Research hub
The online research hub offers a searchable database of INQYR publications, organized by date and tagged with relevant themes and topics, and is part of our commitment to open science. Find publication summaries on topics like affirmative practice, resilience, or identity development. Each entry includes a summary of the research and links out to the article. The hub is frequently updated.
How to use: Filter publications by theme or topic using the left-hand panel or use the search bar to search keywords. Open-access articles are tagged as such.
Setting the Game Agenda: Reviewing the Emerging Literature on Video Gaming and Psychological Well-Being of Sexual and Gender Diverse Youth
Video games may contribute to the well-being of SGDY in positive (e.g., identity development and involvement with affirming communities) and negative ways (e.g., exposure to microaggressions). Future research is recommended to quantitatively test these factors, which could influence the well-being of the SGDY community.
Processes and Manifestations of Digital Resilience: Video and Textual Insights from Sexual and Gender Minority Youth
This qualitative study identified four themes to demonstrate the proximal processes enacted in the cybersytem (i.e., digital spaces) and their effects on individuals’ resilience to minority stress.
Demonstrating LGBTQ+ Affirmative Practice in Groups: Developing Competence through Simulation-Based Learning
This qualitative study details the foundational competencies required for affirmative practice in group therapy with LGBTQ+ populations and describes a simulation-based learning activity designed to develop these competencies in graduate students.
Assessing the Fidelity of an Affirmative Cognitive Behavioural Group Intervention
This study explores the systematic development of a fidelity process for AFFIRM, an evidence-based, affirmative cognitive behavioral therapy group intervention for LGBTQ+ youth and adults.
Riding the wave: pandemic social work in hospitals
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted social work practice globally. Using a cross-sectional survey, we examined the experiences of hospital social workers in Ontario, Canada during the second wave of the pandemic.
A qualitative exploration of information and communication technology use among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer emerging adult migrants before and after arrival in the United States
A Qualitative Exploration of Information and Communication Technology Use among LGBTQ+ Emerging Adult Migrants Before and After Arrival in the United States
Building bridges and breaking down silos: A framework for developing interdisciplinary, international academic-community research collaborations for the benefit of sexual and gender minority youth
Building bridges and breaking down silos: A framework for developing interdisciplinary, international academic-community research collaborations for the benefit of sexual and gender minority youth