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15015
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Esther D. Rothblum is affiliated with San Diego State University in the United States. Their research spans psychology, social sciences, and medicine, with significant contributions in social psychology, reproductive medicine, sociology and political science, gender studies, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The main topics of Esther D. Rothblum's work include:

  • Reproductive Health and Technologies
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
  • Mentoring and Academic Development
  • Diversity and Career in Medicine

Their recent publications cover a variety of aspects related to family dynamics, health, and identity, specifically within LGBTQ and reproductive contexts. Selected papers include:

  • Parental Responses to Coming out by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, Pansexual, or Two-Spirited People across Three Age Cohorts, 2020, Journal of Marriage and the Family
  • Demographics and health outcomes in a U.S. probability sample of transgender parents, 2020, Journal of Family Psychology
  • Going Stealth: Transgender Politics and U.S. Surveillance Practices, 2020, Journal of Homosexuality
  • Long-Term Effects of Homophobic Stigmatization During Adolescence on Problem Behavior in Emerging Adult Offspring of Lesbian Parents, 2021, Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • The stability of psychological adjustment among donor-conceived offspring in the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study from childhood to adulthood: differences by donor type, 2021, Fertility and Sterility

Their frequent coauthors, reflecting collaborative efforts, include Nanette Gartrell, Nicola Carone, Henny Bos, Audrey S. Koh, and Bianca D. M. Wilson.

Esther D. Rothblum has published multiple works in venues such as:

  • Journal of Homosexuality
  • Journal of Family Psychology
  • Psychology of Women Quarterly
  • Feminism & Psychology
  • PsycEXTRA Dataset

Among honors, Esther D. Rothblum was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 1992.

Best Publications

  • Academic Procrastination: Frequency and Cognitive-Behavioral Correlates

    Laura J. Solomon;Esther D. Rothblum

  • Victimization over the life span: a comparison of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual siblings.

    Kimberly F. Balsam;Esther D. Rothblum;Theodore P. Beauchaine

  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health: Findings and Concerns

    Laura Dean;Ilan H. Meyer;Kevin Robinson;Randall L. Sell

  • National Lesbian Health Care Survey: implications for mental health care.

    Judith Bradford;Caitlin Ryan;Esther D. Rothblum

  • Affective, Cognitive, and Behavioral Differences Between High and Low Procrastinators.

    Esther D. Rothblum;Laura J. Solomon;Janice Murakami

  • A model of predictors and outcomes of outness among lesbian and bisexual women.

    Jessica F. Morris;Craig R. Waldo;Esther D. Rothblum

  • Is Fat a Feminist Issue? Exploring the Gendered Nature of Weight Bias

    Janna L. Fikkan;Esther D. Rothblum

  • Psychological antecedents of student procrastination

    Gery Beswick;Esther D. Rothblum;Leon Mann

  • Money, Housework, Sex, and Conflict: Same-Sex Couples in Civil Unions, Those Not in Civil Unions, and Heterosexual Married Siblings

    Sondra E. Solomon;Esther D. Rothblum;Kimberly F. Balsam

  • Mental health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual siblings: effects of gender, sexual orientation, and family.

    Kimberly F. Balsam;Theodore P. Beauchaine;Ruth M. Mickey;Esther D. Rothblum

  • Three-year follow-up of same-sex couples who had civil unions in Vermont, same-sex couples not in civil unions, and heterosexual married couples.

    Kimberly F. Balsam;Theodore P. Beauchaine;Esther D. Rothblum;Sondra E. Solomon

  • Gender differences in social consequences of perceived overweight in the United States and Australia

    Marika Tiggemann;Esther D. Rothblum

  • Pioneers in partnership: lesbian and gay male couples in civil unions compared with those not in civil unions and married heterosexual siblings.

    Sondra E Solomon;Esther D Rothblum;Kimberly F Balsam

  • A Study of Transgender Adults and Their Non-Transgender Siblings on Demographic Characteristics, Social Support, and Experiences of Violence

    Rhonda J. Factor;Esther D. Rothblum

  • The Fat Studies Reader

    Esther D. Rothblum;Sondra Solovay;Marilyn Wann

  • The relationship between obesity, employment discrimination, and employment-related victimization

    Esther D Rothblum;Pamela A Brand;Carol T Miller;Helen A Oetjen

  • Stereotypes of obese female job applicants

    Esther D. Rothblum;Carol T. Miller;Barbara Garbutt

  • Exploring gender identity and community among three groups of transgender individuals in the United States: MTFs, FTMs, and genderqueers

    Rhonda Factor;Esther Rothblum

  • Compensating for Stigma: Obese and Nonobese Women's Reactions to Being Visible:

    Carol T. Miller;Esther D. Rothblum;Diane Felicio;Pamela Brand

  • A comparison of lesbians, gay men, and heterosexuals on weight and restrained eating.

    Pamela A. Brand;Pamela A. Brand;Esther D. Rothblum;Laura J. Solomon

Frequent Co-Authors

Kimberly F. Balsam
Kimberly F. Balsam Palo Alto University
Sharon S. Rostosky
Sharon S. Rostosky University of Kentucky
Nanette Gartrell
Nanette Gartrell University of California, Los Angeles
Ellen D. B. Riggle
Ellen D. B. Riggle University of Kentucky
Carol T. Miller
Carol T. Miller University of Vermont
Theodore P. Beauchaine
Theodore P. Beauchaine The Ohio State University
Henny M. W. Bos
Henny M. W. Bos University of Amsterdam
Stephen T. Russell
Stephen T. Russell The University of Texas at Austin
Marika Tiggemann
Marika Tiggemann Flinders University
Jeffrey A. Kelly
Jeffrey A. Kelly Medical College of Wisconsin

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