SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Selected publications written by the Clark Lab.
Categories:
1. LGBTQ+ Population Suicide Risk and Prevention
LGBTQ+ Population Suicide Risk and Prevention
Key Publication Snapshots
Psychosocial Stressors Explaining the Monosexual-Bisexual Disparity in Mental Health: A Population-Based Study of Sexual-Minority Young Adults
Sexual and gender minority stress and clinical symptom severity in psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents
Real-time exposure to negative news media and suicidal ideation intensity among LGBTQ+ young adults
How do sexual and gender minority people acquire the capability for suicide? Voices from survivors of near-fatal suicide attempts
All Publications
Clark, K.A., O’Connor, K.E., Park, E., Smith, P. & Mehari, K. (in press). Exposure to Suicidal Behavior by Sexual and Gender Minority Status among Adolescents in the Southeastern United States. Journal of Adolescent Health.
Zachry, C., O’Brien, R., Clark, K., Ding, M. & Blosnich, J. (2025). Sexual and gender minority population mortality risk: A systematic review. PLoS ONE, 20(2), e0307688.
Sexton, J. & Clark, K. (2024). Risk factors for suicide attempt among adolescents reporting suicidal ideation by sexual and gender minority status: Evidence from the 2022 Minnesota Student Survey. Injury Prevention. Advanced online publication.
Long, Y., Pegg, A., Bean, C. Kittleson, A., Clark, K. & Kujawa, A. (2024). Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation in Sexual Minority Adolescents: An Examination of Social Reward Responsiveness and Support as Moderators. Journal of Mood and Anxiety Disorders , 8, 100090.
Clark, K. A., Schafer, K., Tran, N. M., Trautman, L., & McKay, T. (2023). The role of sleep duration in suicide risk among sexual and gender minority adolescents. Preventive Medicine, 175, 107698.
Clark, K. A., & Blosnich, J. R. (2023). Sexual orientation and disclosure of suicidal thoughts before suicide mortality. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 65(6), 953-963.
Holt, N. R., Botelho, E.,Wolford-Clevenger, & Clark, K. A. (2023). Previous mental health care and help-seeking experiences: Perspectives from sexual and gender minority survivors of near-fatal suicide attempts. Psychological Services.
Botelho, E., Mak, I., Clark, K., Brem, M., & Wolford-Clevenger, C. (2023). External minority stress, gender dysphoria, and capability for suicide among transgender adults: a daily diary study. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(21-22), 11707-11726.
Clark, K. A., Sexton, J. F., & McKay, T. (2023). Association of sexual orientation with exposure to suicide and related emotional distress among US adults. Archives of Suicide Research, 27(4), 1363-1372.
Clark, K. A., Hatzenbuehler, M. L., Bränström, R., & Pachankis, J. E. (2022). Sexual orientation-related patterns of 12-month course and severity of suicidality in a longitudinal, population-based cohort of young adults in Sweden. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 57(9), 1931-1934.
Clark, K. A., Mays, V. M., Arah, O. A., Kheifets, L. I., & Cochran, S. D. (2022). Sexual orientation differences in lethal methods used in suicide: findings from the National Violent Death Reporting System. Archives of Suicide Research, 26(2), 548-564.
Clark, K. A., & Blosnich, J. R. (2022). “If I Had Access to a Gun, I Think I Would Have Used it Instead”: Motivations for Method Choice Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adults Who Made a Recent Near-Fatal Suicide Attempt. LGBT Health, 9(4), 276-281.
Clark, K. A., Björkenstam, C., Kosidou, K., & Björkenstam, E. (2021). Psychological distress, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt among lesbian, gay, and bisexual immigrants: population-based findings from the Stockholm Public Health Cohort. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50(8), 3563-3574.
Scheer, J. R., Clark, K. A., Talan, A., Cabral, C., Pachankis, J. E., & Rendina, H. J. (2021). Longitudinal associations between childhood sexual abuse-related PTSD symptoms and passive and active suicidal ideation among sexual minority men. Child Abuse & Neglect, 122, 105353.
Clark, K.A., Blosnich, J.R., Haas, A.P. & Cochran, S.D. (2019). Estimate of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth Suicide is Inflated. Journal of Adolescent Health, 64(6), 810.
LGBTQ+ Youth, Families, and Mental Health
Key Publication Snapshots
“It Doesn’t Feel Easy at All”: Stressors and Supports of Parenting Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents in the US Southeast
Adolescents’ sexual orientation and behavioral and neural reactivity to peer acceptance and rejection: The moderating role of family support
Stigma and anxiety and depressive symptoms in parents of sexual and gender minority youth
All Publications
Bettis, A.H., Argiros, A., Kittleson, A.R., Sheffer, P., Holladay, M., Cyperski, M.A., Malhotra, M., Moussougan, A., Merritt, J.A. & Clark, K.A. (2025). Perspectives of Parents of LGBTQ+ Youth with Mental Health Service Needs in the US Southeast: Challenges, Needs, and Recommendations for Improving LGBTQ+ Youth and Family Support. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Clark, K. A., Pachankis, J. E., Dougherty, L. R., Katz, B. A., Hill, K. E., Klein, D. N., & Kujawa, A. (2024). Adolescents’ sexual orientation and behavioral and neural reactivity to peer acceptance and rejection: The moderating role of family support. Clinical Psychological Science, 12(1), 115-132.
Hubachek, S. Q., Clark, K. A., Pachankis, J. E., & Dougherty, L. R. (2023). Explicit and implicit bias among parents of sexual and gender minority youth. Journal of Family Psychology, 37(2), 203.
Clark, K. A., Dougherty, L. R., & Pachankis, J. E. (2022). A study of parents of sexual and gender minority children: Linking parental reactions with child mental health. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 9(3), 300–308.
Seager van Dyk, I., Clark, K., Dougherty, L. & Pachankis, J. (2022). Parent Responses to their Sexual and Gender Minority Children: Implications for Parent-Focused Supportive Interventions. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. Advanced online publication.
Clark, K. A., Mennies, R. J., Olino, T. M., Dougherty, L. R., & Pachankis, J. E. (2020). Parent versus child report of children's sexual orientation: associations with psychiatric morbidity in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study. Annals of Epidemiology, 45, 1-4.
LGBTQ+ Population Suicide Risk and Prevention
Key Publication Snapshots
Arrest history and health among US sexual and gender minority youth, 2022
Mental health among sexual and gender minority youth incarcerated in juvenile corrections
Developing the “oppression-to-incarceration cycle” of Black American and First Nations Australian trans women: Applying the intersectionality research for transgender health justice framework
“What's the right thing to do?” Correctional healthcare providers' knowledge, attitudes and experiences caring for transgender inmates
All Publications
Brömdal, A., Simpson, P., Sanders, T., Winter, C. & Clark, K. (2024). Transformative Trans Incarceration Research: Now and into the Future. International Journal of Transgender Health, 25(2), 123-129.
Daken, K., Excell, T., Clark, K. A., Hughto, J. M. W., Sanders, T., Debattista, J., du Plessis, C., Mullens, A., Phillips, T. M., Gildersleeve, J., & Brömdal, A. (2024). Correctional Staff Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors towards Incarcerated Trans People: A Scoping Review of an Emerging Literature. International Journal of Transgender Health, 25(2), 149-166.
Brömdal, A., Sanders, T., Stanners, M., du Plessis, C., Gildersleeve, J., Mullens, A. B., Phillips, T. M., Debattista, J., Daken, K., Clark, K. A., & Hughto, J. M. W. (2024). Where do incarcerated trans women prefer to be housed and why? Adding nuanced understandings to a complex debate through the voices of formerly incarcerated trans women in Australia and the United States. International Journal of Transgender Health, 25(2), 167-186.
Sanders, T., Gildersleeve, J., Halliwell, S., du Plessis, C., Clark, K. A., Hughto, J. M., ... & Brömdal, A. (2023). Trans architecture and the prison as archive:“don’t be a queen and you won’t be arrested”. Punishment & society, 25(3), 742-765.
Brömdal, A., Halliwell, S., Sanders, T., Clark, K. A., Gildersleeve, J., Mullens, A. B., ... & Hughto, J. M. (2023). Navigating intimate trans citizenship while incarcerated in Australia and the United States. Feminism & Psychology, 33(1), 42-64.
Halliwell, S., Brömdal, A., du Plessis, C., Hickey, A., Gildersleeve, J., Mullens, A., Sanders, T., Clark, K., Hughto, J., Debattista, J., Phillips, T., *Daken, K. (2022). A critical discourse analysis of an Australian incarcerated trans woman's letters of complaint and self‐advocacy. Ethos, 50(2), 208-232.
Harvey, T. D., Hughto, J. M., & Clark, K. A. (2022). Availability of accessible representative health data to examine sexual and gender minority disparities in incarceration and its health implications in the United States, 2010–2020. LGBT Health, 9(2), 81-93.
Hughto, J. M., Clark, K. A., Daken, K., Brömdal, A., Mullens, A. B., Sanders, T., ... & Reisner, S. L. (2022). Victimization within and beyond the prison walls: A latent profile analysis of transgender and gender diverse adults. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(23-24), NP23075-NP23106.
Brömdal, A., Clark, K., Hughto, J., Debattista, J., Phillips, T., Gow, J., Mullens, A., & Daken, K. (2019). Whole-incarceration-setting approaches to supporting and upholding the rights and health of incarcerated transgender people. International Journal of Transgenderism, 341-350.
Hughto, J. M., & Clark, K. A. (2019). Designing a Transgender Health Training for Correctional Health Care Providers: A Feasibility Study. Prison Journal, 99(3), 329-342.
White Hughto, J. M., Clark, K. A., Altice, F. L., Reisner, S. L., Kershaw, T. S., & Pachankis, J. E. (2018). Creating, reinforcing, and resisting the gender binary: a qualitative study of transgender women’s healthcare experiences in sex-segregated jails and prisons. International Journal of Prisoner Health, 14(2), 69-88.
Clark, K., White Hughto, J. & Pachankis, J. (2017). “What’s the right thing to do?”: Correctional Healthcare Providers’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Experiences Caring for Transgender Inmates. Social Science & Medicine, 193, 80-89.
Clark, K., Mays, V. & Cochran, S. (2017). Extreme Violence and the Invisibility of Women Who Murder: The Intersectionality of Gender, Race, Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Equals Silence. Violence and Gender, 4(4), 117-120.
White Hughto, J.M., Clark, K., Altice, F.L., Reisner, S. L., Kershaw, T.S., & Pachankis, J. E. (2017). Improving correctional healthcare providers' ability to care for transgender patients: Development and evaluation of a theory-driven cultural and clinical competence intervention. Social Science & Medicine, 195, 159-169.