Publications

Tornello, S. L., Riskind, R. G., & Benson, L. (in press). Parenting stress, rather than gender identity, predicts child adjustment among children of nonbinary and binary transgender parents. Infant and Child Development.

Skurka, C., Troy, C. L. C., Yang, Y., Myrick, J., Smith, R., Tornello, S. L., Rosenberger, J., & Brick, T. R. (2025). “It Is in the Air”: Seeking and scanning for information about pre-exposure prophylaxis among young-adult men who have sex with men in the United States, Health Communication.

**Fang, S., Zhou, N., Tornello, S. L., Guo, L., & Cao, H. (2025). Linking intradyad coparenting stressor and extradyad heterosexist discrimination stressor with Chinese sexual minority mothers’ couple relationship quality: The moderating role of internalized homophobia. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000809

Chen, L., Fosco, G., & Tornello, S. L. (2024). Who benefits from autonomy supportive parenting? Considering individual difference in adolescent emotional reactivity. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 33(4), 1184-1197  http://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02807-0

Bai, S., Tornello, S. L., Mogle, J., & Feinberg, M. (2023). Daily implementation of health protective behaviors and family life during COVID-19. Family Process, 63(1), 428-442. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12870

Farr, R. H., Tornello, S. L., & Rostosky S. S. (2022). How do LGBTQ+ parents raise well-adjusted, resilient, and thriving children? Current Directions in Psychological Science, 31(6), 526-535. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214221121295 

Tornello, S. L. & Smith, R. A. (2022). Sexual minority mothers: A dyadic exploration of stigma, identity, support, and parental wellbeing. Journal of Homosexuality, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2022.2132580 

Riskind, R. G. & Tornello, S. L. (2022). “I think it’s too early to know”: Gender identity labels and gender expression of young children with nonbinary or binary transgender parents. Frontier Psychology: Gender, Sex, and Sexualities, 13: 916088, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.916088

Puckett, J. A., Tornello, S. L., Mustanski, B., & Newcomb, M. E. (2022). Gender variations, generational effects, and mental health of transgender people in relation to timing and status of gender identity milestones. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 9(2), 165-178. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000391

**Leal, D., Gato, J., Coimbra, S., Tasker, F., & Tornello, S. L. (2022) The Prospective Co-Parenting Relationship Scale (PCRS) for Sexual Minority and Heterosexual People: Preliminary Validation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(10), 6345-6368. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19106345 

Feinberg, M. E., Mogle, J. A., Lee, J. K., Tornello, S. L., Hostetler, M. L., *Cifelli, J. A., Bai, S., & Hotez, E. (2022). Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on parent, child, and family functioning. Family Process, 61(1), 361-374. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12649 

Feinberg, M.E., Gedaly, L., Mogle, J., Hostetler, M.L., *Cifelli, J.A., Tornello, S.L., Lee, J.K., & Jones, D.E. (2022). Building long-term family resilience through universal prevention: 10-year parent and child outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Family Process, 69(1), 76-90. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12730

Tornello, S. L. (2021). Relationship functioning of sexual minority people of color. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity 3(8), 314-327. http://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000521

Tornello, S. L. (2020). Division of labor among transgender and gender non-binary parents: Association with individual, couple, and child behavioral outcomes. Frontiers in Psychology, 11(15), 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00015

**van Houten, J., Tornello, S. L., Hoffenaar, P. J., & Bos, H. M. (2020). Understanding parenting intentions among childfree gay men: A comparison with lesbian woman and heterosexual men and women. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 430, 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00430

Goldberg, A., Tornello, S. L., Farr, R. H., Smith, J. Z., & Kahn, E. (2019). Barriers to adoption and foster care and openness to child characteristics among trans adults. Children and Youth Services Review, 109, 104699. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104699

Tornello, S. L., & Mastick, J. L. (2019). Do actions speak louder than words?: Perceptions of women's and men's branched and coincident configurations of sexual identities and behaviors. Psychology & Sexuality, 11 (3), 180-197. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2019.1666298

**Simon, K. A., Tornello, S. L., & Bos, H. M. W. (2019). Sexual minority women and parenthood: Perceptions of friendship among childfree and new parents. Journal of Lesbian Studies, 23 (4), 476-489. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10894160.2019.1634994

Tornello, S. L., Riskind, R. G., & Babic, A. (2019). Transgender and gender non-binary parents’ pathways to parenthood. Journal of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 6 (2), 232-241.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000323

*Bodnar, K., & Tornello, S. L. (2018). Does sex education help everyone?: Sex education exposure and timing as predictors of sexual health among lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual young women. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 29(1), 8-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10474412.2018.1482219

LaDage, L. D., Tornello, S. L., Vallejera, J. M., *Baker, E. E., *Yan, Y., & *Chowdhury, A. (2018). Variation in behavioral engagement during an active learning activity leads to differential knowledge gains in college students. Advances in Physiology Education, 42, 99-103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/advan.00150.2017

**Simon, K. S., Tornello, S. L., Farr, R. H., & Bos, H. M. W. (2018). Envisioning parenthood among bisexual, lesbian, and heterosexual women. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 5, 253-259. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/sgd000026

Tornello, S. L., & Patterson, C. J. (2018). Adult children of gay fathers: Parental disclosure and parent-child relationship. Journal of Homosexuality, 65, 1152-1166. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2017.1406218

Tornello, S. L., **Ivanova, K., & Bos, H. M. W. (2017). Same-sex and mixed-sex couples in the Netherlands: Life satisfaction, relationship functioning, and conflict. Journal of Family Issues, 39, 1443-1464. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513X17710771

Riskind, R. G., & Tornello, S. L. (2017). Sexual orientation and future parenthood in a 2011- 2013 nationally representative United States sample. Journal of Family Psychology, 31, 792-789. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0000316 

Tornello, S. L., & Bos, H. M. W (2017). Parenting intentions among transgender individuals. LGBT Health, 4, 115-120. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2016.0153

Tornello, S. L., & Patterson, C. J. (2016). Gay grandfathers: Intergenerational relationships and mental health. Journal of Family Psychology, 30, 543-551. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0000193 

Farr, R. H., & Tornello, S. L. (2016). The transition to parenthood and early child development in families with same-sex parents. International Journal of Birth and Parent Education, 3, 17-22.

Hu, Y. Q., Xu, Y., & Tornello, S. L. (2016). Stability of self-reported same-sex and both-sex attraction from adolescence to young adulthood. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45, 651- 659. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-015-0541-1

Tornello, S. L., Sonnenberg, B., & Patterson, C. J. (2015). Division of labor among gay fathers: Associations with parent, couple, and child adjustment. Journal of Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 2, 365-375. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000109 

Tornello, S. L., *Kruczkowski, S., & Patterson, C. J. (2015). Division of labor and relationship quality among male same-sex couples who became fathers via surrogacy. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 11, 375-394. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1550428X.2015.1018471

Tornello, S. L., & Patterson, C. J. (2015). Age, life pathways, and experiences of gay father: Life course perspective. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 11, 35-56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1550428X.2013.878681

Riskind, R. G., Tornello, S. L., Younger, B. C., & Patterson, C. J. (2014). Sexual identity, partner sex, and sexual health among adolescent girls in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 104, 1957-1963. http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2014.302037 

Emery, R., & Tornello, S. L. (2014). Rejoinder to Millar and Kruk (2014): Who assumes the burden of proof when there is no neutral null hypothesis? Journal of Marriage and Family, 76, 237- 240. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12070

Tornello, S. L., Riskind,R. G., & Patterson, C. J. (2014). Sexual orientation and sexual and reproductive health among girls and young women in the United States. Journal of Adolescent Health, 54, 160-168. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.08.018

Tornello, S. L., Emery, R., Rowen, J., Potter, D., Ocker, B., & Xu, Y. (2013). Overnight custody arrangements and attachment and adjustment of very young children. Journal of Marriage and Family, 75, 871-885. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12045

Tornello, S. L., Johnson, S., & O'Connor, E. (2013). Relationship quality among lesbian mothers in planned families. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 9, 346-363. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1550428X.2013.801008

*Lick, D. J., Tornello, S. L., Riskind, R. G., Schmidt, K. M., & Patterson, C. J., (2012). Social climate for sexual minorities predicts well-being among heterosexual offspring of lesbian and gay parents. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 9, 99-112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13178-012-0081-6

Tornello, S. L., & Patterson, C. J. (2012). Gay Fathers in mixed orientation relationships: The experiences of those who stay in their marriage and of those who leave. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 8, 85-98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1550428X.2012.641373

Tornello, S. L., Farr, R. H., & Patterson, C. J. (2011). Predictors of parenting stress among gay adoptive fathers in the United States. Journal of Family Psychology, 25, 591- 600. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0024480 

Patterson, C. J., & Tornello, S. L. (2011). Gay fathers’ pathways to parenthood: International perspectives. Zeitschrift fürFamilienforschung (Journal of Family Research), 7, 103 -116. 

*undergraduate student collaborator         **graduate student collaborator