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Doug P. VanderLaan

Doug P. VanderLaan

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Psychology

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41
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4975
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539

Overview

Doug P. VanderLaan is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in psychology and social sciences. Their work spans various subfields including gender studies, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, molecular biology, and sociology and political science.

Their research primarily covers several interconnected topics, including:

  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Gender Roles and Identity Studies
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Sexual function and dysfunction studies

VanderLaan's publication record includes a number of papers and a book. Recent notable papers include:

  • "Suicidality in clinic-referred transgender adolescents," 2020, published in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • "Examining the Relation Between Gender Nonconformity and Psychological Well-Being in Children: The Roles of Peers and Parents," 2020, Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • "A method yielding comparable estimates of the fraternal birth order and female fecundity effects in male homosexuality," 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Carving the Biodevelopment of Same-Sex Sexual Orientation at Its Joints," 2022, Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • "A Multi-Modal MRI Analysis of Cortical Structure in Relation to Gender Dysphoria, Sexual Orientation, and Age in Adolescents," 2021, Journal of Clinical Medicine

In addition to journal articles, VanderLaan has published a book titled Gender and Sexuality Development released in 2022 by Springer Nature.

Their frequent coauthors reflect a collaborative research environment and include:

  • Malvina N. Skorska
  • Diana E. Peragine
  • Wang Ivy Wong
  • Lindsay A. Coome
  • Laura N. MacMullin

VanderLaan's work appears regularly in several academic venues with multiple publications in:

  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • The Journal of Sex Research
  • PLoS ONE
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology

Best Publications

  • Evidence for an altered sex ratio in clinic-referred adolescents with gender dysphoria.

    Madison Aitken;Thomas D. Steensma;Ray Blanchard;Doug P. VanderLaan

  • Self-Harm and Suicidality in Children Referred for Gender Dysphoria

    Madison Aitken;Doug P. VanderLaan;Lori Wasserman;Sonja Stojanovski

  • Poor peer relations predict parent- and self-reported behavioral and emotional problems of adolescents with gender dysphoria: a cross-national, cross-clinic comparative analysis

    Annelou L. C. de Vries;Thomas D. Steensma;Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis;Doug P. VanderLaan;Doug P. VanderLaan

  • Male sexual orientation in independent samoa: evidence for fraternal birth order and maternal fecundity effects.

    Doug P. VanderLaan;Paul L. Vasey

  • Male homosexuality and maternal immune responsivity to the Y-linked protein NLGN4Y

    Anthony F. Bogaert;Malvina N. Skorska;Chao Wang;José Gabrie

  • Male androphilia in the ancestral environment. An ethnological analysis.

    Doug P. VanderLaan;Zhiyuan Ren;Paul L. Vasey

  • Targets and Tactics of Play Fighting: Competitive versus Cooperative Styles of Play in Japanese and Tonkean Macaques

    Christine J. Reinhart;Vivien C. Pellis;Bernard Thierry;Claude-Anne Gauthier

  • Kin selection and male androphilia in Samoan fa'afafine

    Paul L. Vasey;David S. Pocock;Doug P. VanderLaan

  • Behavioral and Emotional Problems on the Teacher’s Report Form: A Cross-National, Cross-Clinic Comparative Analysis of Gender Dysphoric Children and Adolescents

    Thomas D. Steensma;Kenneth J. Zucker;Baudewijntje P. C. Kreukels;Doug P. VanderLaan

  • Birth order and male androphilia in Samoan fa'afafine.

    Paul L Vasey;Doug P VanderLaan

  • Autism spectrum disorder risk factors and autistic traits in gender dysphoric children.

    Doug P. VanderLaan;Jonathan H. Leef;Hayley Wood;S. Kathleen Hughes

  • Avuncular Tendencies and the Evolution of Male Androphilia in Samoan Fa’afafine

    Paul L. Vasey;Doug P. VanderLaan

  • Do Children With Gender Dysphoria Have Intense/Obsessional Interests?

    Doug P. VanderLaan;Lori Postema;Hayley Wood;Devita Singh

  • Birth Order and Sibling Sex Ratio of Children and Adolescents Referred to a Gender Identity Service

    Doug P. VanderLaan;Ray Blanchard;Hayley Wood;Kenneth J. Zucker

  • Mate retention behavior of men and women in heterosexual and homosexual relationships.

    Doug P. VanderLaan;Paul L. Vasey

  • Suicidality in clinic-referred transgender adolescents.

    Nastasja M. de Graaf;Thomas D. Steensma;Polly Carmichael;Doug P. VanderLaan

  • Behavioral and Emotional Problems in Gender-Nonconforming Children: A Canadian Community-Based Study.

    Anna I.R. van der Miesen;A. Natisha Nabbijohn;Alanna Santarossa;Doug P. VanderLaan

  • An Adaptive Cognitive Dissociation Between Willingness to Help Kin and Nonkin in Samoan Fa’afafine

    Paul L. Vasey;Doug P. VanderLaan

  • Recalled separation anxiety and gender atypicality in childhood: a study of Canadian heterosexual and homosexual men and women.

    Doug P. VanderLaan;Laura M. Gothreau;Nancy H. Bartlett;Paul L. Vasey

  • Elevated Kin-Directed Altruism Emerges in Childhood and Is Linked to Feminine Gender Expression in Samoan Fa'afafine: A Retrospective Study.

    Doug P. VanderLaan;Doug P. VanderLaan;Lanna J. Petterson;Paul L. Vasey

  • The Prevalence of Fa’afafine Relatives Among Samoan Gynephilic Men and Fa’afafine

    Doug P. VanderLaan;Deanna L. Forrester;Lanna J. Petterson;Paul L. Vasey

  • Birth weight and two possible types of maternal effects on male sexual orientation: a clinical study of children and adolescents referred to a Gender Identity Service.

    Doug P. VanderLaan;Ray Blanchard;Hayley Wood;Luisa C. Garzon

  • A Comparison of the Reproductive Output Among the Relatives of Samoan Androphilic Fa'afafine and Gynephilic Men.

    Scott W. Semenyna;Lanna J. Petterson;Doug P. VanderLaan;Doug P. VanderLaan;Paul L. Vasey

  • Femininity and Kin-Directed Altruism in Androphilic Men: A Test of an Evolutionary Developmental Model.

    Doug P. VanderLaan;Doug P. VanderLaan;Lanna J. Petterson;Paul L. Vasey

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul L. Vasey
Paul L. Vasey University of Lethbridge
Kenneth J. Zucker
Kenneth J. Zucker University of Toronto
Ray Blanchard
Ray Blanchard University of Toronto
Anthony F. Bogaert
Anthony F. Bogaert Brock University
Meng-Chuan Lai
Meng-Chuan Lai Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Baudewijntje P.C. Kreukels
Baudewijntje P.C. Kreukels VU University Medical Center
Sergio M. Pellis
Sergio M. Pellis University of Lethbridge
Jessica Brian
Jessica Brian University of Toronto
Aaron T. Beck
Aaron T. Beck University of Pennsylvania

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