Jonah P Dechants
Biographic Data
| ID | 1935715 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonah P Dechants |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonah P |
| FAMILY NAME | Dechants |
| SIGNATURE | DECHANTS J P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Colorado State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9748-4256 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Relationship structures among LGBTQ+ young people
Crisis line use and mental health care access among LGBTQ+ young people in the United States
Youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, and other diverse sexual and gender identities (LGBTQ+) experience disproportionately high rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors compared to heterosexual and cisgender peers, yet many face barriers to care. Data came from a national online survey of 18,663 LGBTQ+ youth aged 13–24 years in the United States (September–December 2023). Analyses focused on participants who re…
Middle and High School LGBTQ Students Report What Makes School LGBTQ‐Affirming Across Race/Ethnicity and Gender Identity, a Topic Modeling Method
BACKGROUND: Affirming spaces have been associated with improved mental health outcomes for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) adolescents. METHODS: With data from adolescents currently enrolled in middle or high school across the United States, this study used topic modeling methods to examine students' reports of what they were looking for in LGBTQ-affirming schools and, separately, the association of LGBTQ-affir…
Justice involvement and mental health in LGBTQ young people
State-level anti-transgender laws increase past-year suicide attempts among transgender and non-binary young people in the USA
Understanding Young People’s Navigation of Housing Barriers Through a White Supremacy Lens
Losing a Close Friend or Family Member Due to Covid-19 and Mental Health among LGBTQ Youth
This study examines the association between having lost a close friend or family member to COVID-19 and mental health outcomes among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) youth. Data come from 33,993 respondents in the United States, ages 13 to 24, who completed an online survey of LGBTQ youth mental health. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the adjusted odds of recent anxiety, depression, considering, or atte…
“It kinda breaks my heart”
Identity Matters
The association between place stayed and self-identification as homeless among unstably housed young adults in seven U.S. cities
Limited research has explored whether young adults that experience homelessness and housing instability (YAEH) self-identify as homeless. This study uses the Homeless Youth Risk and Resilience Survey (HYRRS) dataset, a seven-city sample of 1426 YAEH, to examine the relationship between the type of place a young adult stayed the night before their interview and whether they self-identified as homeless. While all participants were classified as hom…
Association of Updating Identification Documents with Suicidal Ideation and Attempts among Transgender and Nonbinary Youth
This study examines the association of access to concordant identity documents with attempting suicide in the last year among transgender and nonbinary youth. Data came from 6581 transgender and nonbinary youth who completed an online survey of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) youth ages 13−24 residing in the United States. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the adjusted odds of attempting suicide in the p…
I just want to move forward”
Looking back to look forward
Neoliberalism emerged as a powerful force across the globe, adding market-based pressures to social work practice, education and research. Using a collaborative autoethnographic approach, we reflected on neoliberalism’s impact on our professional and academic experiences in US-based social work. Disconnection characterised our collective experiences of neoliberal social work across practice, research and education. The effects of this collective …
A Human-Centered Design Approach to Interdisciplinary Training on Homelessness
This study examines whether human-centered design may be a useful approach for training interdisciplinary teams to innovatively address homelessness. This case study examines the implementation of a 10-week graduate seminar in which students worked with youths experiencing homelessness to develop solutions to building social connections. The study explored benefits to students and to the community partner using pre- and postcourse surveys, focus …
Reconciling Adaptation and Fidelity
On the fringes
This study used Photovoice methods with young adults experiencing homelessness to collaboratively identify issues that are of greatest importance in an open‐ended, exploratory, and inductive manner. Participants selected two concepts to focus their inquiry: freedom and prosperity. Within these concepts, participants discussed nature as a source of inspiration, a desire to better themselves and to change their situations, and passion for contribut…
Transmasculine Spectrum Parenting
Little scholarship exists on parenting in the transgender and gender nonconforming (GNC) community, even though a sizable portion of the community is either currently parenting or interested in becoming a parent. This dearth of literature is particularly noticeable among those individuals assigned female at birth (AFAB) who identify as transmasculine. This study examined differences in likelihood of being a transgender or GNC parent across a numb…
Homeless Youths’ Interests in Social Action via Photovoice
Engaging homeless youth in services is challenging. Novel methods are needed to better retain and empower this population. Photovoice, an innovative form of community-based participatory research, facilitates participants' use of photography to document their everyday lives and struggles, while advocating for social change. This study examines, among 22 homeless youth, whether and why youth would be interested in participating in Photovoice activ…
Social networks and sexual risk factor differences between cisgender heterosexual and cisgender LGBQ homeless youths
Cisgender lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer/questioning (LGBQ) homeless youths are more likely to engage in sexual risk behaviors relative to cisgender heterosexual homeless youths. Homeless youths (N = 1,046) were recruited and surveyed from three drop-in centers in Los Angeles, California. This study assessed differences in demographics, background experiences, and perceived social network norms in order to understand the disparities in rates o…
Asking for Change
State-level anti-transgender laws increase past-year suicide attempts among transgender and non-binary young people in the USA
Homeless Youths’ Interests in Social Action via Photovoice
Engaging homeless youth in services is challenging. Novel methods are needed to better retain and empower this population. Photovoice, an innovative form of community-based participatory research, facilitates participants' use of photography to document their everyday lives and struggles, while advocating for social change. This study examines, among 22 homeless youth, whether and why youth would be interested in participating in Photovoice activ…
Asking for Change
On the fringes
This study used Photovoice methods with young adults experiencing homelessness to collaboratively identify issues that are of greatest importance in an open‐ended, exploratory, and inductive manner. Participants selected two concepts to focus their inquiry: freedom and prosperity. Within these concepts, participants discussed nature as a source of inspiration, a desire to better themselves and to change their situations, and passion for contribut…
I just want to move forward”
Looking back to look forward
Neoliberalism emerged as a powerful force across the globe, adding market-based pressures to social work practice, education and research. Using a collaborative autoethnographic approach, we reflected on neoliberalism’s impact on our professional and academic experiences in US-based social work. Disconnection characterised our collective experiences of neoliberal social work across practice, research and education. The effects of this collective …
Transmasculine Spectrum Parenting
Little scholarship exists on parenting in the transgender and gender nonconforming (GNC) community, even though a sizable portion of the community is either currently parenting or interested in becoming a parent. This dearth of literature is particularly noticeable among those individuals assigned female at birth (AFAB) who identify as transmasculine. This study examined differences in likelihood of being a transgender or GNC parent across a numb…
Social networks and sexual risk factor differences between cisgender heterosexual and cisgender LGBQ homeless youths
Cisgender lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer/questioning (LGBQ) homeless youths are more likely to engage in sexual risk behaviors relative to cisgender heterosexual homeless youths. Homeless youths (N = 1,046) were recruited and surveyed from three drop-in centers in Los Angeles, California. This study assessed differences in demographics, background experiences, and perceived social network norms in order to understand the disparities in rates o…
Social networks and sexual risk factor differences between cisgender heterosexual and cisgender LGBQ homeless youths
Cisgender lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer/questioning (LGBQ) homeless youths are more likely to engage in sexual risk behaviors relative to cisgender heterosexual homeless youths. Homeless youths (N = 1,046) were recruited and surveyed from three drop-in centers in Los Angeles, California. This study assessed differences in demographics, background experiences, and perceived social network norms in order to understand the disparities in rates o…
Asking for Change
Transmasculine Spectrum Parenting
Little scholarship exists on parenting in the transgender and gender nonconforming (GNC) community, even though a sizable portion of the community is either currently parenting or interested in becoming a parent. This dearth of literature is particularly noticeable among those individuals assigned female at birth (AFAB) who identify as transmasculine. This study examined differences in likelihood of being a transgender or GNC parent across a numb…
Homeless Youths’ Interests in Social Action via Photovoice
Engaging homeless youth in services is challenging. Novel methods are needed to better retain and empower this population. Photovoice, an innovative form of community-based participatory research, facilitates participants' use of photography to document their everyday lives and struggles, while advocating for social change. This study examines, among 22 homeless youth, whether and why youth would be interested in participating in Photovoice activ…
Reconciling Adaptation and Fidelity
On the fringes
This study used Photovoice methods with young adults experiencing homelessness to collaboratively identify issues that are of greatest importance in an open‐ended, exploratory, and inductive manner. Participants selected two concepts to focus their inquiry: freedom and prosperity. Within these concepts, participants discussed nature as a source of inspiration, a desire to better themselves and to change their situations, and passion for contribut…
A Human-Centered Design Approach to Interdisciplinary Training on Homelessness
This study examines whether human-centered design may be a useful approach for training interdisciplinary teams to innovatively address homelessness. This case study examines the implementation of a 10-week graduate seminar in which students worked with youths experiencing homelessness to develop solutions to building social connections. The study explored benefits to students and to the community partner using pre- and postcourse surveys, focus …
Looking back to look forward
Neoliberalism emerged as a powerful force across the globe, adding market-based pressures to social work practice, education and research. Using a collaborative autoethnographic approach, we reflected on neoliberalism’s impact on our professional and academic experiences in US-based social work. Disconnection characterised our collective experiences of neoliberal social work across practice, research and education. The effects of this collective …
“It kinda breaks my heart”
Identity Matters
The association between place stayed and self-identification as homeless among unstably housed young adults in seven U.S. cities
Limited research has explored whether young adults that experience homelessness and housing instability (YAEH) self-identify as homeless. This study uses the Homeless Youth Risk and Resilience Survey (HYRRS) dataset, a seven-city sample of 1426 YAEH, to examine the relationship between the type of place a young adult stayed the night before their interview and whether they self-identified as homeless. While all participants were classified as hom…
Association of Updating Identification Documents with Suicidal Ideation and Attempts among Transgender and Nonbinary Youth
This study examines the association of access to concordant identity documents with attempting suicide in the last year among transgender and nonbinary youth. Data came from 6581 transgender and nonbinary youth who completed an online survey of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) youth ages 13−24 residing in the United States. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the adjusted odds of attempting suicide in the p…
I just want to move forward”
Understanding Young People’s Navigation of Housing Barriers Through a White Supremacy Lens
Losing a Close Friend or Family Member Due to Covid-19 and Mental Health among LGBTQ Youth
This study examines the association between having lost a close friend or family member to COVID-19 and mental health outcomes among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) youth. Data come from 33,993 respondents in the United States, ages 13 to 24, who completed an online survey of LGBTQ youth mental health. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the adjusted odds of recent anxiety, depression, considering, or atte…
Middle and High School LGBTQ Students Report What Makes School LGBTQ‐Affirming Across Race/Ethnicity and Gender Identity, a Topic Modeling Method
BACKGROUND: Affirming spaces have been associated with improved mental health outcomes for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) adolescents. METHODS: With data from adolescents currently enrolled in middle or high school across the United States, this study used topic modeling methods to examine students' reports of what they were looking for in LGBTQ-affirming schools and, separately, the association of LGBTQ-affir…
Justice involvement and mental health in LGBTQ young people
State-level anti-transgender laws increase past-year suicide attempts among transgender and non-binary young people in the USA
Relationship structures among LGBTQ+ young people
Crisis line use and mental health care access among LGBTQ+ young people in the United States
Youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, and other diverse sexual and gender identities (LGBTQ+) experience disproportionately high rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors compared to heterosexual and cisgender peers, yet many face barriers to care. Data came from a national online survey of 18,663 LGBTQ+ youth aged 13–24 years in the United States (September–December 2023). Analyses focused on participants who re…
Psychology (16 works) · Sociology (11 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (8 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Transgender (8 works) · Lesbian (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works)