Richard A. Brandon-Friedman- Doctor of Philosophy
- Professor (Associate) at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Richard A. Brandon-Friedman
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Professor (Associate) at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
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Introduction
I am an Associate Professor within the Indiana University (IU) School of Social Work and the IU School of Medicine. My research focuses on sexual and/or gender minoritized youth, gender and sexual identity development, sexual wellbeing, and youth in the child welfare system. My main areas of teaching are advanced therapy practice, assessment and diagnosis, theory, and research. I also work for the Gender Health Program at Riley Hospital for Children and as a private clinician in Indianapolis.
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January 2021 - March 2021
August 2018 - present
August 2015 - December 2015
Publications
Publications (37)
This study examined the impact of five domains of social support (a campus group for individuals who identify as a sexual minority, family, friends, significant others, and faith communities) on eight aspects of sexual minority identity development (identity uncertainty, internalized homonegativity, identity affirmation, acceptance concerns, identi...
This study examined how addiction emerges as an occupation in the lives of veterans. Its purpose was to facilitate better knowledge of how addiction is experienced as an occupation by this population, with the goal of destigmatizing addiction and paving the way for innovative ways to help people with addictions to build new occupational lives. Fift...
Purpose: In the past 2 years, nearly all 50 states have debated bills seeking to ban minors' access to gender-affirming medical interventions, with many being passed into law. This study documents gender-diverse youths' (GDY) and their caregivers' experiences as they grapple with how such laws impact their families. Methods: Sixteen GDY and 16 care...
Little research has heretofore examined differences in the sexual well-being and sexual health outcomes between female and male youth in the foster care system. This cross-sectional study examined these differences and as well as how sexual identity development impacts sexual well-being using a sample of 129 youth formerly in the foster care system...
Educational settings have been found to be challenging arenas for transgender and gender expansive (TGE) youth and young adults due to misgendering, lack of affirming bathrooms, systemic exclusion (e.g., legal names and lack of inclusive gender identity demographic options), and frequent silence or avoidance related to TGE issues. Though studies of...
Little research has examined if there are differences in sexual well-being, negative sexual health outcomes, or levels of sexual identity development between racial/ethnic minority and non-racial/ethnic minority youth in the foster care system. Using a sample of youth formerly in the foster care system (n = 219), this study compared the sexual well...
In 2010, the It Gets Better (IGB) project website was launched to house videos containing messages of support for youth who identify as sexual and/or gender minorities (SGMs). Despite success as a virtual social movement, scholars have suggested that the imagery portrayed may unintentionally exclude those who are most marginalized and that the vide...
Background
Social impairments are important features of a substance use disorder diagnosis; and recent models suggest early impairments in socio-cognitive and -affective processes may predict future use. However, no systematic reviews are available on this topic.
Methods
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analyses exploring the association...
Little is known about differences in the levels of sexual well-being, sexual identity development, or sexual health outcomes between sexual minority and non-sexual minority youth in the foster care system. Using a sample of youth formerly in the foster care system, this study compared the sexual well-being, sexual identity development, or sexual he...
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Purpose:
Youth in the child welfare system experience disproportionate rates of negative sexual health outcomes as well as increased engagement in risky sexual behaviors. This study explored the impact of sociosexualization and sexual...
Sexuality and sexual expression are core aspects of most clients' lives, yet most schools of social work fail to cover sexual development, leaving social workers uninformed about this essential area of human development. This is particularly the case when the sexual development of youths is concerned, as youth sexuality is often considered too cont...
Purpose: Former foster youth (FFY) receive less sexual and reproductive health education, experience more negative sexual health outcomes, and engage in more risky sexual behaviors than peers outside the foster care system. Counteracting these adverse experiences requires understanding the contributing processes.
Methods: FFY were recruited from...
This activity is designed to help youth visualize their social environment in order to assist them with managing the disclosure of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity to others. Through this exercise, youth and therapists will be able to identify individuals within youths’ environments to whom the youth would like to come out and to who...
This activity is designed to open a dialogue with clients about their gender identities. By exploring the ways in which they visualize their bodies and express their gender, clients will increase awareness of how their gender is enacted in their lives. This activity will also help clinicians understand how their clients conceptualize their gender.
By the end of this chapter the student will be able to:
• Understand the complications of coming out in a small, rural community
• Examine the impact on each family member as each member struggles with Emilio’s need to come out and their need to be accepted in their small community
• Explore various cultural perspectives that challenge the integ...
This case study is designed to help social work students explore the unique situations that occur when working with youth in the child welfare system who identify as gender minorities and determine how to best meet the youths' needs:
Jackie is a 16-year-old, African American transgender female. Jackie entered the foster care system at age five aft...
In 2010, the It Gets Better (IGB) project website was launched to house videos containing messages of support for youth who identify as sexual and/or gender minorities (SGMs). Despite success as a virtual social movement, scholars have suggested the imagery portrayed may unintentionally exclude those who are most marginalized and that the videos of...
Despite shared societal and historical origins, sociology and social work have had a contentious relationship, leading some to suggest the two disciplines are inherently incompatible. This article challenges that assertion by examining how sociological conceptions of deviance, power, stigma, and control can contribute to more just social work servi...
Overview Using a methodology derived from the field of visual sociology, this study examined how It Gets Better video producers depicted their emotions. Confidence, defiance, empathy, and sadness were displayed the most. Findings suggest individuals exhibit more complex visual signals than would be expected from videos designed to express support....
In response to disproportionately high rates of pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and engagement in sexual risk behaviors, a qualitative pilot study of eight former foster youth was conducted. Semi-structured interviews explored relationships with caregivers, opportunities for sexual health information, and comfort making decisions with c...
Using Visual Sociology, a content analysis was conducted to evaluate the visual representation of ”It Gets Better” videos producers with comparison to previous critiques.
Questions
Questions (2)
I recently received an R&R for a study I did that utilized cross-sectional data. In the study, I was looking at how levels of social support "predicted" identity development. One of the reviewers questioned my usage of the word "predict" based on the cross-sectional design. The reviewer felt I was trying to imply some sort of causation, but I was not trying to do so. Rather, I had been taught this terminology was okay, as the variables can be termed the predictor (IV) and the predicted (DV). Is this not correct? Any advice/clarification on proper terminology in this instance would be greatly appreciated.
I'm having an issue with running the "new" parametric version of the Kruskal-Wallis. Every time I try to run it using Analyze -> Nonparametric tests -> Independent Samples, I get an obnoxious error message saying "org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: An invalid XML character (Unicode: 0xc) was found in the value of attribute "value" and element is "value". Execution of this command stops."
When I run the Kruskal-Wallis test using the legacy dialogues (K independent samples) it works just fine, but I need the post-hoc results. I have spent literally hours trying to figure out what this error means, but have come up with nothing.
I saw that Warren said "For Kruskal-Wallis, one approach is to run pairwise comparisons (i.e., do a Mann-Whitney for each pair of groups) and adjust the alpha for each using a Bonferroni multiple comparison procedure," but I don't know how to do this. Is there a formula to get the proper alpha to use when doing the Mann-Whitney tests? I tried just running them as is, but I then get several "significant" results between groups that were not significant in the overall Kruskal-Wallis test. I assume this is because of the error multiplication in the Mann-Whitney test, but I may be wrong? Any help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated!
