OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Psychology & Sexuality is 1. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The impact of sexual orientation conversion therapies on transgender individuals	35
Workplace harassment as a moderator of sexual minority employees’ minority stress and psychological distress	30
‘Between losing my family and asserting my identity’: exploration of Korean LGBQ YouTubers’ experiences coming out to parents	18
Psychological distress mediates the link between bullying and truancy in Australian LGBQ+ adolescents with experiences of homelessness	15
Trends in body image among Australian queer men during COVID-19 lockdowns	14
Out, proud, and resilient: effects of sexual identity labels on perceptions of sexual minorities	10
Fat fuckers and fat fucking: a feminine ethic of care in sex therapy	10
Disordered gaming: the interplay between user-avatar bond and sexual minority status	10
‘I’d rather be dead than gay:’ a qualitative exploration of the lived experiences of sexually and gender diverse Christians in Australia	10
Are masculine faces “natural” for all men?: an experimental study about predictors of Chinese young adults’ attitudes towards trans men	9
Problematic sexual desire discrepancy in heterosexuals, gay men and lesbian women: differences in sexual satisfaction and dyadic adjustment	9
The role of infertility-related stress and sexist beliefs in anxiety symptoms in infertility couples	9
Dispositional authenticity, internalised homonegativity, and relationship quality in same-gender couples: an actor-partner interdependence moderation model	8
Hidden grief is complicated: identity concealment as a minority stressor and relational-cultural barrier among bereaved sexual and gender minoritized elders	8
To feel safe inside and out: The effect of self-compassion and social safeness underlie the relationship between parental invalidation and borderline features in sexual minority adults	7
LGB widowhood: the association between partner loss and psychological well-being	7
Understanding the distribution of recent deliberate self-harm among young LGBTQ+ australians	7
The effects of intersectional identity affirmation on the relationship between racist or heterosexist microaggressions and mental health for LGBTQ+ people of color	7
Building bridges and breaking down silos: A framework for developing interdisciplinary, international academic-community research collaborations for the benefit of sexual and gender minority youth	7
The Effects of Body Esteem Dimensions on Sexual Esteem in Men	7
Transgender and gender expansive emerging adults: the moderating role of thwarted belongingness on mental health	7
Asexuality and relationship investment: visible differences in relationship investment for an invisible minority	7
Who counts as a sexual partner? Women’s criteria for defining and sorting through their sexual histories	6
(Un)desirable approaches in therapy with Swedish individuals practicing BDSM: client’s perspectives and recommendations for affirmative clinical practices	6
”I don’t want to say the wrong thing”: mental health professionals’ narratives of feeling inadequately skilled when working with gender diverse adults	6

Lay theories of decreasing homophobia in the UK among an older heterosexual cohort	6
Quality of life and sexual satisfaction in women with endometriosis: the moderator role of symptom severity	6
What happens when people refuse to go along with orgasm coercion? An assessment of refusal strategies, perpetrators’ subsequent reactions, and relationship and psychological outcomes	6
Minority stress in same-gender male romantic relationships: When does it impact relationship commitment?	6
Asexual individuals report high preferences for femininity in male and female faces	6
Identity resilience, social support and internalised homonegativity in gay men	5
Psychosexual care could protect and promote sexual well-being in women undergoing infertility treatment: A randomised controlled trial	5
Workplace experiences of LGBTQIA+ trainees, staff, and faculty in academic psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience departments	5
Associations with LGBTQ+ mental health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Self-compassion as a mediator of the relationship between social support and identity affirmation in sexual minority adults	5
Correction	5
”A lot to fall back on”: experiences of dyspareunia among queer women	4
Intimate partner violence as masculine accomplishment: resistance to victimhood in accounts of violence by gay men in urban South Africa	4
Internalised homonegativity and depressive symptoms: a meta-analysis	4
Positions on sexuality education in a Chilean school: a collaborative ethnography from a partial perspective	4
Fear of victimisation among LGBTQ+ students at Latine-focused institutions v. predominately white institutions: an examination across sexuality, gender identity, and ethnoracial identity	4
Following western conceptions of masculinity: homohysteria and transgressive bodies in a masculine Turkish environment	4
Minority stress, perceived social support, and depression in people diverse in sexual and gender minority status	4
Rethinking the dichotomy of sexual identity and relational intimacies: Chinese gay men’s mental health in mixed-orientation marriages	4
‘Why are PrEP gays always like this … ’: psychosocial influences on U.K.-based men who have sex with men’s perceptions and use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis	4
Bereavement in older age in LGBTIQ adults	4
The relationship between intersectional discrimination and mental health outcomes among LGBTQ+ Asians in New York City: an exploratory, mixed-methods study	3
Shame as a moderator of attachment and sexual satisfaction	3
‘An impossible dream’? Non-binary people’s perceptions of legal gender status and reform in the UK	3
A development and validation of the polish version of sexual communication self-efficacy scale in women	3
Multidimensional factors associated with perceived risk of HIV among sexually experienced individuals in Portugal	3
Holding hands: LGBTQ people’s experiences of public displays of affection with their partner(s)	3
‘One team member doesn’t make a Pride parade’: an international study of people’s experiences of being lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer in motorsport	3
Sexual consent attitudes mediate gender differences in responsibility attributions for a heterosexual date rape scenario	3
Regulatory focus and perceived safety with casual partners: implications for perceived risk and casual sex intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
“I am denied comfort and safety”: Barriers to participation in HIV prevention research and services among sexual and gender minorites of colour	3
‘You don’t look for love on grindr, that’s for sure’: a qualitative investigation into dating app use of Australian same-sex attracted men	3
Correction	2
Compassion and gender diversity: evaluation of an online compassion-focused therapy group in a gender service	2
Motivations behind catcalling: exploring men’s engagement in street harassment behaviour	2
Effects of transgender identity labels on perceptions of gender minorities	2
Mental health and general psychological processes among asexual, bisexual, and gay/lesbian college students in the United States	2
Intersex people or khunthā in the Middle East – How they are perceived, accepted, & treated: qualitative evidence synthesis & framework analysis	2
Testing whether the combination of victimization and minority stressors exacerbate PTSD risks in a diverse community sample of sexual minority women	2
The Pure Lover and the mature mourner: The literary expression of grief in David Plante’s memoir and its cultural, educational, and therapeutic significance	2
Why is absent/low sexual desire a mental disorder (except when patients identify as asexual)?	2
Acceptability and determinants of using male hormonal contraceptives: a systematic review from a gender perspective	2
Experiences and correlates of cyber dating abuse in sexual and gender minority adolescent girls and feminine teens: implications for psychological wellbeing	2
Relationship structures among LGBTQ+ young people	2
Love exchange and relationship satisfaction among same-sex couples: an actor-partner interdependence model	2
Exploring LGBT resilience and moving beyond a deficit-model: findings from a qualitative study in England	2
An exploratory investigation of body esteem, body dissatisfaction and body change behaviours in sexual minority young adults from a risk and protective perspective	2
Prospective effects of resilience on mental health among sexual and gender minority young people	1
‘Why is it so different now I’m bisexual?’: young bisexual people’s experiences of identity, belonging, self-injury, and COVID19	1
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV-positive men who have sex with men: (dis)connection to social, sexual, and health networks	1

A meta-analysis of the reliability of the Sexual Self-Esteem Inventory in Women (SSEI-W) measure	1
“When men were men”: the effects of Gender Nostalgia on bias against trans men and women	1
A sexual empowerment process predicting heterosexual women’s sexual pleasure	1
Investigating the relationship between non-consensual condom removal and the dark triad of personality	1
Changing beliefs about gender: the relation between contact with gender nonconforming individuals and gender essentialism	1
Ideological beliefs and gender essentialism: relations to individual and normative opposition to same-sex parent families	1
How Do Women’s Attitudes Towards Heterosexual Men Differ By Their Sexual Orientation? A Test of Competing Hypotheses	1
Differences between Australian bisexual and pansexual women: an assessment of minority stressors and psychological outcomes	1
Examining pandemic stress and mental health among a community-based sample of sexual minority women in Los Angeles County	1
Behavioural responses to SOGIE-based harassment among university students: a qualitative study on bystander intervention in the Philippines	1
News coverage on transgender celebrities in Belgium: Parasocial contact, attitudes, and policy support	1
Exploring the prevalence and characteristics of self-labelled identity, coping, and mental health among BDSM-practicing adults in the United States	1
Social-psychological and socio-structural correlates of negative attitudes towards asexuals’ parenting rights	1
Asking about me: the impact of identity-related questions from others on asexual peoples’ well-being and functioning	1
Measuring sexual self-concept: a methodological review	1
Social Anxiety Among Sexual Minority Individuals: A Systematic Review	1
What predicts homonegativity in Southeast Asian countries? Evidence from the World Values Survey	1
Sexual-specific disgust sensitivity mechanisms in homonegativity and transnegativity; the mediating role of right-wing authoritarianism (RWA)	1
Between social and biomedical explanation: queer and gender diverse young people’s explanations of psychological distress	1
The virility-fertility tradeoff: effects of fatherhood on (precarious) masculinity, sexual esteem, and sexual depression	1
Self-injury in young bisexual people: a micro-longitudinal investigation (SIBL) of rumination and binegativity on non-suicidal self-injury	1
Sexual consent cues among sexual minority men in the United States	1
Too much or not enough? Self-reported experiences of relational distress based on level of sexual desire	1
The interaction between perceived chronological age and physical sexual development in attractiveness judgements made by people who are attracted to children	1
A qualitative investigation of the romantic relationship experiences. of South Korean lesbians in early adulthood	1
Psychological and demographic predictors of support for same-sex marriage: an Australian survey	1
Are there underlying differences between sexually diverse and non-sexually diverse people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder?	1
Recruiting cisgender female couples for health disparity-focused daily diary research: challenges, successes, and lessons learned	1
Bots and nots: safeguarding online survey research with underrepresented and diverse populations	1
Correction	1
Is mindfulness associated with decreased hopelessness among young gay and bisexual men? The roles of perceived parental support for sexual orientation and expectation of rejection	1
Psychosocial factors associated with non-suicidal self-injury attempts among people in the transmasculine and non-binary spectrum from Argentina	1