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Peer-reviewed Academic Publications Heading

1. Hinwood, M., Morandini, J., Day, T. A., & Walker, F. R. (2012). Evidence that microglia mediate the neurobiological effects of chronic psychological stress on the medial prefrontal cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 22 (6), 1442-1454. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhr229

2. Morandini, J. S., Blaszczynski, A., & Dar-Nimrod, I. (2017). Who adopts queer and pansexual sexual identities? The Journal of Sex Research, 54 (7), 911-922. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2016.1222815

3. Morandini, J. S., Blaszczynski, A., Ross, M. W., Costa, D. S. J., & Dar-Nimrod, I. (2015). Essentialist beliefs, sexual identity uncertainty, internalized homonegativity, and psychological wellbeing in gay men. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 62 (3), 413-420. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000074

4. Morandini, J. S., Blaszczynski, A., Dar‐Nimrod, I., & Ross, M. W. (2015). Minority stress and community connectedness among gay, lesbian, and bisexual Australians: A comparison of rural and metropolitan localities. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 39 (3), 260-266. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12364

5. Morandini, J. S., Blaszczynski, A., Costa, D. S. J., Godwin, A., & Dar-Nimrod, I. (2017). Born this way: Sexual orientation beliefs and their correlates in lesbian and bisexual women. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 64 (5), 560-573. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000227

6. Lynch, K. E., Morandini, J. S., Dar-Nimrod, I., & Griffiths, P. E. (2019). Causal reasoning about human behavior genetics: Synthesis and future directions. Behavior Genetics, 49, 221-234. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-019-09953-9

7. Dacosta, L., Pinkus, R. T., Morandini, J., & Dar-Nimrod, I. (2021). Condom use during COVID-19: Findings from an Australian sample of heterosexual young adults. Sexologies, 30 (1), e43-e48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sexol.2020.12.003

8. Morandini, J. S., Pinkus, R. T. & Dar-Nimrod, I. (2018). Does partner gender influence relationship quality among non-monosexual women? Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 33 (1-2),46-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2018.1449871

9. Hunt, C. J., Morandini, J., Dar-Nimrod, I., & Barlow, F. K. (2020). Why do some gay men identify as “straight-acting” and how is it related to well-being? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49, 1713-1723. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01646-w

10. Morandini, J. S., Kelly, A., de Graaf, N. M., Malouf, P., Guerin, E., & Dar-Nimrod, I. (2023). Is social gender transition associated with mental health status in children and adolescents with gender dysphoria? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52 (3), 1045-1060. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02331-0

11. Morandini, J. S., Veldre, A., Holcombe, A. O., Hsu, K., Lykins, A. D., & Bailey, J. M. (2019). Visual attention to sexual stimuli in mostly heterosexuals. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48, 1371-1385. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-018-1312-2

12. Dar-Nimrod, I., MacNevin, G., Godwin, A., Lynch, K., Magory Cohen, T., & Morandini, J. (2019). Genetic knowledge within a national Australian sample: comparisons with other diverse populations. Public Health Genomics, 21 (3-4), 133-143. https://doi.org/10.1159/000495127