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New Paper Alert: Family-based weight stigma and psychosocial health: A multinational comparison

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Posted on January 4, 2023 by Benton Renley

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Check out “This is real, this is the way that things are”: Hooking up as a pathway for sexual identity development among SGM emerging adults which has been published in Emerging Adulthood! Continue reading →

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Posted on September 8, 2022 by Benton Renley

Effects of sexual and gender minority stress on depressive symptoms among adolescents of color in the United States has just been published in Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology! Continue reading →

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Posted on August 3, 2022 by Benton Renley

Check out “Parental support, depressive symptoms, and LGBTQ adolescents: Main and moderation effects in a diverse sample” which has just been published in Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology! Continue reading →

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