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Lucia F. O'Sullivan

Lucia F. O'Sullivan

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Psychology

D-Index
42
Citations
6345
World Ranking
7629
National Ranking
514

Overview

Lucia F. O'Sullivan is affiliated with the University of New Brunswick in Canada. Their scholarly work spans fields including psychology, social sciences, and medicine, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as clinical psychology, general health professions, sociology and political science, gender studies, and social psychology.

Their research covers several interconnected topics, notably:

  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Sexual function and dysfunction studies
  • Marriage and Sexual Relationships
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media

Some of their recent publications include:

  • What is sexual wellbeing and why does it matter for public health?, 2021, The Lancet Public Health
  • Parent-Adolescent Sexual Communication in India: Responses of Middle Class Parents, 2020, Journal of Family Issues
  • Bullying Victimization and Sexual Wellbeing in Sexually Active Heterosexual, Cisgender and Sexual/Gender Minority Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation, 2021, Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • Satisfying curiosities through "sextech": Who is accessing non-traditional sexual education?, 2021, Computers in Human Behavior
  • How Prepared Are Teachers to Provide Comprehensive Sexual Health Education?, 2024, American Journal of Sexuality Education

Their work has been published most frequently in the following venues:

  • The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality
  • The Journal of Sex Research
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • Personal Relationships
  • The Lancet Public Health

Throughout their career, they have collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Charlene F. Belu
  • E. Sandra Byers
  • Jacinthe Dion
  • Beáta Bőthe
  • Sophie Bergeron

Best Publications

  • Feigning sexual desire: Consenting to unwanted sexual activity in heterosexual dating relationships

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  • Mother-Daughter Communication about Sex among Urban African American and Latino Families

    Lucia F. O’Sullivan;Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg;Beverly X. Watkins

  • College students’ incorporation of initiator and restrictor roles in sexual dating interactions

    Lucia F. O'Sullivan;E. Sandra Byers

  • What is sexual wellbeing and why does it matter for public health

    Kirstin R Mitchell;Ruth Lewis;Lucia F O'Sullivan;J Dennis Fortenberry

  • Actual versus desired initiation patterns among a sample of college men: tapping disjunctures within traditional male sexual scripts.

    Shari L Dworkin;Lucia O'Sullivan

  • I Wanna Hold Your Hand: The Progression of Social, Romantic and Sexual Events in Adolescent Relationships

    Lucia F. O’Sullivan;Mariah Mantsun Cheng;Kathleen Mullan Harris;Jeanne Brooks‐Gunn

  • Gender Role and Relationship Norms among Young Adults in South Africa: Measuring the Context of Masculinity and HIV Risk

    Abigail Harrison;Lucia F. O'Sullivan;Susie Hoffman;Curtis Dolezal

  • Schoolgirls and Soccer Moms: A Content Analysis of Free “Teen” and “MILF” Online Pornography

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  • The developmental association of sexual self-concept with sexual behavior among adolescent women

    Devon J. Hensel;J. Dennis Fortenberry;Lucia F. O’Sullivan;Donald P. Orr

  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SEXUAL SELF-CONCEPT INVENTORY FOR EARLY ADOLESCENT GIRLS

    Lucia F. O'Sullivan;Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg;Ian W. McKeague

  • Sex without Desire: Characteristics of Occasions of Sexual Compliance in Young Adults' Committed Relationships

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  • Communicating Interest in Sex: Verbal and Nonverbal Initiation of Sexual Activity in Young Adults’ Romantic Dating Relationships

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  • HIV risk behaviors and the context of sexual coercion in young adults' sexual interactions: results from a diary study in rural South Africa.

    Hoffman S;O'Sullivan Lf;Harrison A;Dolezal C

  • The timing of changes in girls' sexual cognitions and behaviors in early adolescence: a prospective, cohort study.

    Lucia F. O’Sullivan;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

  • African-American and Latina Inner-City Girls’ Reports of Romantic and Sexual Development

    Lucia F. O’Sullivan;Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg

  • Challenges of providing confidential care to adolescents in urban primary care: clinician perspectives.

    M. Diane McKee;Susan E. Rubin;Giselle Campos;Lucia F. O’Sullivan

  • Prevalence and Characteristics of Sexual Functioning among Sexually Experienced Middle to Late Adolescents

    Lucia F. O'Sullivan;Lori A. Brotto;E. Sandra Byers;Jo Ann Majerovich

  • Mother-Daughter Communication about Sexuality in a Clinical Sample of Hispanic Adolescent Girls:

    Lucia F. O’Sullivan;Beatriz M. S. Jaramillo;Donna Moreau;Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg

  • A cognitive analysis of college students' explanations for engaging in unprotected sexual intercourse.

    Lucia F. O’Sullivan;Wadiya Udell;Vernique A. Montrose;Patricia Antoniello

  • Who gives and who gets: why, when, and with whom young people engage in oral sex.

    Sarah A. Vannier;Lucia F. O’Sullivan

  • In the absence of marriage: long-term concurrent partnerships, pregnancy, and HIV risk dynamics among South African young adults.

    Abigail Harrison;Lucia F. O’Sullivan

  • Drawing the Line: The Development of a Comprehensive Assessment of Infidelity Judgments

    Ashley E. Thompson;Lucia F. O’Sullivan

  • Similar but different: Men's and women's experiences of sexual coercion.

    E. Sandra Byers;Lucia F. O'Sullivan

  • Sexual and reproductive health education attitudes and experience in India: how much support is there for comprehensive sex education? Findings from an Internet survey

    Lucia F. O’Sullivan;E. Sandra Byers;Koumari Mitra

  • A Longitudinal Study of Problems in Sexual Functioning and Related Sexual Distress Among Middle to Late Adolescents.

    Lucia F. O'Sullivan;E. Sandra Byers;Lori A. Brotto;Jo Ann Majerovich

  • Linking online sexual activities to health outcomes among teens

    Lucia F. O'Sullivan

Frequent Co-Authors

E. Sandra Byers
E. Sandra Byers University of New Brunswick
Lori A. Brotto
Lori A. Brotto University of British Columbia
Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg
Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg Columbia University
David A. Clark
David A. Clark University of New Brunswick
Susan Sprecher
Susan Sprecher Illinois State University
Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck
Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck Griffith University
Michelle Drouin
Michelle Drouin Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne
Sophie Bergeron
Sophie Bergeron University of Montreal
Justin R. Garcia
Justin R. Garcia Indiana University
Cindy M. Meston
Cindy M. Meston The University of Texas at Austin

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