OUR RESEARCH

O’Sullivan, L. F., Belu, C. F., Richard, M. E., & Fuller, R. B. (in press). Did you help? Intervening on behalf of a target during incidents of sexual assault among college student bystanders. Journal of College Student Development.

Byers, E. S., Olthuis, J. V., O’Sullivan, L. F., & Connell, E. M. (in press). Anxiety sensitivity in the sexual context: Links between sexual anxiety sensitivity and sexual well-being. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy.

Bockaj, A., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2022). Romanticizing the stolen kiss: Men’s and women’s reports of nonconsensual kisses and perceptions of impact on the targets of those kisses. Journal of Sex Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2022.2103070

O’Sullivan, L. F., Byers, E. S., & Dawson, S. J. (2022). Individual and relationship predictors of trajectories of sexual function across adolescent and young adult relationships. Journal of Sex Research, 59(1), 53-68.

Hensel, D. J., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2022). What makes them last? Predicting time to relationship dissolution in adolescent women’s intimate relationships with male partners. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(2), 393-412. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F02654075211036516

O’Sullivan, L. F., Belu, C. F., & Garcia, J. R. (2022). Loving you from afar: Attraction to others (“crushes”) among adults in exclusive relationships, communication, perceived outcomes, and expectations of future intimate involvement. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(2), 413-434. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F02654075211038612

Ronis, S. T., O’Sullivan, L. F., & Cormier, L. A. (2022). Vulnerability and variability: Associations between various early forms of nonconsensual sexual experiences and later sexual experiences of young adults. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 31(1), 8-17. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2021-0046

Hensel, D. J., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2022). Sexual concurrency among adolescent women with multiple partners: A daily diary study. Journal of Adolescent Health, 71(1), 70-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.02.004

Sprecher, S., O’Sullivan, L. F., Verette Lindenbaum, J., Drouin, M., & Willetts, M. (2021). Perhaps it was too soon: College students’ reflections on the timing of their sexual debut. Journal of Sex Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2021.1885599

Sy, K. T. L., Shema, T., Ramjee, G., Blanchard, K., Leu, C., Kelvin, E. A., Exner, T. M., Gandhi, A. D., Lince-Deroche, N., Mantell, J. E., O’Sullivan, L. F., & Hoffman, S. (2021). Predictors of antiretroviral therapy initiation in eThekwini (Durban), South Africa: Findings from a prospective cohort study. PLoS One, 16(2), e0246744. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246744

Mitchell, K., Lewis, R., O’Sullivan, L. F., & Fortenberry, J. D. (2021). What is sexual wellbeing, and why does it matter for Public Health? A paradigm shift for public health inquiry and intervention in sexuality. The Lancet Public Health, 6, e608-613. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00099-2

Muise, M., Belu, C. F., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2021). Unspoken, yet understood: Exploring how couples communicate their monogamy agreements. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 30(2), 196-204. https://doi.org/ 10.3138/cjhs.2021-0011

Cormier, L. A., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2021). Satisfying curiosities through “sextech”: Who is accessing non-traditional sexual education? Computers and Human Behavior, 124. https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.chb.2021.106921

O’Sullivan, L. F., Byers, E. S., & Dawson, S. (2021). Individual and relationship predictors of trajectories of sexual function across adolescent and young adult relationships. Journal of Sex Research, 59(1), 53-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2021.1948497

Girouard, A., Dion, J., Bӧthe, B., O’Sullivan, L. F., & Bergeron, S. (2021). Bullying and sexual wellbeing in adolescence: The mediating role of emotion regulation. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50(11), 2136-2150. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01471-7

Byers, E. S., O’Sullivan, L. F., Mitra, K., & Sears, H. (2020). Parent-adolescent sexual communication in India: Responses of middle-class parents. Journal of Family Issues. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X20930343

Foshay, J. E., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2020). What are we telling our sons? Home-based sex communication predicts greater distress related to problems in sexual functioning for male but not female adolescents. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 29, 25-31. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2019-0025

Richard, M. E., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2020). Sexual harassment of massage therapists by their clients. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 29, 205-211. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2020-0011

Wasson Simpson, K. S., O’Sullivan, L. F., Thompson, A. E., & Fortenberry, J. D. (2020). First, best, forbidden and worst: Memorable experiences of intimate kisses. Journal of Relationships Research, 11, e11. https://doi.org/10.1017/jrr.2020.7

Belu, C. F., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2019). Once a poacher always a poacher? Mate poaching history and its association with relationship quality. Journal of Sex Research. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2019.1610150.

Belu, C. F., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2019). Roving eyes: Predictors of crushes in ongoing romantic relationships and implications for relationship quality. Journal of Relationship Research, 10, e2.

Byers, E. S., O’Sullivan, L. F., & Hughes, K. (2019). Sexual functioning of late adolescents and young adults in relationships: Association with Individual characteristics and relationship factors. Sexual and Relationship Therapy. Online ahead of print doi: 10.1080/14681994.2019.1626982

Foshay, J. E., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2019). Coping and unwanted pursuit behaviors following break-ups in young adulthood. Journal of Relationships Research, 10, e3.

Hoffman, S., Cheng-Shiun, L., Ramjee, G., Blanchard, K., Gandhi, A. D., O’Sullivan, L., Kelvin, E. A., Exner, T. M., Mantell, J. E., & Lince-Deroche, N. (2019). Linkage to care following an HIV diagnosis in three public sector clinics in eThekwini (Durban), South Africa: Findings from a prospective cohort study. AIDS and Behavior. Online ahead of print doi: 10.1007/s10461-019-02688-1

Lee, B. H., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2019). Walk the line: How successful are efforts to maintain monogamy in intimate relationships? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48, 1735-1748.

Manzer, D., O’Sullivan, L. F., & Doucet, S. (2019). Culturally competent care of LGBT patients: The NP experience. International Journal of Advanced Nursing Education and Research, 4, 55-70. doi:10.21742/IJANER.2019.4.3.09

O’Sullivan, L. F., Hughes, K., Talbot, K., & Fuller, R. (2019). Plenty of fish in the ocean: How do traits reflecting resiliency moderate adjustment after experiencing a romantic breakup in emerging adulthood? Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 48, 949-962. doi: 10.1007/s10964-019-00985-5

O’Sullivan, L. F., Majerovich, J., & Wuest, J. (2019). From promoting healthy sexual functioning to managing biomedical sexual dysfunction: Health professional views of youth sexual health. SAGE Open Nursing, 5. doi: 10.1177/2377960819832676

O’Sullivan, L. F., Majerovich, J. A., & Milliken, M. (2019). A national survey of the provision of sexual health clinical services by public health in Canada. International Journal of Sexual Health, 31, 17-25. doi: 10.1080/19317611.2018.1561588

Sprecher, S., O’Sullivan, L. F., Drouin, M., Verette Lindenbaum, J., & Willetts, M. (2019). The significance of sexual debut in women’s lives. Current Sexual Health Reports. Online ahead of print doi: 10.1007/s11930-019-00228-5

Vogels, E. A., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2019). The relationship among online sexually explicit material exposure to, desire for, and participation in rough sex. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48, 653-655. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-018-1290-8

Belu, C. F., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2018). Why find my own when I can take yours?: The quality of relationships that arise from successful mate poaching. Journal of Relationship Research, 9, e6, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1017/jrr.2018.5

Cormier, L. A., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2018). Anti-climactic: Investigating how adolescents perceive and deal with orgasm difficulty. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 27, 111-122. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2018-001

Fifield, J., O’Sullivan, L., Kelvin, E. A., Mantell, J. E., Exner, T., Ramjee, G., Blanchard, K., & Hoffman, S. (2018). Social support and violence-prone relationships as predictors of disclosure of HIV status among newly diagnosed HIV-positive South Africans. AIDS and Behavior, 22, 3287-3295. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2136-z

Lee, B. H., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2018). Ain’t misbehavin’? Monogamy maintenance strategies in heterosexual romantic relationships. Personal Relationships, 25, 205-232. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12235

Manzer, D., O’Sullivan, L. F., & Doucet, S. (2018). Myths, misunderstandings, and missing information: Experiences of nurse practitioners in delivery primary care to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) patients. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 27, 157-170. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2018-0017

O’Sullivan, L. F., Byers, E. S., & Mitra, K. (2018). Sexual and reproductive health education attitudes and experience in India: How much support is there for much-needed comprehensive sex education? Findings for an Internet Survey. Sex Education, 19, 145-161. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2018.1506915

O’Sullivan, L. F., Wuest, J., & Byers, E. S. (2018). Figuring it out: How late adolescent and young adult men and women perceive and address problems in sexual functioning. Journal of Sex Research, 56, 327-336. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2017.1416451

Vogels, E. A., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2018). Porn, peers, and performing oral sex: The mediating role of peer norms on pornography’s influence regarding oral sex. Media Psychology, 21, 669-699. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2018.1483249

Del Palacio-González, A., Clark, D. A., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2017). Cognitive processing in the aftermath of relationship dissolution: Associations with concurrent and prospective distress and posttraumatic growth. Stress and Health, 33, 540-548. doi: 10.1002/smi.2738

Del Palacio-González, A., Clark, D. A., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2017). Distress severity following a romantic breakup is associated with positive relationship memories among emerging adults. Emerging Adulthood, 5, 259-267.

Merwin, K. E., O’Sullivan, L. F., & Rosen, N. O. (2017). We need to talk: Disclosure of sexual problems is associated with depression, sexual functioning, and relationship satisfaction in women. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 43, 786-800.

Thompson, A. E., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2017). Understanding variations in judgments of infidelity: An application of Attribution Theory. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 39, 262-276.

Vannier, S. A., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2017). Great expectations: Examining unmet romantic expectations and dating relationship outcomes using an investment model framework. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 34, 235-257.

Anisimowicz, Y., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2016). Men’s and women’s use and creation of online sexually explicit materials including fandom-related works. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46, 823-833. doi: 10.1007/s10508-016-0865-5

Belu, C. F., Lee, B. H., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2016). It hurts to let you go: Characteristics of romantic relationships, breakups and the aftermath. Journal of Relationship Research, 7, 1-11. doi: 10.1017/jrr.2016.11

Boyle, A., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2016). Staying connected: Technology use, computer-mediated communication and relationship outcomes among college students. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 19, 299-307. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2015.0293

Byers, E. S., O’Sullivan, L. F., & Brotto, L. (2016). Time out from sex or romance: Sexually experienced adolescents’ decisions to purposefully avoid sexual activity and/or romantic relationships. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45, 831-845. doi: 10.1007/s10964-016-0447-9

Gibson, K., Thompson, A. E., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2016). Love thy neighbor: Personality traits, relationship quality and attraction to others as predictors of infidelity. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 25, 186-198. doi: 10.3138/cjhs.253-A2

Hamilton, R., Scott, D., O’Sullivan, L., LaChapelle, D. (2016). Applying Social Cognitive Theory to predict hazing perpetration in university athletics. The Journal of Sport Behavior, 39, 255-277.

O’Sullivan, L. F., Byers, E. S., Brotto, L. A., Majerovich, J. A., & Fletcher, J. (2016). A longitudinal study of problems in sexual functioning and related sexual distress among middle to late adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 59, 318-324. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.05.001

O’Sullivan, L. F., & *Vannier, S. A. (2016). Women’s sexual desire and desire disorders from a developmental perspective. Current Sexual Health Reports, 8, 47-56. doi: 10.1007/s11930-016-0070-5

Thompson, A. E., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2016). I can but you can’t: Inconsistencies in judgments of and experiences with infidelity. Journal of Relationships Research, 7, e3. doi: 10.1017/jrr.2016.1

Thompson, A. E., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2016). Drawing the line: The development of a comprehensive assessment of infidelity judgments. Journal of Sex Research, 53, 910-926. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2015.1062840

Vannier, S. A., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2016). Passion, connection & destiny: How romanticized expectations help predict satisfaction and commitment in young adults’ dating relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 34, 235-257. doi: 10.1177/026540751663115690-8Item description