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Overview

Anthony Lyons is affiliated with La Trobe University in Australia and focuses their research predominantly in the fields of psychology and social sciences. Their work emphasizes social psychology and sociology and political science, with contributions extending to areas such as infectious diseases, clinical psychology, and general health professions.

The main topics of Anthony Lyons's research include LGBTQ health, identity, and policy, with a significant number of publications addressing this area. Other notable topics covered are HIV/AIDS research and interventions, reproductive health and technologies, sexuality, behavior, and technology, homelessness and social issues, sex work and related issues, and disability rights and representation.

Frequent publication venues for Lyons include:

  • Sexuality Research and Social Policy
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Culture Health & Sexuality
  • Health & Social Care in the Community
  • Aging & Mental Health

Anthony Lyons has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, with the most frequent collaborators being:

  • Adam Bourne
  • Adam O. Hill
  • Marina Carman
  • Andrea Waling
  • Natalie Amos

The following are some recent publications by Anthony Lyons, demonstrating the breadth and focus of their research:

  • Private Lives 2: The second national survey of the health and wellbeing of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) Australians (2023), OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Private Lives 3: The health and wellbeing of LGBTIQ people in Australia (2021), La Trobe University
  • What is the size of Australia's sexual minority population? (2020), BMC Research Notes
  • Mental health help-seeking and barriers to service access among lesbian, gay, and bisexual Australians (2021), Australian Psychologist
  • The Nature and Impact of Informal Mental Health Support in an LGBTQ Context: Exploring Peer Roles and Their Challenges (2022), Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Best Publications

  • How are stereotypes maintained through communication? The influence of stereotype sharedness.

    Anthony Lyons;Yoshihisa Kashima

  • Demographic and Psychosocial Factors Associated With Psychological Distress and Resilience Among Transgender Individuals.

    Emily Bariola;Anthony Lyons;William Leonard;Marian Pitts

  • Private Lives 2 : The second national survey of the health and wellbeing of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) Australians.

    William. Leonard;Marian. Pitts;Anne Mitchell;Anthony. Lyons

  • The reproduction of culture: Communication processes tend to maintain cultural stereotypes

    Anthony Lyons;Yoshihisa Kashima

  • Experiences of ageism and the mental health of older adults.

    Anthony Lyons;Beatrice Alba;Wendy Heywood;Bianca Fileborn

  • Sexual and relationship satisfaction among heterosexual men and women: the importance of desired frequency of sex

    Anthony Smith;Anthony Lyons;Jason Ferris;Juliet Richters

  • Diagnostic and outcome differences between heterosexual and nonheterosexual men treated for prostate cancer.

    Richard J. Wassersug;Richard J. Wassersug;Anthony Lyons;Duane Duncan;Gary W. Dowsett

  • Rural-urban differences in mental health, resilience, stigma, and social support among young Australian gay men.

    Anthony Lyons;Warwick Hosking;Warwick Hosking;Tomas Rozbroj

  • Factors Related to Positive Mental Health in a Stigmatized Minority: An Investigation of Older Gay Men

    Anthony Lyons;Marian Pitts;Jeffrey Grierson

  • Adolescent mindfulness and psychopathology: The role of emotion regulation

    Christopher A. Pepping;Megan Duvenage;Timothy J. Cronin;Anthony Lyons

  • Affirmative LGBT psychotherapy: Outcomes of a therapist training protocol.

    Christopher A Pepping;Anthony Lyons;Eric M J Morris

  • Maintaining stereotypes in communication: Investigating memory biases and coherence‐seeking in storytelling

    Anthony Nigel. Lyons;Yoshihisa. Kashima

  • HIV and Elevated Mental Health Problems: Diagnostic, Treatment, and Risk Patterns for Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in a National Community-Based Cohort of Gay Men Living with HIV

    Wendy Heywood;Anthony Lyons

  • Health Disparities Among Common Subcultural Identities of Young Gay Men: Physical, Mental, and Sexual Health

    Anthony Lyons;Warwick Hosking

  • Social connection, relationships and older lesbian and gay people 1.

    Catherine Barrett;Carolyn Whyte;Jude Comfort;Anthony Lyons

  • Ageing with HIV: health and psychosocial well-being of older gay men

    Anthony Lyons;Marian Pitts;Jeffrey Grierson;Rachel Thorpe

  • A Closer Look at Private Lives 2 Addressing the mental health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Australians

    William Leonard;Anthony Lyons;Emily Bariola

  • Private Lives 3: The health and wellbeing of LGBTIQ people in Australia

    Adam Hill;Adam Bourne;Ruth McNair;Marina Carman

  • Growing Old as a Gay Man: Psychosocial Well-Being of a Sexual Minority

    Anthony Lyons;Marian Pitts;Jeffrey Grierson

  • Singaporean men's knowledge of cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) and their attitudes towards HPV vaccination.

    Marian Pitts;Anthony Smith;Samantha Croy;Anthony Lyons

  • Psychosocial and demographic characteristics relating to vaccine attitudes in Australia.

    Tomas Rozbroj;Anthony Lyons;Jayne Lucke

  • Providing high quality information about human papillomavirus for women after treatment for high-grade cervical dysplasia.

    Suzanne Dyson;Marian Pitts;Anthony Lyons;Robyn Mullins

Frequent Co-Authors

Victor Minichiello
Victor Minichiello Queensland University of Technology
Marian Pitts
Marian Pitts La Trobe University
Graham Brown
Graham Brown University of Melbourne
Adam Bourne
Adam Bourne La Trobe University
Karen I. Fredriksen-Goldsen
Karen I. Fredriksen-Goldsen University of Washington
Jayne Lucke
Jayne Lucke La Trobe University
Anthony M. A. Smith
Anthony M. A. Smith La Trobe University
William R. Leonard
William R. Leonard Northwestern University
Yoshihisa Kashima
Yoshihisa Kashima University of Melbourne
W. Kim Halford
W. Kim Halford University of Queensland

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