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Peer-Reviewed Publications

*Zhang, Y., *Garcia, M. R., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2025). How social support and parent-child relationship quality relate to LGBTQ+ college students’ academic challenges during COVID-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22, 459.

Weiser, D. A., Knopik, V. S., Horn, S. S., Kirkorian, H. L., Lefkowitz, E. S., Lohman, B. J., Russell, S. T., Stein, G. L., Swanson, D. P., & Wittenborn, A. K. (2025). Unifying Human Development and family science: Navigating identity challenges in higher education. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 17(1), 29–42. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12607

*Hanna-Walker, V., Caba, A., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2025). Sexual and Gender Diverse Young Adults' Affiliations with Disaffirming Religions: A Qualitative Examination. LGBTQ+ Family: Interdisciplinary Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/27703371.2025.2465707

Gans K. M., Chacon, V., Warykas, S. W., Esquivel, V., Baird, M., Zhang, S., Tovar, A., Ray, S., Inman, N. F., McCauley, P., Zambrano Rodriguez, V. C., Miller, M., Stekler, N., & Risica. P. M. (2025). Exploring barriers and facilitators to water availability and accessibility, and potential strategies for improving water accessibility and children's intake in family childcare homes: A qualitative study. Accepted for publication. Frontiers in Nutrition.

*​Hanna-Walker, V., Lawrence, S. E., Clark, A. N., Walters, T. L., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2024). “It’s like an elephant in the room with my family”: LGBTQ+ college students’ identity expression during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Adolescent Research 39(6), 1512-1538.  https://doi.org/10.1177/07435584221149372

*Clark, A. N., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (in press). Sexual and affectionate behaviors and satisfaction for adults in romantic relationships: A latent profile analysis. Archives of Sexual Behavior.   

Hanna-Walker, V., Lefkowitz, E. S., & Watson, R. J. (2024). A Latent Profile Analysis of Religious Parents’ Responses to Their Sexual and Gender Diverse Child. Journal of Homosexuality, 72(10), 1897–1917. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2024.2398552

*Hebert, M. J., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2024). Sexual behavioral development. E. Neblett & W. Troop-Gordon (Eds.), Encyclopedia of adolescence, (2nd ed., pp. 458-469). Elsevier. 

*Clark, A. N., *Walters, T. L., *Hanna-Walker, V., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2024). “Hugging with masks on”: LGBTQ+ college students’ relationship experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
Interpersona, 8, 40-54.  ​
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Walters, T. L., Clark, A. N., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2024). “They mostly preached abstinence which didn’t work”: Young adults’ perception of sex-related messages from caregivers prior to initiation of sex. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 53(8), 3173-3186. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-02916-3

*Clark, A. N., *Walters, T. L., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2024). “It’s an ongoing discussion about desire”: Adults’ strategies for managing sexual and affectionate desire discrepancies in romantic relationships. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 50, 669-686.  
      

Lawrence, S. E., Hanna-Walker, V., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2024). Sexual orientation and gender identity expression, internalized stigma, and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of LGBTQ+ Youth Studies, 22(2), 312–330. https://doi.org/10.1080/19361653.2024.2311871

*Hanna-Walker, V., *Caba, A. E., Simon, K. A., *Renley, B. M., Lefkowitz, E. S., & Watson, R. J. (2024). Identity outness to family among gender diverse sexual minority youth: A latent profile analysis. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.  

​Clark, A. N. (2023). Using Social Exchange Theory to examine relationship processes in asexual-sexual couples. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 15(2), 352-372. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12495
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Clark, A. N., Lefkowitz, E. S., & Zimmerman, C. (2023). Sexual and affectionate behaviors in asexual and allosexual adults. The Journal of Sex Research, 60(2), 242-252. 

Clark, A. N., Walters, T. L., Hanna-Walker, V., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2023). “Hugging with masks on”: LGBTQ+ college students’ relationship experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interpersona. Manuscript accepted for publication.

Hanna-Walker, V., Walters, T. L., Wesche, R., Leavitt, C. E., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2023). Religiosity, sexual behaviors, sexual motivations, and gender: A three-year longitudinal study. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 33(3), 943-956.
 
Lawrence, S. E., Walters, T. L., Farina, R. E., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2023). College students' sexual motives, experiences, and drinking-related protective behavioral strategies. Sexuality & Culture, 27(3), 1081-1097. 

​Walters, T. L., Hanna-Walker, V., Clark, A. N., Farina, R. E., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2023). LGBTQ+ college students’ relationship satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Emerging Adulthood. 11(3), 804-810. https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968231160305 ​

Lefkowitz, E. S., & Walters, T. L. (2022) Selection and socialization effects of living on versus off campus. Emerging Adulthood, 10(5), 1108-1117.

Vasilenko, S. A., Walters, T. L., Clark, A. N., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2022). Positive, negative or mixed feelings? A person-centered approach to consequences of first penile-vaginal intercourse in college students. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51(8), 3993-4006. 

Walters, T. L., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2022). Does sex improve with experience?: A latent transition analysis of college students’ penile-vaginal sex-related consequences. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 52(3), 461-474.  

Zhang, Y., Farina, R. E., Lawrence, S. E., Walters, T. L., Clark, A. N., Hanna-Walker, V., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2022). How social support and parent-child relationship quality relate to LGTQ+ college students’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Family Psychology, 36(5), 653–660. 

Lawrence, S. E., Walters, T. L., Clark, A. N., Zhang, Y., Hanna-Walker, V., Farina, R. E., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2021). LGBTQ+ college students’ engagement in COVID-protective and COVID-risk behaviors. Emerging Adulthood, 9(5), 645-652. 

Vasilenko, S. A., Lefkowitz, E. S., & Maggs, J. L. (2021). Changes in psychological distress after first vaginal intercourse in late adolescence. Journal of Adolescence, 89, 213-216.

​Wesche, R., Lefkowitz, E. S., & Maggs, J. L. (2021). Short-term consequences of sex: Contextual predictors and change across college. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50, 1613-1626. 

Wesche, R., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2020). Normative sexual development and milestones. S. Hupp & J. Jewell (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development. Wiley-Blackwell.

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Leavitt, C. E., Lefkowitz, E. S., Aykil, Y., & Serduk, K. (2020). A cross-cultural study of midlife relational and sexual health: Comparing Ukraine to the U.S and Turkey. Sexuality and Culture, 24, 649-670.

Waterman, E. A. & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2020). Does alcohol use in large group contexts mediate the association between sex-related alcohol expectancies and rape? Violence and Victims, 35, 195-209.

Wesche, R., Kreager, D. A., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2019). Sources of social influence on adolescents’ alcohol use. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 29, ​984-1000.

Lefkowitz, E. S., Vasilenko, S. A., Wesche, R., & Maggs, J. L. (2019). Changes in diverse sexual and contraceptive behaviors across college. Journal of Sex Research, 56, 956-976.

Leavitt, C. E., Lefkowitz, E. S., & Waterman, E. A. (2019). The role of sexual mindfulness in sexual wellbeing, relational wellbeing, and self-esteem. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 45, 497-509.

Waterman, E. A., Wesche, R., Leavitt, C. E., & Lefkowitz, E S. (2019). Fraternity membership, traditional masculinity ideologies, and impersonal sex: Selection and socialization effects. Psychology of Men and Masculinities, 21, 58-68.
 
Wesche, R., Kreager, D. A., Feinberg, M. E., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2019). Peer acceptance and sexual behaviors from adolescence to young adulthood. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 48, 996-1008.

Leavitt, C. E., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2018). Erectile dysfunction. In Bornstein, M. (Ed.), The Sage Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development (pp. 766-768). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc.

Lefkowitz, E. S., Wesche, R., & Leavitt, C. E. (2018).
 Never been kissed: Correlates of lifetime kissing status in U.S. university students. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 47, 1283-1293.

Lefkowitz, E. S., Wesche, R., Picci, G., & Hochgraf, A. K. (2018). Daily associations between kissing and affect during the transition from adolescence to young adulthood. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 28, 779-785.

Vasilenko, S. A., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2018). Sexual behavior and daily affect in emerging adulthood. Emerging Adulthood, 6, 191-199.

Waterman, E. A., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2018).
Sexuality. In Bornstein, M. (Ed.), The Sage Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development (pp. 1984-1988). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc.

Waterman, E. A., Wesche, R., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2018). Longitudinal correlates of peer sexual communication quality in young adulthood. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 15, 421–432.

Wesche, R., Claxton, S. E., Lefkowitz, E. S., & van Dulmen, M. H. M. (2018). Evaluations and future plans after casual sexual experiences: Differences across partner type. Journal of Sex Research, 55, 1180-1191.

Waterman, E. A., Wesche, R., Leavitt, C. E., Jones, D. E., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2017). Long-distance dating relationships, relationship dissolution, and college adjustment. Emerging Adulthood, 5, 268 - 279.

Waterman, E. A., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2017).
Are mothers’ and fathers’ parenting characteristics associated with emerging adults’ academic engagement? Journal of Family Issues, 38, 1239-1261.

Wesche, R., Kreager, D. A., Lefkowitz, E. S., & Siennick, S. E. (2017). Early sexual initiation and mental health: A fleeting association or enduring change? Journal of Research on Adolescence, 27, 611-627.

Wesche, R., Vasilenko, S. A., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2017).
Latent classes of sexual behaviors: Prevalence, predictors, and consequences. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 14, 100-111.

Kreager, D. A., Staff, J., Gauthier, R., Lefkowitz, E. S., & Feinberg, M. E. (2016).
The double standard at sexual debut: Gender, sexual behavior and adolescent peer acceptance. Sex Roles, 75, 37-392.  ​

Lam, C. B., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2016).
Male role attitudes and self-esteem: A 3-year longitudinal study of heterosexual college students. Emerging Adulthood, 4, 427-435.

Lefkowitz, E. S., Vasilenko, S. A., & Leavitt, C. E. (2016). 
Oral vs. vaginal sex experiences and consequences among first year college students. Archives of Sexual Behavior. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45, 329-337. ​

Lefkowitz, E. S., Waterman, E. A., Morgan, N., & Maggs, J. L. (2016).
College students’ perceptions of the links between alcohol use and sex. Emerging Adulthood, 4, 272-283.

Wesche, R., Espinosa-Hernández, G., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2016). Gender’s role in misperceptions of peers’ sexual motives. Sexuality & Culture, 20, 1003-1019.

Maas, M. K., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2015).
Sexual esteem in emerging adulthood: Associations with sexual behavior, contraception use and romantic relationships. Journal of Sex Research, 52, 795-806. 

Maas, M. K., Shearer, C. L., Lefkowitz, E. S., & *Gillen, M. M. (2015).
Sex rules: Emerging adults’ perceptions of gender’s impact on sexuality. Sexuality and Culture, 19, 617-636.

Patrick, M. E., Maggs, J. L., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2015).
Daily associations between drinking and sex among college students: A longitudinal measurement burst design. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 25, 377-386.

Vasilenko, S. A., Kreager, D. A., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2015).
Gender, contraceptive attitudes, and condom use in adolescent romantic relationships: A dyadic approach. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 25, 51-65.

Vasilenko, S. A., Maas, M. K., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2015).
“It felt good but weird at the same time”: Emerging adults’ first experiences of six different sexual behaviors. Journal of Adolescent Research 30, 586-606.

Lefkowitz, E. S., Kelly, K. M., Vasilenko, S. A., & Maggs, J. L. (2014). Correlates of human papillomavirus vaccination among female university students. Women and Health, 54, 487-501.

Lefkowitz, E. S., Shearer, C. L., Gillen, M. M., & Espinosa-Hernandez, G. (2014).
How gendered attitudes relate to women’s and men’s sexual behaviors and beliefs. Sexuality & Culture, 18, 833-846. .

Lefkowitz, E. S., & Vasilenko, S. A. (2014).
Healthy sex and sexual health: New directions for studying outcomes of sexual health. In E. S. Lefkowitz & S. A. Vasilenko (Eds), New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development: Positive and negative outcomes of sexual behavior, 144 (pp. 87-98). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Vasilenko, S. A., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2014).
Changes in religiosity after first intercourse in the transition to adulthood. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 6, 310-315.

Vasilenko, S. A., Lefkowitz, E. S., & Welsh, D. P. (2014).
Is sexual behavior healthy for adolescents?  A conceptual framework for research on adolescent sexual behavior and physical, mental, and social health. In E. S. Lefkowitz & S. A. Vasilenko (Eds), New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development: Positive and negative outcomes of sexual behavior, 144 (pp. 3-19). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Cichy, K. E., Lefkowitz, E. S., Davis, E., & Fingerman, K. (2013).
“You are such a disappointment!”: Negative emotions and parents’ perceptions of adult children’s lack of success. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 68, 893-901.

Cichy, K., E., Lefkowitz, E. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2013).
Conflict engagement and conflict disengagement during interactions between adults and their parents.
Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 68, 31-40. 

Lam, C. B., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2013).
Risky sexual behaviors in emerging adults: Longitudinal changes and within-person variations. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43, 523-532. 

Vasilenko, S. A. Duntzee, C., Zheng, Y., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2013).
Testing two process models of religiosity and sexual behavior. Journal of Adolescence, 36, 667-673.   

Gillen, M. M., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2012).
Gender and racial/ethnic differences in body image development among college students. Body Image, 9, 126-130. 
 

Lefkowitz, E. S., Patrick, M. Morgan, N., Bezemer, D. H., & Vasilenko, S. A., (2012).
State Patty’s Day: College student drinking and local crime increased on a student-constructed holiday. Journal of Adolescent Research, 27, 323-350.

Lefkowitz, E. S., Vukman, S. N., & Loken, E. (2012).
Young adults in a wireless world. In A. Booth, S. L. Brown, N. S. Lansdale, W. D. Manning, & S. M. McHale (Eds.), Early adulthood in a family context. New York: Springer.

Vasilenko, S. A., Lefkowitz, E. S., & Maggs, J. L. (2012).
Short-term positive and negative consequences of sex based on daily reports among college students. Journal of Sex Research, 49, 558-569.

Gillen, M. M., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2011a).
The ‘freshman 15’: Trends and predictors in a sample of multiethnic men and women. Eating Behaviors, 12, 261-266. 

Gillen, M. M., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2011b).
Body size perceptions in racially/ethnically diverse men and women: Implications for body image and self-esteem. North American Journal of Psychology, 13, 447-467.

Lefkowitz, E. S., Gillen, M. M., & Vasilenko, S. A. (2011).
Putting the romance back into sex: Sexuality in romantic relationships. In F. D. Fincham & M. Cui (Eds.), Romantic relationships in emerging adulthood (pp. 213-233). New York: Cambridge University Press. 

Patrick, M. E., Morgan, N., Maggs, J. L.,& Lefkowitz, E. S. (2011).
“I got your back”: Friends’ understandings regarding college student Spring Break behavior. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40, 108-120. 
 
Pitzer, L., Fingerman, K. L., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2011).
Development of the Parent Adult Relationship Questionnaire (PARQ). International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 72, 111-135. 

Vasilenko, S. A., Ram, N., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2011).
Body image and first sexual intercourse in late adolescence. Journal of Adolescence, 34, 327-325. 

Stoppa, T. M., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2010). Religiosity during the transition to college. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 20, 23-38. 
 
Birditt, K. S., Miller, L. M., Fingerman, K. L., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2009).
Tensions in the parent and adult child relationship: Links to solidarity and ambivalence.
Psychology and Aging, 24, 287-295. 
 
Espinosa-Hernandez, G., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2009).
Sexual behaviors and attitudes and ethnic identity during college. Journal of Sex Research, 46, 471-482. 

Gillen, M. M., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2009).
Emerging adults’ perceptions of messages about physical appearance. Body Image: An International Journal of Research, 6, 178-195. 
 
Birditt, K. S., Fingerman, K. L., Lefkowitz, E. S. & Kamp Dush, C. M. (2008).
Parents perceived as peers: Filial maturity in adulthood. Journal of Adult Development, 15, 1-12.

Fingerman, K. L., Pitzer, L., Lefkowitz, E. S., Birditt, K. S., & Mroczek, D., & (2008).
Ambivalent relationship qualities between adults and their parents: Implications for both parties’ well being. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 63, 362-271.

Hay, E. L., Fingerman, K. L., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2008).
The worries adult children and their parents experience for one another. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 67, 101-127.  

Boone, T. L., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2007).
Mother-adolescent health communication: Are all conversations created equally? Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36,
1038-1047.

Cichy, K., E., Fingerman, K. L., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2007).
Age differences in types of interpersonal tensions. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 64, 171-193.

Cichy, K., E., Lefkowitz, E. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2007).
Generational differences in gender attitudes between parents and grown offspring. Sex Roles, 57, 825-836.

Hay, E. L., Fingerman, K. L., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2007).
The experience of worry in parent- adult offspring relationships. Personal Relationships, 14, 605-622. 

Lefkowitz, E. S., & Espinosa-Hernandez, G. (2007).
Sex-related communication with mothers and close friends during the transition to university. Journal of Sex Research, 44, 17-27.

Nadeem, E., Romo, L. F., Sigman, M., Lefkowitz, E. S., & Au, T. K. (2007).
The validity of observational measures in detecting optimal maternal communication styles: Evidence from European Americans and Latinos. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 17, 153-168.   

Fingerman, K. F., Chen, P. C., Hay, E., Cichy, K. E., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2006).
Ambivalent reactions in the parent and offspring relationship. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Science, 61B, 152-160.

Gillen, M. M., Lefkowitz, E. S., & *Shearer, C. L. (2006).
Does body image play a role in risky sexual attitudes and behaviors? Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 35,
243-255.

Gillen, M. G., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2006).
Gender role development and body image among male and female first year college students. Sex Roles, 55, 25-37. 

Lefkowitz, E. S., & Stoppa, T. M. (2006).
Positive sexual communication and socialization in the parent-adolescent context. In L. M. Diamond (Ed.), New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Rethinking positive adolescent female sexual development, 112 (pp. 39-55). San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.

Corona, R.A., Lefkowitz, E. S., Sigman, M., & Romo, L. F. (2005).
Latino adolescents' adjustment, maternal depressive symptoms, and the mother-adolescent relationship. Family Relations, 54, 386-399.

Lefkowitz, E. S. (2005).
“Things have gotten better”: Developmental changes among emerging adults after the transition to university. Journal of Adolescent Research, 20, 40-63.  
 
Lefkowitz, E. S., & Gillen, M. M. (2005).
“Sex is just a normal part of life”: Sexuality in emerging adulthood. Arnett, J.J., & Tanner, J.L. (Eds.). Emerging adults in America: Coming of age in the 21st century (pp. 235-255). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Shearer, C. L., Hosterman, S. J., Gillen, M. M, & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2005).
Are traditional gender roles associated with risky sexual behavior and attitudes about condom use? Sex Roles, 52, 311-324. 
 
Boone, T. L., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2004).
Safer sex and the Health Belief Model: Considering the contributions of peer norms and socialization factors. Journal
of Psychology and Human Sexuality, 16
, 51 - 68.

Lefkowitz, E. S., Boone, T. L., & Shearer, C. L. (2004).
Communication with best friends about sex-related topics during emerging adulthood. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 33, 339-351.

Lefkowitz, E. S., Gillen, M. M., Shearer, C. L., & Boone, T. L. (2004).
Religiosity, sexual behaviors, and sexual attitudes during emerging adulthood. Journal of Sex Research, 41, 150 – 159.

Boone, T. L., Lefkowitz, E. S., Romo, L. F., Corona, R., Sigman, M., & Au, T. K. (2003).
Mothers’ and adolescents perceptions of AIDS vulnerability. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 27, 347 – 354.

Lefkowitz, E. S., Boone, T. L., Au, T. K., & Sigman, M. (2003). 
No sex or safe sex? Mothers' and adolescents' discussions about abstinence and safer sex. Health
Education Research, 18
, 341 – 351.  
 
Lefkowitz, E. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2003).
Positive and negative emotional feelings and behaviors in mother-daughter ties in late life. Journal of Family Psychology, 17, 607 - 617.  
 
Lefkowitz, E. S. (2002).
Beyond the yes-no question: Measuring parent-child communication about sexual topics. In S. S. Feldman, & D. A. Rosenthal (Eds). New
Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 97, Talking sexuality: Parent-adolescent communication
(pp. 43 – 56). San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.

Lefkowitz, E. S., Boone, T. L., Sigman, M. D., & Au, T. K. (2002).
He said, she said:  Gender differences in self-reported and observed conversations about sexuality. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 12, 217 – 242.

Romo, L. F., Lefkowitz, E. S., Sigman, M., Au, T. K. (2002).
A longitudinal study of maternal messages about dating and sexuality and their influence on Latino adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 31, 59 – 69.

Romo, L.F., Lefkowitz, E. S., Sigman, M.,& Au, T. K. (2001).
Determinants of mother-adolescent communication about sex in Latino families. Journal
of Adolescent and Family Health, 2
, 72 - 82.

Lefkowitz, E. S., Romo. L. F., Corona, R., Au, T. K., & Sigman, M. (2000).
How Latino American and European American adolescents discuss conflicts, sexuality, and AIDS with their mothers. Developmental Psychology, 36, 315-325.

Lefkowitz, E. S., Sigman, M. D. & Au, T. K. (2000).
Helping mothers discuss sexuality and AIDS with adolescents. Child Development, 71, 1383-1394.

Frost, A. K., Reinherz, H. Z., Pakiz-Camras, B., Giaconia, R. M, & Lefkowitz, E. S. (1999).
Risk factors for depressive symptoms in late adolescence: A longitudinal community study. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 69, 370-381.

Lefkowitz, E. S., Kahlbaugh, P., Au, T. K., & Sigman, M. (1998).
A longitudinal study of AIDS conversations between mothers and adolescents. AIDS Education and Prevention, 10, 351-365.

Kahlbaugh, P., Lefkowitz, E. S., Sigman, M., & Valdez, P. (1997).
The affective nature of mother-adolescent communication concerning sexuality and conflict. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 7, 221-239.

Lefkowitz, E. S., Kahlbaugh, P., & Sigman, M. D. (1996).
Turn-taking in mother-adolescent conversations about sexuality and conflict. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 25, 307-321.

Reinherz, H. Z., Giaconia, R. M., Lefkowitz, E. S., Pakiz, B. & Frost, A. K. (1993).
Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in a community population of older adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 32, 369-377.

Reinherz, H. Z., Giaconia, R. M., Pakiz, B., Silverman, A. B., Frost, A. K., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (1993).
Psychosocial risks for major depression in late adolescence: A longitudinal community study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 32, 1155-1162.
*Hanna-Walker, V., *Walters, T. L., Wesche, R., Leavitt, C. E., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2023). Religiosity, sexual behaviors, sexual motivations, and gender: A three year longitudinal study. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 33(3), 943-956.
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