Social support for relationships

Blair, K.L., Hudson, C., & Holmberg, D. (2023). Walking hand in hand: The role of affection-sharing in understanding the social network effect in same-sex, mixed-sex, and gender-diverse relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231169786. PDF.

Gillian, S., Holmberg, D., Jenson, K., & Blair, K.L. (2022). Back off: Does disapproval of romantic relationships predict changes in closeness to disapproving network members? Personal Relationships, 29(3), 546-565. PDF.

Jenson, K., Holmberg, D., & Blair, K.L. (2020). Trust Me, He’s Not Right For You: Factors predicting trust in network members’ disapproval of a romantic relationship. Psychology & Sexuality. PDF.

Blair, K.L. & Holmberg, D. (2019). What Would You Know About It? Managing Ingroup vs. Outgroup Perceived Support of Same-Sex vs. Mixed-Sex Romantic Relationships. GLBT Family Studies, 15(5), 429-441. PDF.

Blair, K.L., Holmberg, D., & Pukall, C.F. (2018). Support processes in same-sex and mixed-sex relationships: Type and source matters. Personal Relationships, 25(3), 374-393. PDF.

Holmberg, D. & Blair, K.L. (2016). Dynamics of perceived social network support for same-sex versus mixed-sex relationships. Personal Relationships, 23(1), 62-83. Access through publisher.

Blair, K.L. & Pukall, C.F. (2015). Family matters, but sometimes chosen family matters more: Perceived social network influence in the dating decisions of same- and mixed-sex couples. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality.

Blair, K.L., & Holmberg, D. (2008). Perceived social network support and well-being in same-sex versus mixed-sex relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 25 (5), 769-781.

Public Displays of Affection

Blair, K.L., Hudson, C., & Holmberg, D. (2023). Walking hand in hand: The role of affection-sharing in understanding the social network effect in same-sex, mixed-sex, and gender-diverse relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231169786. PDF. [This article is also listed above, as it relates to both programs of research].

Blair, K.L., McKenna, O., & Holmberg, D. (2022). On Guard: Public versus private affection-sharing experiences in same-sex, gender-diverse and mixed-sex relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(9), 2914-2938. DOI: 10.1177/02654075221090678. PDF.

Matheson, L., Ortiz, D.L., Hoskin, R.A., Holmberg, D., & Blair, K.L. (2021). Targeting femininity: Gender expression in same-sex relationships as a predictor of experiences with public displays of affection. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 30(2), 205-218. CSRF Special Issue. doi: 10.3138/cjhs.2021-0024. PDF.

O'Handley, B.M., Blair, K.L., & Hoskin, R.A. (2017). What's the difference between two men kissing and a bucket of maggots? Heterosexual men's indistinguishable salivary alpha-amylase responses to photos of two men kissing and disgusting images. Psychology & Sexuality, 8(3), 173-188. PDF.

Prejudice: predictors, consequences & interventions

McInnis, M.K., Gauvin, S.E.M., Blair, K.L., & Pukall, C.F. (2022). Where does the “B” belong? Anti-bisexual experiences, self-stigma, and bisexual individuals’ sense of belonging. Journal of Bisexuality, 22(3), 355-384. doi: 10.1080/15299716.2022.2031368

Doyle-Baggaley, J., Watt, M., Howse, M., Blair, K.L., & Hauf, P. (2022). What is creepiness? The underlying role of ambiguity. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 54(3), 173-181. doi: 10.1037/cbs0000269

Blair, K.L. & Hoskin, R.A. (2018). Transgender exclusion from the world of dating: Patterns of acceptance and rejection of hypothetical trans dating partners as a function of sexual and gender identity. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. PDF.

McDermott, D., Brooks, A.S., Rohleder, P., Blair, K.L., Hoskin, R.A., & McDonagh, L.K. (2018). Ameliorating transnegativity: Assessing the immediate and extended efficacy of a pedagogic prejudice reduction intervention. Psychology & Sexuality. PDF.

Blair, K.L. (2017). Did Secretary Clinton lose to a 'Basket of Deplorables'? An examination of Islamophobia, homophobia, sexism, & conservative ideology in the 2016 US presidential election. Psychology & Sexuality, 8(4), 334-355. PDF Video Abstract

McDermott, D.T., Blair, K.L. (2012). 'What's it like on your side of the pond?': A cross-cultural comparison of modern and old-fashioned homonegativity between North American and European Samples, Psychology & Sexuality, 3 (3), 277 - 296.

Femme Theory & Femmephobia

To learn more about Femme Theory, please visit my colleague’s website: Dr. Rhea Ashley Hoskin.

Hoskin, R.A., Blair, K.L., & Holmberg, D. (2024). Femmephobia is a uniquely powerful predictor of anti-gay behavior. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 53, 127-140. DOI: 10.1007/s10508-023-02704-5. PDF.

Blair, K.L., Courtice, E.L.*, & Hoskin, R.A. (2024). Who do we love? Shifts in attitudes about gender identity, sexual orientation, and same-sex relationships. Invited Chapter in A. Moyer & M. Hojjat (Eds.) Modern Relationships: Romance, Friendship and Family in the 21st Century. Oxford University Press. PDF.

Hoskin, R.A. & Blair, K.L. (2021). Critical Femininities: A “New” Approach to Gender Theory. Psychology & Sexuality, DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2021.1905052. PDF.

Gunn, A., Hoskn, R.A., & Blair, K.L. (2021). The new lesbian aesthetic? Exploring gender style among femme, butch, and androgynous sexual minority women. Women Studies International Forum, 88, September-October 2021, 102504. doi: 10.1016/j.wsif.2021.102504. PDF.

Hoskin, R.A., Holmberg, D., Jenson, K., & Blair, K.L. (2020). Holy anorexia: Views of femininity as a potential mediator in the association between religiosity and disordered eating. Women’s Studies International Forum, 79(March-April 2020), 102345. PDF.

Blair, K.L. & Hoskin, R.A. (2015). Contemporary understandings of femme identities and related experiences of discrimination. Psychology & Sexuality.

Blair, K.L. & Hoskin, R.A. (2014). Experiences of femme identity: Coming out, invisibility and femmephobia. Psychology & Sexuality.

LGBTQ Inclusive Research methods & Human Sexuality

Matheson, L.P.* & Blair, K.L. (2023). From continua to kaleidoscopes: How plurisexulaity challenges traditional conceptualizations of sexual orientation. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 32(2), 151-163.

Balzarini, R., Blair, K.L., & Walter, M.* (2024). What is a marriage? The rise of non-traditional unions. Invited Chapter in A. Moyer & M. Hojjat (Eds.) Modern Relationships: Romance, Friendship and Family in the 21st Century. Oxford University Press. PDF.

Pollitt, A.^, Blair, K.L.^, & Lannutti, P. (2023). A review of two decades of LGBTQ-inclusive research in JSPR and PR. Personal Relationships, 30(1), 144-173. DOI: 10.1111/pere.12432 Invited Review Paper for the 2 in 2023 Special Issues. ^Co-First Authors.

Diamond, L.M., Dickenson, J.A. & Blair, K.L. (2022). Menstrual-cycle changes in daily sexual motivation and behavior among sexually diverse cisgender women. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51(1), 577-588. DOI: 10.1007/s10508-021-02171-w

Byers, S. & Blair, K.L. (2020). Sex, gender, and sexulaitiy. In F.M. Cheung & D.F. Halpern’s Cambridge International Handbook of Psychology on Women, 37-51. Invited Contribution.

Blair, K.L. & Hoskin, R.A. (2020). Introduction to the Special Issue: Preaching to the Choir 2018: An International LGBTQ Psychology Conference. Psychology & Sexuality, 20(1-2).

Diamond, L.M., Alley, J., Dickenson, J., & Blair, K.L. (2020). Who counts as sexually fluid? Comparing four different types of sexual fluidity in women. Archives of Sexual Behaviour, 49(7), 2389-2403.

Diamond, L.M. & Blair, K.L. (2018). The intimate relationships of sexual and gender minorities. In A.L. Vangelisti & D. Perlman (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships, 2nd Ed., Cambridge University Press.

Blair, K.L., Cappell, J., & Pukall, C.F. (2017). Not all orgasms were created equal: Differences in frequency and satisfaction of orgasm experiences by sexual activity in same-sex versus mixed-sex relationships. Journal of Sex Research. PDF
Winner of the Hugo G. Beigel Research Award for best 2018 paper in the Journal of Sex Research.

Hoskin, R.A., Jenson, K., & Blair, K.L. (2017). Is our feminism bullshit? The importance of intersectionality in adopting a feminist identity. Cogent - Social Sciences, 3: 1290014.

Hoskin, R.A., Blair, K.L., & Jenson, K. (2016 online). Dignity versus diagnosis: Sexual orientation and gender identity differences in reports of one's greatest concern about receiving a sexual health exam. Psychology & Sexuality. Access through publisher.

Blair, K.L. (2014). The state of LGBTQ-inclusive research methods in relationship science and how we can do better. Relationship Research News, 13(1), 7-12.

Blair, K.L. & Pukall, C.F. (2014). Can less be more? Comparing duration vs. frequency of sexual encounters in same-sex and mixed-sex relationships. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality.

Blair, K.L., Pukall, C.F., Smith, K.B., & Cappell, J. (2014). The differential associations of communication & love in heterosexual, lesbian and bisexual women's perceptions and experiences of chronic vulvar and pelvic pain. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy.

Dargie, E.E., Blair, K.L., Pukall, C.F. & Coyle, S. (2014). Somewhere under the rainbow: Exploring the identities and experiences of trans persons. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality.

Dargie, E.E., Blair, K.L., Pukall, C.F. & Goldfinger, C. (2014). Go long! Predictors of positive relationship outcomes for those in long distance dating relationships. Journal of Sexual & Marital Therapy.

Holmberg, D., & Blair, K.L. (2009). Sexual desire, communication, satisfaction and preferences of men and women in same-sex versus mixed-sex relationships. Journal of Sex Research, 46 (1), 57-66.

Holmberg, D., Blair, K.L., & Phillips, M. (2010). Women's sexual satisfaction as a predictor of well-being in same-sex versus mixed-sex relationships. Journal of Sex Research, 46 , 1-11.

Custer, L., Holmberg, D., Blair, K.L., & Orbuch, T. (2008). "So how did you two meet?" Narratives of relationship initiation. In Susan Sprecher, Amy Wenzel & John Harvey (Eds.), Handbook of Relationship Initiation. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

COVID-19 Research

Courtice, E., Quinn-Nilas, C., Bickram, D., Wytoski, S., Hoskin, R.A., & Blair, K.L. (in press). Is the messenger the message? Canadian political affiliation and other predictors of mask-wearing frequency & attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue Canadienne des sciences du comportement. doi: 10.1037/cbs0000297

O’Handley, B., & Courtice, E. L. (2022). Mental well-being, social support, and the unique experiences of transgender and nonbinary people during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 31(2), 163-175.

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