Jared Boot-Haury

San Francisco VA Medical Center | VAMC · Department of Psychology

Rural transgender individuals face heightened disparities relative to other transgender individuals. However, social workers and psychologists receive minimal training in transgender client care. The current study used one-way repeated measures ANOVAs to investigate the effectiveness of transgender-specific cultural competency training for social w...

The present study describes the development and validation of the Asexual Stigma Inventory (ASI). This scale addresses limitations in the literature related to measuring stigmatizing experiences of asexual adults. After an initial exploratory factor analysis (Sample 1: N = 246), the results of a confirmatory factor analysis (Sample 2: N = 400) supp...

This article describes Maslow’s vision of a Good Society and how engrained a humanistically oriented psychological science aimed at creating a Good Society has become in the contemporary practice of humanistic psychologists and psychologists more broadly. Although Maslow’s vision of a humanistically influenced psychology aimed at creating a Good So...

The presence of minority stress has been welldocumented among members of the transgender and gender nonconforming community, as has the effect of minority stress on their psychological distress. Little attention has been given to transgender and gender nonconforming people who identify as asexual. This study examined the relationships among minorit...

There is little research on individuals who hold intersectional sexual and gender diverse identities. The scarcity of research is even more pronounced among asexual individuals. The present study analyzed experiences associated with holding an asexual identity and experiences related to romantic orientation and other cultural identities of study pa...

Rural transgender individuals face heightened disparities relative to other transgender individuals. However, social workers and psychologists receive minimal training in transgender client care. The current study used one-way repeated measures ANOVAs to investigate the effectiveness of transgender-specific cultural competency training tailored to...

Despite progress made in providing transgender care, minority stressors such as societal stigmatization and health provider pathologization are still commonplace for the transgender communities. Anxiety disorders, such as generalized anxiety disorder, are prevalent in these communities. This article examines literature concerning how rural transgen...

Reviews the book, Therapeutic Presence: A Mindful Approach to Effective Therapeutic Relationships by Shari Geller and Leslie Greenberg (see record 2022-97786-000). According to the reviewer, Therapeutic Presence is an excellent resource for clinicians aiming to practice psychotherapy from a humanistic perspective. Two prominent humanistic psycholog...

The presence of minority stress has been well documented among members of the transgender and gender non-conforming community, as has the effect of resilience on buffering the impact of minority stress on their psychological distress. Little attention has been given to transgender and gender non-conforming people who identify as asexual. This study...

For gay and bisexual men, relationship status and relationship satisfaction have been linked to longevity, positive mental health, and life satisfaction. Factors that contribute to relationship satisfaction among gay and bisexual men were examined within the framework of Meyer’s (2003) minority stress model. Ninety-three gay, bisexual, and pansexua...