Student Productivity

PUBLICATIONS

Dours, N., & Eaton, A. A. (2025). Gender, Power, and Parenthood: Predictors of Relationship Satisfaction Among Women Partnered With Women vs. Men. Psychology of Women Quarterly,50(1), 60-75.

Dours, N., & Eaton, A. A. (2026). Using Routine Activity Theory to Predict Technology- Facilitated Violence Among U.S. Adults During COVID-19. Violence Against Women,32(2), 464-485.

Hall, P. D., Robinson, L., Thomas, B., Randolph Cunningham, S., Burlew, A. K., & Narcisse, M. R. (2025). Sociocultural Factors Related to COVID Vaccine Status in African Americans. Journal of Black Psychology, 51(3), 359-381.

Kotey, F., Kenny, M. C., & Hernandez, J. (2025). Perceptions of Consent Among College Students: The Effects of Perpetrator, Target, and Perceiver Gender. ex æquo, (52).

Masterson, A., Mahar, E., Moors, A. C., Campbell, J., Dours, N., & Gesselman, A. (2025). Monogamy in question: Perceived shifts in importance during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 34(2). https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs-2025-0002

CONFERENCES

Cabrera, E., & Kenny, M. (2025, June). Academic Major Stability: Cultural and Social Influences on Hispanic Students. Paper presentation for The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Conference. Portland, OR, United States.

Dours, N. & Eaton, A. A. (2025, June). Heteronormative Motherhood: Labor Division Impact for Same-Gender and Heterosexual Relationships. 15-minute accepted for the SPSSI 2025 Conference in Portland, OR.

Gali, A.M., Rbeiz, K., Atari-Khan, R., Eaton, A.A. (2025, September). Cedar Trees Don’t Break: A Critical Narrative Review Towards Developing the Lebanese Resilience Schema. Poster presentation at the American University of Beirut’s 2025 Conference, Beirut, Lebanon.

Pierre, J., Stephens D., Robinson, L. & Sutherland, K. (2025, June). Navigating Discipline: Deep Dive into Caribbean Emerging Adults’ Perspectives on Parental Practices. Paper presentation for the Caribbean Conference of Psychology. Bridgetown, Barbados.

Pierre, J., Stephens D. & Chang, M. (2025, June). Nurturing Self-Esteem: Exploring Afro-Caribbean Parenting and Cultural Identity. Poster presentation for the Caribbean Conference of Psychology. Bridgetown, Barbados.

Peguero, H. (2025, July) “Because being gay is stigmatized in society, being HIV positive is stigmatized as well”: Indian Physicians’ Perceptions of their experiences and stigmas related to LGBTQ HIV and AIDS individuals. 13th IAS Conference on HIV Science, Kigali, Rwanda.

Peguero, H. (2025, June). My Global Health Journey. Invited Presenter at Unspoken Spaces: Giving Voice To The Silenced Narratives. JSS Medical College, Mysore, India

Sutherland, K. &  Stephens D. (2025, September). Attitudes Toward Dating Individuals with Disabilities. Paper presentation for The International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Health Issues Conference. London, UK.

Robinson, L. & Stephens D. (2025, June). Examining Social Pressures: Pregnancy in Caribbean Communities. Paper presentation for the Caribbean Conference of Psychology. Bridgetown, Barbados.

Robinson, L. & Stephens D. (2025, June). Perceptions of Infertility Care in the Caribbean. Poster presentation for the Caribbean Conference of Psychology. Bridgetown, Barbados.

HONORS & AWARDS

PUBLICATIONS

Alhajji, L., Wyrick, M., Holt, N. M., Ortiz Diaz, K., Potter, J., Simms, J. S., … Kenny, M. C. (2025). A Comprehensive Training Approach to Human Trafficking in a Medical School and Teaching Hospital Program. Journal of Human Trafficking, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2025.2510841

**Barberena, S., Peguero, H., & Stephens, D. (2023, February 25). FIU Undergraduate Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.25148/urj.010325

Castillo Perez, J. S., Stephens, D. P., Hayes, T. B., & Ibanez, G. (2025). Examining the Relationship Between Condom Use Self-Efficacy, Sexual Empowerment, and Sexual Health Knowledge Among Latino College Men. American Journal of Sexuality Education, 20(4), 634–658. https://doi.org/10.1080/15546128.2024.2390643

*De la Vega-Taboada, E., Stephens, D. P., & Marin, K. (2025).  “Through the Excuse of Football, We Strengthen Medical Services”: How Football-Oriented Sport for Development Organizations Prevent Youth Violence by Promoting Healthy Development in Colombia. Qualitative Health Research, 0(0). doi:10.1177/10497323251316756

Eaton, A. A., Krieger, M. A., Siegel, J. A., & Miller, A. M. (2024). Victim‐survivors’ proposed solutions to addressing image‐based sexual abuse in the U.S.: Legal, corporate, educational, technological, and cultural approaches. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy (ASAP), 24(2), 307–334. https://doi.org/10.1111/asap.12395

Kenny, M., Ortiz, K., & Stephens, D. P (2025). “Lessons Learned from A Drop-In Center for Girls who have Experienced Commercial Sexual Exploitation. Journal of Human Trafficking. doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2025.2479404

Masterson, A. P., Mahar, E. A., Moors, A. C., Campbell, J. T., Dours, N., & Gesselman, A. N. (2025). Monogamy in question: Predictors of perceived shifts in attitudes toward monogamy and consensual non-monogamy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 34(2), 300-312.

Peguero, H., Stephens, D. P., Srinivas, V., **Dowdell, A., **Pedraza Orjuela, A., & Castillo Perez, J. S. (2024). Indian medical students’ perceptions of their LGBTQ health training. Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, 15(3), 339–347.

Peguero, H. J., Stephens, D. P., *Duong, J., & *Obee, A. (2024). Latin Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals’ Perceptions of Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Behavioral Sciences, 14(11), 997. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14110997

Siegel, J. A., Miller, A. M., Krieger, M. A., & Eaton, A. A. (2025). “Anything I could do to not have it paralyze me was welcome”: Coping strategies employed by survivors of image-based sexual abuse. Psychology of Violence, 15(1), 66-75. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000526

Stephens, D. P. *Bravo, E., Castillo, J.S.P., **Valentin, K. & **Selva, G. (2024). “It’s more like the girl doesn’t really have to do anything”: Hispanic college women’s sexual initiation strategy perceptions. Journal of LatinX Psychology.https://doi.org/10.1037/lat0000261

Stephens, D. P., Pierre, J. & *Helpingstine, C. (2022). Black mothers’ perceptions of barriers and motivators for initiating adolescent dating violence discussions with daughters. Journal of Black Sexuality & Relationships (9) 1 & 2, 91-120. doi: 10.1353/bsr.2022.0014

**Ugardes, N.,  **Smielak, V., **Calero, R., Castillo Perez, J.S., Jay, P., Muralidhar, K., & Stephens, D. P. (2025). Exploring Indian Long-Haul Truck Drivers’ Mental Health and Well-Being: Risk and Protective Factors Associated with their Lifestyle. FIU Undergraduate Research Journal, 3(1): 9. DOI: 10.25148/FIUURJ.3.1.9

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