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Sophia Choukas-Bradley

Sophia Choukas-Bradley

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Psychology

D-Index
37
Citations
5301
World Ranking
9233
National Ranking
4887

Overview

Sophia Choukas-Bradley is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily centers on psychology and social sciences, with a focus on clinical psychology and social psychology as well as sociology and political science. Their interdisciplinary work intersects fields such as gender studies and general health professions.

The scientist's research topics include eating disorders and behaviors, sexuality, behavior and technology, the impact of technology on adolescents, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, LGBTQ health, identity and policy, child development and digital technology, and gender, feminism, and media.

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Body Image
  • The Journal of Sex Research
  • Sexuality & Culture
  • Journal of Adolescent Health

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Sophia Choukas-Bradley are:

  • The Perfect Storm: A Developmental-Sociocultural Framework for the Role of Social Media in Adolescent Girls' Body Image Concerns and Mental Health (2022), Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
  • A meta-analysis of longitudinal peer influence effects in childhood and adolescence (2021), Psychological Bulletin
  • The Appearance-Related Social Media Consciousness Scale: Development and validation with adolescents (2020), Body Image
  • Incorporating social media and muscular ideal internalization into the tripartite influence model of body image: Towards a modern understanding of adolescent girls' body dissatisfaction (2022), Body Image
  • Mental health among sexual and gender minority adolescents: Examining interactions with race and ethnicity (2020), Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Frequent collaborators working alongside this researcher include Anne J. Maheux, Laura Widman, Savannah R. Roberts, Jacqueline Nesi, and Brian C. Thoma. The volume of co-authored work with these colleagues ranges from 15 to 43 publications.

Best Publications

  • Transformation of Adolescent Peer Relations in the Social Media Context: Part 1—A Theoretical Framework and Application to Dyadic Peer Relationships

    Jacqueline Nesi;Sophia Choukas-Bradley;Mitchell J. Prinstein

  • Parent-Adolescent Sexual Communication and Adolescent Safer Sex Behavior A Meta-Analysis

    Laura Widman;Sophia Choukas-Bradley;Seth M. Noar;Jacqueline Nesi

  • Peer Influence, Peer Status, and Prosocial Behavior: An Experimental Investigation of Peer Socialization of Adolescents' Intentions to Volunteer.

    Sophia Choukas-Bradley;Matteo Giletta;Geoffrey L. Cohen;Mitchell J. Prinstein

  • Transformation of Adolescent Peer Relations in the Social Media Context: Part 2-Application to Peer Group Processes and Future Directions for Research.

    Jacqueline Nesi;Sophia Choukas-Bradley;Mitchell J. Prinstein

  • Sexual Communication Between Early Adolescents and Their Dating Partners, Parents, and Best Friends

    Laura Widman;Sophia Choukas-Bradley;Sarah W. Helms;Carol E. Golin

  • Adolescent Sexual Health Communication and Condom Use: A Meta-Analysis

    Laura Widman;Seth M. Noar;Sophia Choukas-Bradley;Diane B. Francis

  • Suicidality Disparities Between Transgender and Cisgender Adolescents

    Brian C. Thoma;Rachel H. Salk;Sophia Choukas-Bradley;Tina R. Goldstein

  • Adolescent Susceptibility to Peer Influence in Sexual Situations

    Laura Widman;Laura Widman;Sophia Choukas-Bradley;Sarah W. Helms;Mitchell J. Prinstein

  • Clinical guide to the evidence-based assessment approach to diagnosis and treatment

    Eric Arden Youngstrom;Sophia Choukas-Bradley;Casey D. Calhoun;Amanda Jensen-Doss

  • Technology-Based Interventions to Reduce Sexually Transmitted Infections and Unintended Pregnancy Among Youth

    Laura Widman;Jacqueline Nesi;Kristyn Kamke;Sophia Choukas-Bradley

  • The Appearance-Related Social Media Consciousness Scale: Development and validation with adolescents.

    Sophia Choukas-Bradley;Jacqueline Nesi;Laura Widman;Brian M. Galla

  • Incorporating social media and muscular ideal internalization into the tripartite influence model of body image: Towards a modern understanding of adolescent girls’ body dissatisfaction

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  • Emotional Support from Social Media and Face-to-Face Relationships: Associations with Depression Risk Among Young Adults

    Ariel Shensa;Jaime E. Sidani;César G. Escobar-Viera;Galen E. Switzer

  • Reexamining Social Media and Socioemotional Well-Being Among Adolescents Through the Lens of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Theoretical Review and Directions for Future Research.

    Jessica L. Hamilton;Jacqueline Nesi;Sophia Choukas-Bradley

  • Mental health among sexual and gender minority adolescents: Examining interactions with race and ethnicity.

    Kathryn R. Fox;Sophia Choukas-Bradley;Rachel H. Salk;Michael P. Marshal

  • Assessment of Parent-Based Interventions for Adolescent Sexual Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Laura Widman;Reina Evans;Hannah Javidi;Sophia Choukas-Bradley

  • Adolescents misperceive and are influenced by high-status peers’ health risk, deviant, and adaptive behavior.

    Sarah W. Helms;Sophia Choukas-Bradley;Laura Widman;Matteo Giletta

  • Teens and social media during the COVID-19 pandemic: Staying socially connected while physically distant

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  • Exploring transgender adolescents’ body image concerns and disordered eating: Semi-structured interviews with nine gender minority youth

    Madelaine Romito;Rachel H. Salk;Savannah R. Roberts;Brian C. Thoma

  • Camera-ready: Young women’s appearance-related social media consciousness.

    Sophia Choukas-Bradley;Jacqueline Nesi;Laura Widman;M. K. Higgins

  • High Peer Popularity Longitudinally Predicts Adolescent Health Risk Behavior, or Does It?: An Examination of Linear and Quadratic Associations

    Mitchell J. Prinstein;Sophia C. Choukas-Bradley;Sarah W. Helms;Whitney A. Brechwald

  • Intrinsic religiosity buffers the longitudinal effects of peer victimization on adolescent depressive symptoms.

    Sarah W. Helms;Michelle Gallagher;Casey D. Calhoun;Sophia Choukas-Bradley

  • A meta-analysis of longitudinal peer influence effects in childhood and adolescence.

    Matteo Giletta;Sophia Choukas-Bradley;Marlies Maes;Kathryn P Linthicum

  • The Perfect Storm: A Developmental–Sociocultural Framework for the Role of Social Media in Adolescent Girls’ Body Image Concerns and Mental Health

    Choukas-Bradley S;Roberts;Maheux Aj;Nesi J

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura Widman
Laura Widman North Carolina State University
Mitchell J. Prinstein
Mitchell J. Prinstein University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Seth M. Noar
Seth M. Noar University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Geoffrey L. Cohen
Geoffrey L. Cohen Stanford University
Stephanie D. Stepp
Stephanie D. Stepp University of Pittsburgh
Erika E. Forbes
Erika E. Forbes University of Pittsburgh
Nicholas B. Allen
Nicholas B. Allen University of Oregon
Carolyn Tucker Halpern
Carolyn Tucker Halpern University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jennifer S. Silk
Jennifer S. Silk University of Pittsburgh
Alison E. Hipwell
Alison E. Hipwell University of Pittsburgh

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