Richard Mocarski
Biographic Data
| ID | 339613 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Mocarski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Mocarski |
| SIGNATURE | MOCARSKI R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nebraska at Kearney |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4220-0652 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Transgender and Nonbinary People's Perceptions of Their State Context, Gender Minority Stress, and Mental Health: A Mixed Methods Study
Transgender and nonbinary (TNB) people experience gender minority stressors that adversely affect their mental health and wellbeing, all of which are shaped by sociopolitical contexts. We explored TNB participants' ( N = 150) perceptions of how affirming their state was and associations with minority stress and mental health variables. Qualitative themes included: (1) Degrees of stigma depend on who you are; (2) Stigma persists even with small po…
Mental health, coping, and resilience among transgender and gender diverse people during the 2020 U.S. presidential election
Legal Gender Affirmation, Psychological Distress, and Physical Health Issues: Indirect Effects via Enacted Stigma
Test–retest reliability and sensitivity of a brief clinical monitoring measure for transgender and gender diverse adults: The Trans Collaborations Clinical Check-In (TC3)
The current study aimed to examine the test–retest reliability and sensitivity of the Trans Collaborations Clinical Check-In (TC3) in a 3-month period with four assessment points at baseline, 1, 2, and 3 months to examine its utility as a clinical progress monitoring measure. This study builds on the initial validation study conducted by Holt et al. (2019). The sample of 32 transgender and gender diverse (TGD) participants were chosen who met scr…
Mental health and marginalization stress in transgender and gender diverse adults: Differences between urban and non-urban experiences
We demonstrate that marginalization stress processes appear to account for some of the differences between TGD individuals living in urban, rural, and urban cluster areas. The differences between areas largely persist, however, after controlling for marginalization stress, especially when comparing urban with urban cluster areas
Stigma, Tolerance, and Acceptance in the Lives of Sexual and Gender Minority Nebraskans
Experiences of stigma and acceptance profoundly affect the lives of sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals and are often dependent on context, such as geographic location. Through interviews with twenty sexual and gender minority individuals living in Nebraska, this study aimed to explore participants’ experiences of rejection and acceptance in different spheres to better understand how stigma operates. Thematic analysis revealed primary th…
Trans and Gender Diverse People’s Experience Wearing Face Masks During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Findings from Data Across 4 States in the USA
Educational preparedness to care for transgender and gender diverse adults: Perspectives of mental health professionals
Ensuring that mental health professionals are appropriately trained to provide affirming and sensitive care to transgender and gender diverse (TGD) adults is one mechanism that may reduce the marginalization sometimes experienced by TGD adults in mental health contexts. In this study, mental health professionals (n = 142) completed an online survey documenting the sources and types of training received to provide TGD-sensitive care; and, shared a…
Transgender and gender diverse individuals’ daily experiences of rumination
15 responses). Using an experiential framework and an inductive approach to thematic analysis, we generated the following themes: (a) interpersonal relationships as a site of struggle, (b) fear and worry in response to contextual factors, (c) the weight of basic needs and safety, (d) gender as experienced through self and others, (e) intersections of health and rumination, and (f) the occasional reprieve. Using a deductive approach, we also place…
Psychometric Evaluation of the Transgender Congruence Scale
Transmedia and Public Representation: Transgender People in Film and Television
To the Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, for giving me the foundations, the skills, and the training I needed to publish a second book.I would like to thank my colleagues and friends, Pablo Scharagrodsky and Nancy Diaz Larrañaga, for working beside me for many years, encouraging me to become a better researcher.To the team of the outreach project "Prácticas de comunicación y educación por la desobediencia sexo-genérica" [Practices of communication…
The Impact of the 2016 US Presidential Elections on Transgender and Gender Diverse People
Specialists in name or practice? The inclusion of transgender and gender diverse identities in online materials of gender specialists
Recommendations for health care providers working with transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals emphasize affirming clients' identities, such as using correct pronouns and name, however it is unknown how often gender specialists adhere to such recommendations. Websites and intake forms of gender specialists were coded for use of affirming language, asking for pronouns and chosen name, and mention of TGD specialties and resources. Most web…
The provider perspective on behavioral health care for transgender and gender nonconforming individuals in the Central Great Plains: A qualitative study of approaches and needs
Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) individuals interact with mental health care systems at high rates and experience substantial barriers to care. Rural TGNC individuals face additional disparities in accessing appropriate mental health services. Little research has focused on the mental health care providers who work with TGNC individuals in underserved areas. The current study sought to describe the mental health care services delivere…
Unmet Expectations in Health Care Settings: Experiences of Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults in the Central Great Plains
Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals face a long-term, multifaceted process if they choose to begin a gender affirmation journey. Decisions to go on hormone therapy and/or have a surgical procedure necessitate the TGD individual to set up an appointment with a health care provider. However, when TGD patients interact with health care practitioners, problems can arise. This article documents and categorizes the types of unmet expectati…
The Rise of Transgender and Gender Diverse Representation in the Media: Impacts on the Population
In recent years, the transgender and gender diverse (TGD) population has gained a stronger voice in the media. Although these voices are being heard, there are limits on the types of TGD representation displayed in media. The current study interviewed 27 TGD individuals. These interviews exposed how participants view the rise of TGD media representation. The main themes that emerged were TGD awareness and TGD identity discovery and role modeling.…
First impressions online: The inclusion of transgender and gender nonconforming identities and services in mental healthcare providers' online materials in the USA
Barriers to affirmative healthcare for TGNC people within patient and provider interactions have been identified in previous research and these data show TGNC individuals may face enacted stigma even in their search for a provider, particularly those TGNC people living in States without legal protections
Renaming Me: Assessing the Influence of Gender Identity on Name Selection
Our identity is our name connected with a specific face and body. Yet, our name, a critical aspect of the “names-body-identity” nexus is rarely self-selected. The naming of a newborn is often the purview of family and the name selected is often linked to the sex assigned to the child. Assigned sex, however, may differ from gender identity. Renaming, the process of selecting and using a new name, can be instrumental in expressing an authentic gend…
A review of contemporary assessment tools for use with transgender and gender nonconforming adults
There is increasing recognition of the need for culturally sensitive services for individuals who identify as transgender or gender non-conforming (TGNC), and only recently have empirical studies appeared in the literature that inform best practices for TGNC people. Competent, culturally appropriate clinical services and research depend upon methodologically sound assessment of key constructs, but it is unclear whether appropriate self-report or …
A Critical, Rhetorical Analysis of Man Therapy: The Use of Humor to Frame Mental Health as Masculine
To address high numbers of suicides by men in America, the mental health promotion campaign Man Therapy attempts to destigmatize mental health as staunchly opposed to masculinity through overtly humorous constructions of therapy designed for hegemonically masculine men. Through a critical analysis of the campaign, including the interactive website, modeled as the fictitious office of Dr. Rich Mahogany, this project addresses the influences of hum…
Culturally competent evidence-based behavioral health services for the transgender community: Progress and challenges
The presence of individuals who identify as transgender has emerged into public awareness in the United States in recent years. Celebrities who publicly transition have expanded the national conversation about gender variation beyond gender and women's studies classrooms and certain specialty health and mental health services. This increased public visibility has been accompanied by increased visibility in the mental health literature, including …
Leaving it on the pitch: Hope Solo's negotiation of conflicting gender roles onDancing with the Stars
Although star athletes have been extremely successful on the American Broadcasting Company's (ABC) reality television dance competition Dancing with the Stars, the participation of U.S. National Soccer Team goalkeeper Hope Solo created a gender performance conundrum. Embodying both athleticism; a ‘traditionally masculine’ marker and the graceful ‘femininity’ associated with ballroom dancing, Solo's emersion into competitive ballroom dancing creat…
Manufacturing a Messiah: How Nike and LeBron James Co-Constructed the Legend of King James
This monograph analyzes how Nike and the athlete himself jointly commodified the public persona of LeBron James, with James cast in two normative narratives: (a) the Messiah and (b) hegemonic masculinity, stripping James of his Blackness and making him identifiable to a mainstream audience. The open-ended configuration of these narratives allows for “pivot points” in James’ life. Real-life developments fold into the construction of James, mitigat…
A Different Kind of Man”: Mediated Transgendered Subjectivity, Chaz Bono on Dancing With the Stars
Chaz Bono’s appearance on Dancing with the Stars (DWTS) marks one of the first primetime, network appearances of a postoperative transgender person. This article deconstructs the mediated gender subjectivities of Bono as constructed by the show itself via prerecorded segments, costume and song choices, dance partner interaction, and judges’ commentaries as well as those projected by Bono during the live, unscripted portions of the show. Combining…
The Rise of Transgender and Gender Diverse Representation in the Media: Impacts on the Population
In recent years, the transgender and gender diverse (TGD) population has gained a stronger voice in the media. Although these voices are being heard, there are limits on the types of TGD representation displayed in media. The current study interviewed 27 TGD individuals. These interviews exposed how participants view the rise of TGD media representation. The main themes that emerged were TGD awareness and TGD identity discovery and role modeling.…
Unmet Expectations in Health Care Settings: Experiences of Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults in the Central Great Plains
Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals face a long-term, multifaceted process if they choose to begin a gender affirmation journey. Decisions to go on hormone therapy and/or have a surgical procedure necessitate the TGD individual to set up an appointment with a health care provider. However, when TGD patients interact with health care practitioners, problems can arise. This article documents and categorizes the types of unmet expectati…
The Impact of the 2016 US Presidential Elections on Transgender and Gender Diverse People
Manufacturing a Messiah: How Nike and LeBron James Co-Constructed the Legend of King James
This monograph analyzes how Nike and the athlete himself jointly commodified the public persona of LeBron James, with James cast in two normative narratives: (a) the Messiah and (b) hegemonic masculinity, stripping James of his Blackness and making him identifiable to a mainstream audience. The open-ended configuration of these narratives allows for “pivot points” in James’ life. Real-life developments fold into the construction of James, mitigat…
A Different Kind of Man”: Mediated Transgendered Subjectivity, Chaz Bono on Dancing With the Stars
Chaz Bono’s appearance on Dancing with the Stars (DWTS) marks one of the first primetime, network appearances of a postoperative transgender person. This article deconstructs the mediated gender subjectivities of Bono as constructed by the show itself via prerecorded segments, costume and song choices, dance partner interaction, and judges’ commentaries as well as those projected by Bono during the live, unscripted portions of the show. Combining…
Renaming Me: Assessing the Influence of Gender Identity on Name Selection
Our identity is our name connected with a specific face and body. Yet, our name, a critical aspect of the “names-body-identity” nexus is rarely self-selected. The naming of a newborn is often the purview of family and the name selected is often linked to the sex assigned to the child. Assigned sex, however, may differ from gender identity. Renaming, the process of selecting and using a new name, can be instrumental in expressing an authentic gend…
Psychometric Evaluation of the Transgender Congruence Scale
Specialists in name or practice? The inclusion of transgender and gender diverse identities in online materials of gender specialists
Recommendations for health care providers working with transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals emphasize affirming clients' identities, such as using correct pronouns and name, however it is unknown how often gender specialists adhere to such recommendations. Websites and intake forms of gender specialists were coded for use of affirming language, asking for pronouns and chosen name, and mention of TGD specialties and resources. Most web…
First impressions online: The inclusion of transgender and gender nonconforming identities and services in mental healthcare providers' online materials in the USA
Barriers to affirmative healthcare for TGNC people within patient and provider interactions have been identified in previous research and these data show TGNC individuals may face enacted stigma even in their search for a provider, particularly those TGNC people living in States without legal protections
Leaving it on the pitch: Hope Solo's negotiation of conflicting gender roles onDancing with the Stars
Although star athletes have been extremely successful on the American Broadcasting Company's (ABC) reality television dance competition Dancing with the Stars, the participation of U.S. National Soccer Team goalkeeper Hope Solo created a gender performance conundrum. Embodying both athleticism; a ‘traditionally masculine’ marker and the graceful ‘femininity’ associated with ballroom dancing, Solo's emersion into competitive ballroom dancing creat…
Legal Gender Affirmation, Psychological Distress, and Physical Health Issues: Indirect Effects via Enacted Stigma
Manufacturing a Messiah: How Nike and LeBron James Co-Constructed the Legend of King James
This monograph analyzes how Nike and the athlete himself jointly commodified the public persona of LeBron James, with James cast in two normative narratives: (a) the Messiah and (b) hegemonic masculinity, stripping James of his Blackness and making him identifiable to a mainstream audience. The open-ended configuration of these narratives allows for “pivot points” in James’ life. Real-life developments fold into the construction of James, mitigat…
A Different Kind of Man”: Mediated Transgendered Subjectivity, Chaz Bono on Dancing With the Stars
Chaz Bono’s appearance on Dancing with the Stars (DWTS) marks one of the first primetime, network appearances of a postoperative transgender person. This article deconstructs the mediated gender subjectivities of Bono as constructed by the show itself via prerecorded segments, costume and song choices, dance partner interaction, and judges’ commentaries as well as those projected by Bono during the live, unscripted portions of the show. Combining…
Leaving it on the pitch: Hope Solo's negotiation of conflicting gender roles onDancing with the Stars
Although star athletes have been extremely successful on the American Broadcasting Company's (ABC) reality television dance competition Dancing with the Stars, the participation of U.S. National Soccer Team goalkeeper Hope Solo created a gender performance conundrum. Embodying both athleticism; a ‘traditionally masculine’ marker and the graceful ‘femininity’ associated with ballroom dancing, Solo's emersion into competitive ballroom dancing creat…
A Critical, Rhetorical Analysis of Man Therapy: The Use of Humor to Frame Mental Health as Masculine
To address high numbers of suicides by men in America, the mental health promotion campaign Man Therapy attempts to destigmatize mental health as staunchly opposed to masculinity through overtly humorous constructions of therapy designed for hegemonically masculine men. Through a critical analysis of the campaign, including the interactive website, modeled as the fictitious office of Dr. Rich Mahogany, this project addresses the influences of hum…
Culturally competent evidence-based behavioral health services for the transgender community: Progress and challenges
The presence of individuals who identify as transgender has emerged into public awareness in the United States in recent years. Celebrities who publicly transition have expanded the national conversation about gender variation beyond gender and women's studies classrooms and certain specialty health and mental health services. This increased public visibility has been accompanied by increased visibility in the mental health literature, including …
A review of contemporary assessment tools for use with transgender and gender nonconforming adults
There is increasing recognition of the need for culturally sensitive services for individuals who identify as transgender or gender non-conforming (TGNC), and only recently have empirical studies appeared in the literature that inform best practices for TGNC people. Competent, culturally appropriate clinical services and research depend upon methodologically sound assessment of key constructs, but it is unclear whether appropriate self-report or …
First impressions online: The inclusion of transgender and gender nonconforming identities and services in mental healthcare providers' online materials in the USA
Barriers to affirmative healthcare for TGNC people within patient and provider interactions have been identified in previous research and these data show TGNC individuals may face enacted stigma even in their search for a provider, particularly those TGNC people living in States without legal protections
Renaming Me: Assessing the Influence of Gender Identity on Name Selection
Our identity is our name connected with a specific face and body. Yet, our name, a critical aspect of the “names-body-identity” nexus is rarely self-selected. The naming of a newborn is often the purview of family and the name selected is often linked to the sex assigned to the child. Assigned sex, however, may differ from gender identity. Renaming, the process of selecting and using a new name, can be instrumental in expressing an authentic gend…
The Rise of Transgender and Gender Diverse Representation in the Media: Impacts on the Population
In recent years, the transgender and gender diverse (TGD) population has gained a stronger voice in the media. Although these voices are being heard, there are limits on the types of TGD representation displayed in media. The current study interviewed 27 TGD individuals. These interviews exposed how participants view the rise of TGD media representation. The main themes that emerged were TGD awareness and TGD identity discovery and role modeling.…
The Impact of the 2016 US Presidential Elections on Transgender and Gender Diverse People
Specialists in name or practice? The inclusion of transgender and gender diverse identities in online materials of gender specialists
Recommendations for health care providers working with transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals emphasize affirming clients' identities, such as using correct pronouns and name, however it is unknown how often gender specialists adhere to such recommendations. Websites and intake forms of gender specialists were coded for use of affirming language, asking for pronouns and chosen name, and mention of TGD specialties and resources. Most web…
The provider perspective on behavioral health care for transgender and gender nonconforming individuals in the Central Great Plains: A qualitative study of approaches and needs
Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) individuals interact with mental health care systems at high rates and experience substantial barriers to care. Rural TGNC individuals face additional disparities in accessing appropriate mental health services. Little research has focused on the mental health care providers who work with TGNC individuals in underserved areas. The current study sought to describe the mental health care services delivere…
Unmet Expectations in Health Care Settings: Experiences of Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults in the Central Great Plains
Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals face a long-term, multifaceted process if they choose to begin a gender affirmation journey. Decisions to go on hormone therapy and/or have a surgical procedure necessitate the TGD individual to set up an appointment with a health care provider. However, when TGD patients interact with health care practitioners, problems can arise. This article documents and categorizes the types of unmet expectati…
Psychometric Evaluation of the Transgender Congruence Scale
Transmedia and Public Representation: Transgender People in Film and Television
To the Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, for giving me the foundations, the skills, and the training I needed to publish a second book.I would like to thank my colleagues and friends, Pablo Scharagrodsky and Nancy Diaz Larrañaga, for working beside me for many years, encouraging me to become a better researcher.To the team of the outreach project "Prácticas de comunicación y educación por la desobediencia sexo-genérica" [Practices of communication…
Test–retest reliability and sensitivity of a brief clinical monitoring measure for transgender and gender diverse adults: The Trans Collaborations Clinical Check-In (TC3)
The current study aimed to examine the test–retest reliability and sensitivity of the Trans Collaborations Clinical Check-In (TC3) in a 3-month period with four assessment points at baseline, 1, 2, and 3 months to examine its utility as a clinical progress monitoring measure. This study builds on the initial validation study conducted by Holt et al. (2019). The sample of 32 transgender and gender diverse (TGD) participants were chosen who met scr…
Mental health and marginalization stress in transgender and gender diverse adults: Differences between urban and non-urban experiences
We demonstrate that marginalization stress processes appear to account for some of the differences between TGD individuals living in urban, rural, and urban cluster areas. The differences between areas largely persist, however, after controlling for marginalization stress, especially when comparing urban with urban cluster areas
Stigma, Tolerance, and Acceptance in the Lives of Sexual and Gender Minority Nebraskans
Experiences of stigma and acceptance profoundly affect the lives of sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals and are often dependent on context, such as geographic location. Through interviews with twenty sexual and gender minority individuals living in Nebraska, this study aimed to explore participants’ experiences of rejection and acceptance in different spheres to better understand how stigma operates. Thematic analysis revealed primary th…
Trans and Gender Diverse People’s Experience Wearing Face Masks During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Findings from Data Across 4 States in the USA
Educational preparedness to care for transgender and gender diverse adults: Perspectives of mental health professionals
Ensuring that mental health professionals are appropriately trained to provide affirming and sensitive care to transgender and gender diverse (TGD) adults is one mechanism that may reduce the marginalization sometimes experienced by TGD adults in mental health contexts. In this study, mental health professionals (n = 142) completed an online survey documenting the sources and types of training received to provide TGD-sensitive care; and, shared a…
Transgender and gender diverse individuals’ daily experiences of rumination
15 responses). Using an experiential framework and an inductive approach to thematic analysis, we generated the following themes: (a) interpersonal relationships as a site of struggle, (b) fear and worry in response to contextual factors, (c) the weight of basic needs and safety, (d) gender as experienced through self and others, (e) intersections of health and rumination, and (f) the occasional reprieve. Using a deductive approach, we also place…
Mental health, coping, and resilience among transgender and gender diverse people during the 2020 U.S. presidential election
Legal Gender Affirmation, Psychological Distress, and Physical Health Issues: Indirect Effects via Enacted Stigma
Transgender and Nonbinary People's Perceptions of Their State Context, Gender Minority Stress, and Mental Health: A Mixed Methods Study
Transgender and nonbinary (TNB) people experience gender minority stressors that adversely affect their mental health and wellbeing, all of which are shaped by sociopolitical contexts. We explored TNB participants' ( N = 150) perceptions of how affirming their state was and associations with minority stress and mental health variables. Qualitative themes included: (1) Degrees of stigma depend on who you are; (2) Stigma persists even with small po…
Psychology (20 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (18 works) · Transgender (17 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Mental health (10 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works)