Research Terms
Psychology Health Psychology Mass Media Ethnic and Racial Group Studies Gender Studies
Keywords
Gender Identity Health Disparities Intimate Partner Violence Intimate Relationships Racial/ Ethnic Identity Sexual Health Sexuality Social Media
Industries
Stephens, D. P. & Thomas, T. L. (In Press). Social networks influencing Hispanic women's HPV vaccine uptake decision making process. Women’s Reproductive Health.
Thomas, T., Stephens, D. P., *Johnson-Mallard, V., & * Higgins, M. (In Press). Young Hispanic Men and Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Choices. Journal of Transcultural Nursing.
Stephens, D. P. & Eaton, A. (2014). Masculinity scripts and heterosexual Hispanic college men's perceptions of female initiated sexual coercion. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 99.
*Bluming, A. Thomas, T., & Stephens, D. P. (2013). Researching and Respecting the Intricacies of Isolated Communities. Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 13 (2).
Schwartz, S., Benet-Martínez, V., Knight, G., Unger, J., Zamboanga, B., Des Rosiers, S., Stephens, D. P., Huang, S., & Szapocznik, J. (2013). Effects of Language of Assessment on the Measurement of Acculturation: Measurement Equivalence and Cultural Frame Switching. Psychological Assessment., 26, 100- 114.
Stephens, D. P. & Thomas, T. L. (2013). Cultural values influencing immigrant Haitian mothers’ decision to vaccinate daughters’ against human papillomavirus . Journal of Black Psychology, 39, 168 - 180.
Thomas, T., Strickland., DiClemente, R., Higgins, M., & Stephens, D. P. (2013). Health Disparities and Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: Research Findings and Implications for Pediatric Nurses in Advanced Practice. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 27, 5, 320- 321.
Stephens, D. P. & Thomas, T. L. (2012). The influence of skin color on heterosexual emerging adult Black women’s dating preference beliefs. Journal Feminist Family Therapy, 24, 291- 315.
Stephens, D. P., & Fernandez, P. (2012). The role of skin color on Hispanic women’s perceptions of attractiveness. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 34, 77- 94.
Stephens, D. P. & Fernandez, P. (2012). Ni pardo, ni prieto: The influence of parental skin color messaging on emerging adult Hispanic women’s dating beliefs. Women & Therapy: Special Issue on Latinas and Latin America, 35, 4-18.
Stephens, D. P., & Thomas, T. (2011). Hispanic women’s expectations of campus- based health clinics addressing sexual health concerns. American Journal of Sexuality Education, 6, 260- 280.
Thomas, T. L, Stephens D. P. & **Blanchard, B. (2010). Hip Hop, Health and HPV: Using wireless technology to increase Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Uptake. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 6, 464- 470.
Thomas, T. L., & Stephens, D. P. (2009).Young women speak: Why we seek health care and what we need from our providers. Journal of the Florida Medical Association, 108, 18- 26.
Stephens, D. P., & Few, A. L. (2007). Hip Hop honeys or video hos: African American preadolescents' understandings of popular culture-based female sexual scripts. Sexuality & Culture. 11, 48- 69.
Stephens, D. P., & Few, A. L. (2007).The effects of images in Hip Hop on early adolescents’ attitudes toward physical attractiveness and relationships. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 56, 251- 264.
Stephens, D. P., & Phillips, L. D. (2005). Integrating Black Feminist Thought into conceptual frameworks of African American adolescent women’s sexual scripting processes. Sexualities, Evolution & Gender, 7, 37- 55.
Rouse- Arnett, M., Dilworth, J., & Stephens, D. P. (2005).The influence of social institutions on Black women’s sexual values. The Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 17, 1- 15.
Phillips, L. D., *Reddik- Morgan, K., & Stephens, D. P. (2005). Oppositional consciousness within an oppositional realm: Feminism and womanism in Hip Hop, 1976- 2004. Journal of African American History, 90, 19- 32.
Darrow, W., Montanea, J .E, Fernandez, P., Stephens, D. P.,& Gladwin, H. (2004). Eliminating disparities in HIV disease: Racial and ethnic approaches to community health in Broward County, Florida. Ethnicity & Disease, 14, S108- S116.
Stephens, D. P., & Phillips, L. D. (2003). Freaks, gold diggers, divas, and dykes: The sociohistorical development of adolescent African American women’s sexual scripts. Sexuality & Culture, 7, 3- 47.
Few, A. L., Stephens, D. P., & Rouse- Arnette, M. (2003). Sister to sister talk: Transcending boundaries in qualitative research with Black women. Family Relations, 52, 205- 215.
