions About the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy42
How do Young People Feel About a BrAC Limit for Consenting to Sex After Consuming Alcohol?41
Correction to: Outness Profiles and Mental Health in Brazilian Lesbian Women: a Cluster Analysis39
Motivations to Start and Stop Using Sexual Networking Applications Among Adolescent Sexual Minority Men36
Translation, Cultural Adaptation, and Validation of the Minority Stress Scale Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals in Croatia35
Sex Workers’ Everyday Security in the Netherlands and the Impact of COVID-1932
Attitudes Toward HIV-Positive Status Disclosure Among U=U-Aware Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals in the USA: a Consensual Qualitative Research Approach31
Mental Health Disparities Between Lesbian Mothers and Heterosexual Parents: the Mediating Role of Positivity26
Marriage Equality and Activity Limitations Among Older Adults in Same-Sex Relationships25
Does Self-Concept Clarity Relate to Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Gay Men? The Mediating Effects of Sexual Orientation Concealment and Gay Community Connectedness25
Othering and Marginalizing the “Queer” in Rwanda: Findings from Public Perceptions and Lived Experiences of LGBT People25
Longitudinal Risk Profiles for Physical, Psychological, and Sexual Dating Aggression: a Latent Profile Analysis with Spanish Adolescents24
Sexual Well-Being in Older Adults: a Qualitative Study with Older Adults from Portugal and Slovenia22
“They are Giving Folks Permission to Discriminate and Hate”: A 4-Year Longitudinal Analysis of Perceived Impact of the Trump Administration on LGBTQ + Individuals and Relationships, 2017–202020
Have You Heard the News? The Effects of Exposure to News About Recent Transgender Legislation on Transgender Youth and Young Adults20
The Barriers That Adolescents and Young Adults with Endometriosis Experience in the United States: A Conceptual Review and Model20
Predictors of Engagement in Abortion-Related Activism Before and After the Nomination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh19
The Relationship Between Trait Emotional Intelligence and Sexting in Adolescence19
Relationship Between use of Dating apps and Sociodemographic Variables, Sexual Attitudes, and Sexual risk Behaviors17
“I Wish They Would Have a Class for Parents About Talking to Their Kids About Sex”: College Women’s Parent–child Sexual Communication Reflections and Desires17
“What I’m Trying to Say Is That Some Nurses Are Good While Some Are Not Good”: Diverse Attitudes of Health Workers Providing Sexual and Reproductive Health Services to Young People in Nigeria16
What Prosecutors and the Police Should Do About Underreporting of Anti-LGBTQ Hate Crime16
“Love the sin, hate the sinner”: Attitudes Towards Sexuality Among Mainline and Evangelical Protestants in the USA16
Perceived Impact of Marriage and Concerns About the Future of Marriage Equality: A Mixed-Methods Study of LGBTQ+ Married Individuals in the United States16
The Role of Family Support and Dyadic Adjustment on the Psychological Well-being of Transgender Individuals: An Exploratory Study15
Opinions About Abortion Among Reproductive-Age Women in Ohio15
Beyond the Risk Discourse: Photovoice as Critical-Pedagogical Tool of Sexuality Education for Adolescents14
Sexual Desire in Postpartum Healthcare: Another Missing Discourse13
The Experience of Sexual Desire Among Male Adolescents in Malaysia Detained for Sexual Intercourse with an Underage Partner: An Exploration Using the Incentive Theory of Sexual Motivations13
Factors Associated with Medical Mistrust Among Sexual and Gender Minority Young Adults13
Child Psychological Adjustment in Planned Gay Father Families: A Meta-analysis13
Bias-Motivated Physical or Verbal Violence Among Men Who Have Sex with Men: Findings from the Lisbon Cohort of MSM12
Trans Bans Expand: Anti-LGBTIQ+ Lawfare and Neo-fascism12
Putting the “Comprehensive” in Comprehensive Sexuality Education: a Review Exploring Young Adult Literature as a School-based Intervention12
Strategies to Improve the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Youth Involved with the Child Welfare System: A Systematic Review12
“There’s no reason to do monogamy”: Evidence for and Characteristics Associated with a Strong Desire for Consensual Nonmonogamy12
Relationship between Religion and Public Attitudes toward Same-Sex Marriage: Examining the role of Traditional Chinese Religions through a Case Study of Hong Kong12
The Gender-Specific Binegativity Scale: Validation in a Spanish Sample of University Students and Proposal of a Brief Version12
Acculturation and Sexual Attitudes: a Systematic Review12
Antecedent Ideological Profiles and Negative Socio-political Outcomes of LGBTQ+ Conspiracy Beliefs12
A Multilevel Model to Assess the Effectiveness of an Affective-Sexual Education Program for People with Intellectual Disabilities: the Influence of Participants’ Characteristics12
“Take It Easy, I’ll Tell You if There’s Something Wrong”: Young Cisgender Heterosexual Men and Sexual Communication During Casual Sex in Australia11
Online Sex Education Based on the Good Enough Sex Model on Newlywed Couples: A Protocol for Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Comparing Male Partner Involvement11
Investigation of Adherence to Immunosuppressive Therapy, Perceived Spousal Support and Sexual Dysfunction in Female Liver Recipients11
Balancing Community and Research Needs in Gender Measurement Decisions11
“There’s no roadmap for this”: Asexual and Aromantic Students’ Healthy Intimate Relationships11
Perceptions of Mothers’ Competence and Morality: the Role of Attribution of Responsibility, Gender Role Beliefs, and Sexual Prejudice11
Religiosity as a Protective Factor for Bullying Victimization and Substance Use in the USA: Examining Differences for Heterosexual and Sexual Minority African American Adolescents in Chicago’s Southsi11
“I Wish I Had Been Told the Truth Sooner”: The Sexuality Education College Women Wish They Had11
Sexuality Education in the Digital Age: Modelling the Predictors of Acceptance and Behavioural Intention to Access and Interact with Sexuality Information on Social Media10
Comparison of Sexual Violence Perpetration Rates Among Gay, Lesbian and Heterosexual Cisgender Adults10
Towards a Transnational Sexual Health Research and Policy Agenda: the European Sexual Medicine Network Delphi Study10
Responding to “Don’t Say Gay” Laws in the US: Research Priorities and Considerations for Health Equity10
From Digital Health Literacy to a Digital and Data Capabilities Approach to Sexual Health10
“It Was a Complete Violation of Everything”: LGBT + Veterans’ Experiences of Discrimination and Oppression Through the Exemptive UK Military “Gay Ban” Policy10
Who Counts as a Sexual Subject? The Impact of Ableist Rhetoric for People with Intellectual Disability in Sweden10
Precarious Employment: A Neglected Issue Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Workers10
Queer Space: Toilet Provision, Access and Inclusion in the West Midlands10
A Qualitative Study of First HIV Test Experiences Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents9
Accessing Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Chile: Women with Disabilities and Their Experience with Gynaecological and Obstetric Violence9
The Dynamics of Intimate Relations in Residential Settings for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Social Workers’ Perspective9
An Analysis of Mpox Communication on Reddit vs Twitter During the 2022 Mpox Outbreak9
How Social Support Affirms Identity in LGBQ Adults: A Qualitative Exploration9
Early Contraception and Continuity of Maternal Health Care in Primiparous Adolescents and Young Adults from Low- and Middle-Income Countries: the Case of Mexico9
Possible Consequences of the Criminalization of Sex Work in Spain, Inferred from COVID-19 Lockdown Measures9
Sexual Pleasure Matters (Especially for Women) — Data from the German Sexuality and Health Survey (GeSiD)9
Inconsistent Condom Use and Risk Taking Among People Who Inject Drugs in Saveh: Finding from a Cross-Sectional Study in Iran9
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Among Donor-Conceived Offspring in the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study from Adolescence to Adulthood9
Sexting Behaviors Before and During COVID-19 in Italian and Colombian Young Adults9
Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Syphilis Co-Infection in China: a Retrospective Observational Study8
Sexual Orientation, Homophobic Attitudes, and Self-Perceived Pornography Addiction8
Homophobic Verbal and Bullying Victimization: Overlap and Emotional Impact8
Ethnic Disparities in Effective Coverage of Maternal Healthcare in Mexico, 2006–2018: a Decomposition Analysis8
Internalized Homonegativity and Demoralization Syndrome in Chinese Gay Men: The Mediating Role of Sexual Orientation Concealment and Sense of Self8
Genitourinary Pain, Sexual Distress, and Quality of Sexual Life in Women with and without Vulvodynia8
Access to Sexual Health Services and Support for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: an Australian Cross-sector Survey8
“Don’t Say Gay”: Implications for Outness and Desire to Move Among LGBTQ + Parents in Florida8
Framing the Windows of Prostitution: Unfolding Histories in Amsterdam’s Redesign of Its Famous Red-Light District8
Medication Abortion Coverage in Major U.S. Newspapers, 2022–2023: A Multi-Method Analysis8
Breaking Down the Dams: An Ecological Systems Lens on Dental Dams Using Qualitative Methods8
Changes in Online Sexual Activities During the Lockdown Caused by COVID-19 in Spain: “INSIDE” Project8
Healthcare Discrimination and Mental Health Outcomes in Transgender, Gender Diverse, and Non-binary Adults8
The Sexual Orientation Microaggression Inventory Short Form (SOMI-SF): Validation in Three Samples of Racially/Ethnically Diverse Sexual Minority Youth8
How Artistic Actions Can Foster Sensitivity to Equality in Diversity in Public University Participants and Observers8
Association Between Knowledge, Attitude, Social Contact and Social Distance Practices with Regard to the LGBT Community Among Heterosexual Individuals Living in the Punjab State of India7
Associations Between Sex Education Types and Sexual Behaviors Among Female Adolescents: a Secondary Data Analysis of the National Survey of Family Growth 2011–20197
Stressor Appraisals and Moderating Role of Forgiveness, Social Support, and Resilience as Adaptive Coping in Stress and Depression Among Older Sexual Minorities7
Implicit Gender Role Theory, Gender System Justification, and Voting Behavior: A Mixed-Method Study7
Why Report? Sex Workers who Use NUM Opt out of Sharing Victimisation with Police7
Embarrassment, Shame, and Reassurance: Emotion and Young People’s Access to Online Sexual Health Information7
What Is the Patriarchy Doing in Our Bed? Violent Sexual-Affective Experiences Among Youth7
Exploring the Association Between Sexual Agency and Intimate Relationship Violence Experienced and Perpetrated by Brazilian and Portuguese Women7
Facilitators and Barriers to Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Provision in a Midwest College Health Center: A Mixed-Method Study7
LGBTQI + Refugees’ and Asylum Seekers’ Mental Health: A Qualitative Systematic Review7
Parental Attitude Towards Sex Education: A Study of Demographic and Socio-Cultural Determinants in Rural Nigeria7
Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Among Sexual Minority People and Associated Factors: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies7
Spanish Older LGBT+ Adults: Satisfaction with Life and Generativity7
Long-Term Singlehood in Sexual Minority Adults: the Role of Attachment and Minority Stress7
The Impact of Anti-discrimination Legislation on Transgender People within the USA7
Body Uneasiness and Dissatisfaction Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Heterosexual Persons7
Perceived Impact of the Overturning of Roe v. Wade on Queer Parents’ Reproductive and Sexual Lives7
Social Rejection, Family Acceptance, Economic Recession, and Physical and Mental Health of Sexual Minorities7
Sexual Stigma and Mental Health of LGB Older Adults: A Systematic Scoping Review7
The Nature and Impact of Informal Mental Health Support in an LGBTQ Context: Exploring Peer Roles and Their Challenges6
Mind the Gap! LGBTQ + Population’s Perceptions of Discrimination and of Legal Innovation6
Typologies of Minority Stressors and Depressive Symptoms among LGBTQ Employees in the Workplace: A Moderated Mediation Model of Workplace Climate and Resilience6
Sexual and Mental Health in Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Outbreak: Exploring the Role of Meaning-Centered Coping6
Relational Well-Being Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Young Adults in Taiwan: Before and After the Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage6
Increases in LGB Identification Among US Adults, 2014–20216
Investigating the Impacts of Compulsive Sexual Behaviours on Women Using Descriptive Phenomenology: A Research Agenda6
LGB Female Veterans’ Experience of Military Service During the “Gay Ban”: A Qualitative Study6
Coming out Experiences and Disclosure gap in Three Age Cohorts of Portuguese Cisgender Sexual Minority Men6
Correction to: Disabled Women, Care Regimes, and Institutionalised Homophobia: a Case Study From Poland6
Online Sexual Harassment in Adolescence: A Scoping Review6
“Please Describe a Person who Sells Sex”: (De)humanizing Prototypic Perceptions in the USA6
Sexual Initiation Before Age 14 and Co-Occurrence of Health Risk Behaviors Among Brazilian Adolescents: Data from the National School Health Survey 20156
Exploring the Underlying Social Conservative Mechanisms of Trans-negativity in a Convenient Greek Sample6
Inclusive School Policies and Practices and the Well-Being of LGBTQ + Students in Portugal6
Do We Care? Portuguese Healthcare Professionals’ Practices and Related Barriers to Addressing Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period6
Measuring Shame Related to Sexual Orientation: Validation of Sexual Minority—External and Internal Shame Scale (SM-EISS)6
SESTA/FOSTA as de Facto Hate Policy: Combatting Carceral Investments and Uplifting Community-Based Solutions6
Employment Loss as a Result of COVID-19: a Nationwide Survey at the Onset of COVID-19 in US LGBTQ+ Populations6
Barriers and Facilitators for Formulation and Implementation of a Sex Education Programme in Saudi Arabia: Stakeholders’ Perspective6
Interactive Effects of Minority Stress and Pressure to Get Married on Mental Health Symptoms among Sexual Minority Individuals in China6
Sexual Shame and Associations with Social Evaluation Among Chinese Adults: The Effect of Mianzi and Negative Body Consciousness6
Preferences for Gender Affirming Treatment and Associated Factors Among Transgender People in Sweden6
Perceived Similarity to Gender Groups Scale: Validation in a Sample of Italian LGB + and Heterosexual Young Adults5
Pelvic Pain and Sexual Function in Primiparous Pregnant Women with and without High/Severe Fear of Childbirth5
Understanding the Impact of EU Prostitution Policies on Sex Workers: A Mixed Study Systematic Review5
Mental Health Care for Transgender and Non-binary Adults: An Investigation of Affirmative Practice, Therapy Experiences and Outcomes, and Reasons for Treatment Termination5
Gender Typicality, Social Self-Efficacy, and Adjustment in Italian Sexual Minority Young Adults5
Predictors of Public Attitudes Regarding the Impact of “End Demand” Legislation: Findings from an Israeli Survey5
Predicting Attitudes Towards the Exchange of Sexual Services for Payment: Variance in Gender Gaps Across the Nordic Countries5
“You Fall in Love with the Person”: Narratives of Female Athletes Coming Out of the Closet in Competitive Sports Teams of Spain5
Requesting HIV Results Be Conveyed in-Person: Perspectives of Clinicians and People Recently Diagnosed with HIV5
Religiosity and Social Distance from LGBTQI+ People: The Mediating Role of Gender and LGBTQI+ Conspiracy Beliefs5
Predicting Changes to Sexual Activity in Later Life: A Longitudinal Study5
Do Not Judge Inner Experience, but Be Mindful: Dispositional Mindfulness, Internalized Sexual Stigma, and Positive Identity in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People5
Moderating Effect of Gender on the Relationship Between Sexual Knowledge and Sexual Activity Among Adolescents5
Love in Quarantine: Sexting, Stress, and Coping During the COVID-19 Lockdown5
The Role of the Workplace in Disclosing Sexual Harassment by Iranian Nurses: A Qualitative Study5
The Demographic and Psychological Moderators to the Associations Between Geosocial Networking Apps (GSNA) Use and Risky Sexual Behaviors Among US Young Adults5
The Modifying Effect of Minority Stressors on the Associations Between Neighborhood Deprivation and Mental Health Among US Sexual Minority Women5
Beyond Just Gender: Diverse Women’s Experiences and Outcomes Associated with the Receipt of Unsolicited Genital Images5
How Is Self-Stigma Associated with Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms in Men Who Have Sex with Men? Roles of Perceived Stress and Negative Affect in a Longitudinal Study5
“This is not What God Intended”: Attitudes Toward Adoption by Same-sex Couples in Ecuador5
The Health and Well-being of Sex Workers in Decriminalised Contexts: A Scoping Review5
Mindset and Sexual Health: Does Mindset Impact Receptiveness to Sexuality Education Curricula?5
Sexuality Education Responding to the Same-Sex Marriage Policy: Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Parenting in a Taiwanese Undergraduate University Course5
Sexual Minority Stigma and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Among Sexual Minorities: the Mediating Roles of Sexual Orientation Concealment, Self-Criticism, and Depression5
Attitudinal Shifts towards Homosexuality among Secondary School Students in Hong Kong over a Decade: A Multiple Group Latent Class Analysis5
Individual and Cross-Cultural Predictors of Sexting Among Adults from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia5
Sources of Learning about Sexual Choking and Their Associations with Perceived Safety and Risk: Findings from a U.S. College Campus-Representative Survey5
Emotion Regulation and Sexual Functioning in a Dyad: A Comprehensive Literature Review5
Sexuality-based Stigma and Inclusion Among Southern Protestant Religious Leaders5
Online Risk Practices in Spanish Adults During the COVID-19 Lockdown: Differences According to Gender, Age, and Living Situation5
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