Durr-E Sameen

University of Calgary

The present study examined subgroups of Asian Indians in the USA based on endorsed mental health symptoms and their relations with mental health treatment parameters (treatment history, internal/institutional barriers to mental health treatment seeking, and treatment preferences [therapist directiveness, emotional intensity, past orientation, and s...

Evidence links positive memories to the onset/maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Using a trauma-exposed South Asian sample in the United States, we examined (a) subgroups of participants based on PTSD symptom clusters and (b) if/how these subgroups compared on positive memory characteristics (specificity, valence, vividness, coher...

The present study examined representations of 39 lesbian characters’ interpersonal relationships and characterological profiles in 20 “lesbian-centric” television shows from 2008-2018. Using a mixed-methods approach, the following variables were analyzed: the quality of lesbian characters’ relationships with their parents, children, close friends,...

The present study examined media frames in relation to the sexual violence experiences of LGBTQ persons in Canada, as members of these marginalized groups currently experience disproportionately high rates of sexual violence, as compared to straight cisgender persons. Sixty-two news articles focusing on sexual violence cases, featuring 31 LGBTQ vic...