Erika L Grafsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 1252040 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erika L Grafsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erika L |
| FAMILY NAME | Grafsky |
| SIGNATURE | GRAFSKY E L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Tech |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3667-4707 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Beyond “the talk”
Developing an Inclusive Model of Young Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Women’s Sexual Decision-Making
Efforts to improve sexual health outcomes among young cisgender women require in-depth understanding of how women with diverse sexual identities make decisions about their sexual health. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 31 young cisgender women with diverse sexual identities and histories (age range 18-29 (M = 23.32); 81% White; 29% bisexual, 26% heterosexual, 16% lesbian, 13% queer, 10% pansexual, 3% gay, 3% demisexual) about their d…
Appalachian Church Leaders
Adolescent Sexual Development
Adolescent sexual development is informed by individual, relational, generational, institutional, and cultural perspectives. Families matter: they are the social institution at the intersection of adolescent development and broader social systems, charged with the responsibility for rearing children and adolescents to adulthood. This narrative review maps insights from family theory and research onto adolescent sexual development research. Our pu…
What sexual minority youths want in a program to assist with disclosure to their family
Disclosing one's sexual orientation to family members can be a difficult process for sexual minority youth (SMY). There are many decisions to make and factors to consider, such as whom to tell first and how family members may react. SMY are in need of resources to help them through this process, including programs that help them to make decisions about safe disclosure. Through interviews and open-ended surveys with 48 participants, the authors fo…
Challenges and Strategies of Sexual Minority Youth Research in Southwest Virginia
A research team that works on scholarship related to sexual minority issues has been conducting research and recruiting participants since the fall of 2012. In the years since the team was formed, there has been a variety of challenges with recruitment, approval for research through the Institutional Review Board, gaining access to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) community, and general mistrust of researchers. Using concepts from fem…
Family Relationships and Religious Identities of GLBQ Christians
Nonheterosexual individuals are half as likely as their heterosexual counterparts to report a religious identity. Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and queer (GLBQ) emerging adults who maintain a religious identity and affiliation throughout their adolescent and young adult years challenge dominant narratives of sexuality and religion (Pew, 2012, 2013). This study contextualizes these demographic findings and considers their impact on family life and sexua…
Crohn’s Disease and the Young Couple
My Life is Too Chaotic to Practice What I Preach”
MFT Program Policies on Referral of LGBT Clients
LGBT‐Parent Families
Becoming the Parent of a GLB Son or Daughter
Recent research has documented the importance of parental reactions to disclosure for sexual minority youth (SMY) (e.g., Ryan, Huebner, Diaz, & Sanchez, 2009). The purpose of this study was to develop a deeper understanding of the parent perspective of the disclosure to family experience of SMY ages 14-21. In-depth interviews were conducted with eight parents in the United States who had experienced a child disclose their lesbian, gay, or bisexua…
An Intervention to Assist Men Who Have Sex with Men Disclose Their Serostatus to Family Members
Comparison of treatment response among GLB and non-GLB street-living youth
Comparing regret of disclosing HIV versus sexual orientation information by MSM
Very little research has been conducted focusing on regret associated with disclosing either HIV-positive serostatus or sexual orientation information. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of regret related to the disclosure of serostatus and sexual orientation to family members among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) and to further explore the participant, family member, and relationship characteristics that inf…
Overcoming the Cinderella Myth
Using a family systems framework, a mixed methods approach was used to understand the challenges, resources and coping strategies of stepmothers. The Delphi method was used to identify the primary challenges of stepmothers. Ethnographic interviews with self-described “successful” stepmothers were then conducted to better understand these challenges and the coping methods and styles used to manage them. Analysis resulted in thematic content relate…
Women’s Report of Regret of HIV Disclosure to Family, Friends and Sex Partners
Adolescent Sexual Development
Adolescent sexual development is informed by individual, relational, generational, institutional, and cultural perspectives. Families matter: they are the social institution at the intersection of adolescent development and broader social systems, charged with the responsibility for rearing children and adolescents to adulthood. This narrative review maps insights from family theory and research onto adolescent sexual development research. Our pu…
Comparison of treatment response among GLB and non-GLB street-living youth
Developing an Inclusive Model of Young Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Women’s Sexual Decision-Making
Efforts to improve sexual health outcomes among young cisgender women require in-depth understanding of how women with diverse sexual identities make decisions about their sexual health. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 31 young cisgender women with diverse sexual identities and histories (age range 18-29 (M = 23.32); 81% White; 29% bisexual, 26% heterosexual, 16% lesbian, 13% queer, 10% pansexual, 3% gay, 3% demisexual) about their d…
Appalachian Church Leaders
My Life is Too Chaotic to Practice What I Preach”
MFT Program Policies on Referral of LGBT Clients
LGBT‐Parent Families
Overcoming the Cinderella Myth
Using a family systems framework, a mixed methods approach was used to understand the challenges, resources and coping strategies of stepmothers. The Delphi method was used to identify the primary challenges of stepmothers. Ethnographic interviews with self-described “successful” stepmothers were then conducted to better understand these challenges and the coping methods and styles used to manage them. Analysis resulted in thematic content relate…
Women’s Report of Regret of HIV Disclosure to Family, Friends and Sex Partners
Comparing regret of disclosing HIV versus sexual orientation information by MSM
Very little research has been conducted focusing on regret associated with disclosing either HIV-positive serostatus or sexual orientation information. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of regret related to the disclosure of serostatus and sexual orientation to family members among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) and to further explore the participant, family member, and relationship characteristics that inf…
An Intervention to Assist Men Who Have Sex with Men Disclose Their Serostatus to Family Members
Comparison of treatment response among GLB and non-GLB street-living youth
Becoming the Parent of a GLB Son or Daughter
Recent research has documented the importance of parental reactions to disclosure for sexual minority youth (SMY) (e.g., Ryan, Huebner, Diaz, & Sanchez, 2009). The purpose of this study was to develop a deeper understanding of the parent perspective of the disclosure to family experience of SMY ages 14-21. In-depth interviews were conducted with eight parents in the United States who had experienced a child disclose their lesbian, gay, or bisexua…
LGBT‐Parent Families
MFT Program Policies on Referral of LGBT Clients
Family Relationships and Religious Identities of GLBQ Christians
Nonheterosexual individuals are half as likely as their heterosexual counterparts to report a religious identity. Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and queer (GLBQ) emerging adults who maintain a religious identity and affiliation throughout their adolescent and young adult years challenge dominant narratives of sexuality and religion (Pew, 2012, 2013). This study contextualizes these demographic findings and considers their impact on family life and sexua…
Crohn’s Disease and the Young Couple
My Life is Too Chaotic to Practice What I Preach”
What sexual minority youths want in a program to assist with disclosure to their family
Disclosing one's sexual orientation to family members can be a difficult process for sexual minority youth (SMY). There are many decisions to make and factors to consider, such as whom to tell first and how family members may react. SMY are in need of resources to help them through this process, including programs that help them to make decisions about safe disclosure. Through interviews and open-ended surveys with 48 participants, the authors fo…
Challenges and Strategies of Sexual Minority Youth Research in Southwest Virginia
A research team that works on scholarship related to sexual minority issues has been conducting research and recruiting participants since the fall of 2012. In the years since the team was formed, there has been a variety of challenges with recruitment, approval for research through the Institutional Review Board, gaining access to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) community, and general mistrust of researchers. Using concepts from fem…
Appalachian Church Leaders
Adolescent Sexual Development
Adolescent sexual development is informed by individual, relational, generational, institutional, and cultural perspectives. Families matter: they are the social institution at the intersection of adolescent development and broader social systems, charged with the responsibility for rearing children and adolescents to adulthood. This narrative review maps insights from family theory and research onto adolescent sexual development research. Our pu…
Developing an Inclusive Model of Young Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Women’s Sexual Decision-Making
Efforts to improve sexual health outcomes among young cisgender women require in-depth understanding of how women with diverse sexual identities make decisions about their sexual health. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 31 young cisgender women with diverse sexual identities and histories (age range 18-29 (M = 23.32); 81% White; 29% bisexual, 26% heterosexual, 16% lesbian, 13% queer, 10% pansexual, 3% gay, 3% demisexual) about their d…
Beyond “the talk”
Psychology (16 works) · Sociology (13 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (11 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Qualitative research (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works)