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Ritch C. Savin-Williams

Ritch C. Savin-Williams

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Psychology

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61
Citations
14274
World Ranking
3379
National Ranking
1908

Overview

Ritch C. Savin-Williams is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their primary fields of study include Psychology and Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Gender Studies, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their research covers multiple topics related to human behavior and identity, particularly in the context of LGBTQ studies. Main topics include LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology, Gender Roles and Identity Studies, Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior, Social and Intergroup Psychology, and Gender, Feminism, and Media.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Savin-Williams include:

  • "Robust evidence for bisexual orientation among men" (2020) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Gender Nonconformity of Bisexual Men and Women" (2020) published in Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • "Sexual and romantic spectrums: Mostly straights and mostly gays/lesbians" (2022) published in Current Opinion in Psychology
  • "Coming Out in Adulthood" (2023) published in PsycTHERAPY Dataset
  • "LGBTQ Umbrella" (2024) published in The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies

They have frequently collaborated with researchers including Luke Holmes, Tuesday M. Watts-Overall, Gerulf Rieger, J. Michael Bailey, and Sarah M. Merrill.

Publication venues for their work often include:

  • The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • Current Opinion in Psychology
  • PsycTHERAPY Dataset

Savin-Williams has also published a book titled Bi in 2021, released by New York University Press eBooks.

Best Publications

  • The New Gay Teenager

    Ritch C Savin-Williams

  • Verbal and physical abuse as stressors in the lives of lesbian, gay male, and bisexual youths: Associations with school problems, running away, substance abuse, prostitution, and suicide.

    Ritch C. Savin-Williams

  • Sexual Identity Trajectories Among Sexual-Minority Youths: Gender Comparisons

    Ritch C. Savin-Williams;Lisa M. Diamond

  • Friendship and peer relations.

    Ritch C. Savin-Williams;Thomas J. Berndt

  • Prevalence and stability of sexual orientation components during adolescence and young adulthood.

    Ritch C. Savin-Williams;Geoffrey L. Ream

  • A critique of research on sexual-minority youths

    Ritch C. Savin-Williams

  • Mostly heterosexual and mostly gay/lesbian: evidence for new sexual orientation identities.

    Zhana Vrangalova;Ritch C. Savin-Williams

  • Dominance Hierarchies in Groups of Early Adolescents.

    Ritch C. Savin-Williams

  • Who's Gay? Does It Matter?

    Ritch C. Savin-Williams

  • Prevalence and stability of self-reported sexual orientation identity during young adulthood.

    Ritch C. Savin-Williams;Kara Joyner;Gerulf Rieger

  • Mostly Heterosexual as a Distinct Sexual Orientation Group: A Systematic Review of the Empirical Evidence.

    Ritch C. Savin-Williams;Zhana Vrangalova

  • Gay and lesbian youth : expressions of identity

    Ritch C. Savin-Williams

  • Family Relations and the Self-esteem of Adolescents and their Parents

    David H. Demo;Stephen A. Small;Ritch C. Savin-Williams

  • Sexual identity development among ethnic sexual-minority male youths.

    Eric M. Dubé;Ritch C. Savin-Williams

  • Suicide attempts among sexual-minority male youth

    Ritch C Savin-Williams;Geoffrey L Ream

  • Parental reactions to their child's disclosure of a gay/lesbian identity.

    Ritch C. Savin-Williams;Eric M. Dube

  • The lives of lesbians, gays, and bisexuals : children to adults

    Ritch C. Savin-Williams;Kenneth M. Cohen

  • Coming out to parents and self-esteem among gay and lesbian youths.

    Ritch C. Savin-Williams

  • Sex variations in the disclosure to parents of same-sex attractions.

    Ritch C Savin-Williams;Geoffrey L Ream

  • Explaining Diversityin the Development of Same-Sex Sexuality Among Young Women

    Lisa M. Diamond;Ritch C. Savin-Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisa M. Diamond
Lisa M. Diamond University of Utah
J. Michael Bailey
J. Michael Bailey Northwestern University
Thomas J. Berndt
Thomas J. Berndt Purdue University West Lafayette
Gregory M. Herek
Gregory M. Herek University of California, Davis
Donald F. Klein
Donald F. Klein New York University
Paul L. Vasey
Paul L. Vasey University of Lethbridge
Jeffrey T. Parsons
Jeffrey T. Parsons City University of New York
Alex Carballo-Diéguez
Alex Carballo-Diéguez Columbia University
Jerome C. Wakefield
Jerome C. Wakefield New York University
Donald S. Strassberg
Donald S. Strassberg University of Utah

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