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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Sharon G. Horne is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Boston in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a strong focus on social psychology, sociology and political science, clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and reproductive medicine.

The main research topics addressed by Horne include LGBTQ health, identity, and policy; sexuality, behavior, and technology; African sexualities and LGBTQ+ issues; autism spectrum disorder research; counseling practices and supervision; reproductive health and technologies; and academic and historical perspectives in psychology.

Horne has contributed to multiple scientific publications, including articles in the following venues:

  • Journal of Counseling Psychology
  • Journal of Bisexuality
  • Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
  • Journal of Social Issues
  • American Psychologist

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Horne include:

  • The stench of bathroom bills and anti-transgender legislation: Anxiety and depression among transgender, nonbinary, and cisgender LGBQ people during a state referendum (2021, Journal of Counseling Psychology)
  • Unequal rights between LGBTQ parents living in the U.S.: The association of minority stress to relationship satisfaction and parental stress (2021, Couple and Family Psychology Research and Practice)
  • The challenges and promises of transnational LGBTQ psychology: Somewhere over and under the rainbow (2020, American Psychologist)

Frequent co-authors in Horne's research include Mallaigh McGinley, Nedim Yel, Meredith R. Maroney, Rachel Chickerella, and Heidi M. Levitt, reflecting a collaborative approach across various projects.

Their contributions have been recognized through awards such as the APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology in 2020 and being named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Marriage amendments and psychological distress in lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adults.

    Sharon Scales Rostosky;Ellen D. B. Riggle;Sharon G. Horne;Angela D. Miller

  • Psychological distress, well-being, and legal recognition in same-sex couple relationships.

    Ellen D. B. Riggle;Sharon S. Rostosky;Sharon G. Horne

  • Affirming Faith Experiences and Psychological Health for Caucasian Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals.

    Suzanne H. Lease;Sharon G. Horne;Nicole Noffsinger-Frazier

  • Between a Gay and a Straight Place: Bisexual Individuals’ Experiences with Monosexism

    Tangela S. Roberts;Sharon G. Horne;William T. Hoyt

  • Female Sexual Subjectivity and Well-Being: Comparing Late Adolescents With Different Sexual Experiences

    Sharon Horne;Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck

  • The female sexual subjectivity inventory: development and validation of a multidimensional inventory for late adolescents and emerging adults.

    Sharon Horne;Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck

  • Balancing Dangers: GLBT Experience in a Time of Anti-GLBT Legislation.

    Heidi M. Levitt;Elin Ovrebo;Mollie B. Anderson-Cleveland;Christina Leone

  • Negative Emotional Reactions to Challenging Behaviour and Staff Burnout: Two Replication Studies

    David Rose;Sharon Horne;John L. Rose;Richard P. Hastings

  • Internalized heterosexism and psychological distress: The mediating roles of self-criticism and community connectedness.

    Jae A. Puckett;Heidi M. Levitt;Sharon G. Horne;Sarah A. Hayes-Skelton

  • Lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals' psychological reactions to amendments denying access to civil marriage.

    Sharon Scales Rostosky;Ellen D. B. Riggle;Sharon G. Horne;F. Nicholas Denton

  • DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN RUSSIA

    Sharon Horne

  • The stench of bathroom bills and anti-transgender legislation: Anxiety and depression among transgender, nonbinary, and cisgender LGBQ people during a state referendum.

    Sharon G. Horne;Mallaigh McGinley;Nedim Yel;Meredith R. Maroney

  • Predictors of Sexual Minority Youth's Reported Suicide Attempts and Mental Health.

    Jae A. Puckett;Sharon G. Horne;Francisco Surace;Alice Carter

  • Responding to Mixed Messages and Double Binds: Religious Oriented Coping Strategies of Christian Battered Women

    Nicole Knickmeyer;Heidi M. Levitt;Sharon G. Horne;Gary Bayer

  • Academic achievement and college persistence of African American students with trauma exposure.

    Güler Boyraz;Sharon G. Horne;Archandria C. Owens;Aisha P. Armstrong

  • Putting on Sunday Best: The Silencing of Battered Women Within Christian Faith Communities:

    Nicole Knickmeyer;Heidi Levitt;Sharon G. Horne

  • Sexual satisfaction and desire discrepancy in same sex women's relationships.

    Sara K. Bridges;Sharon G. Horne

  • The Use of Self-Pleasure: Masturbation and Body Image Among African American and European American Women

    Julie L. Shulman;Sharon G. Horne

  • Explorations of lesbian-queer genders.

    Heidi M. Levitt;Sharon G. Horne

  • Christian women in IPV relationships: An exploratory study of religious factors

    Mei-Chuan Wang;Sharon G. Horne;Heidi M. Levitt;Lisa M. Klesges

  • Negotiating Connection to GLBT Experience: Family Members' Experience of Anti-GLBT Movements and Policies.

    Jennifer R. Arm;Sharon G. Horne;Heidi M. Levitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Heidi M. Levitt
Heidi M. Levitt University of Massachusetts Boston
Ellen D. B. Riggle
Ellen D. B. Riggle University of Kentucky
Sharon S. Rostosky
Sharon S. Rostosky University of Kentucky
Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck
Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck Griffith University
Matthew P. Martens
Matthew P. Martens University of Missouri
Alice S. Carter
Alice S. Carter University of Massachusetts Boston
Richard P. Hastings
Richard P. Hastings University of Birmingham
William T. Hoyt
William T. Hoyt University of Wisconsin–Madison
P. Paul Heppner
P. Paul Heppner University of Missouri

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