Selected Publications

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Downing, M. J., Jr., Benoit, E., & Steen, J. T. (2024). Understanding Black and Latino sexual minority men’s perspectives on assessment of sexual history in diverse health care settings. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication.

Downing, M. J., Jr., Wiatrek, S. E., Zahn, R. J., Mansergh, G., Olansky, E., Gelaude, D., Sullivan, P. S., Stephenson, R., Siegler, A. J., Bauermeister, J., Horvath, K., Chiasson, M. A., Yoon, I. S., Houang, S. T., Hernandez, A. J., & Hirshfield, S. (2023). Video selection and assessment for an app-based HIV prevention messaging intervention: Formative research. mHealth, 9.

Downing, M. J., Jr., Benoit, E., Coe, L., Brown, D., & Steen, J. T. (2023). Examining cultural competency and sexual abuse training needs among service providers working with Black and Latino sexual minority men. Journal of Social Service Research, 49(1), 79-92.

Benoit, E., Downing, M. J., Jr., Brown, D., & Coe, L. (2023). Service provider interpretations of childhood sexual experiences among sexual minority men. Psychological Services, 20(Suppl 1), 94-102.

Downing, M. J., Jr., & Ortiz, B. L. (2021). Evaluation of a sleep journal assignment in an undergraduate health psychology class. In H. Scherschel & D. S. Rudmann (Eds.) Teaching tips: A compendium of conference presentations on teaching, 2020-21. (pp. 118-121). Society for the Teaching of Psychology. http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/teachingtips6

Downing, M. J., Jr., Benoit, E., Brown, D., Coe, L., Hirshfield, S., Pansulla, L., & Carballo-Diéguez, A. (2020). Early sexual experiences, mental health, and risk behavior among Black non-Hispanic and Hispanic / Latino men who have sex with men (MSM). Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 29(1), 41-61.

Downing, M. J., Jr., Millar, B. M., & Hirshfield, S. (2020). Changes in sleep quality and associated health outcomes among gay and bisexual men living with HIV. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 18(3), 406-419.

Hirshfield, S., Downing, M. J., Jr., Chiasson, M. A., Yoon, I. S., Houang, S. T., Teran, R. A., Grov, C., Sullivan, P. S., Gordon, R. J., Hoover, D. R., & Parsons, J. T. (2019). Evaluation of Sex Positive! A video eHealth intervention for men living with HIV. AIDS and Behavior, 23, 3103-3118.

Williams, L. D., Korobchuk, A., Pavlitina, E., Nikolopoulos, G. K., Skaathun, B., Schneider, J., Kostaki, E.-G., Smyrnov, P., Vasylyeva, T. I., Psichogiou, M., Paraskevis, D., Morgan, E., Hadjikou, A., Downing, M. J., Jr., Hatzakis, A., & Friedman, S. R. (2019). Experiences of stigma and support reported by participants in a network intervention to reduce HIV transmission in Athens, Greece; Odessa, Ukraine; and Chicago, Illinois. AIDS and Behavior, 23(5), 1210-1224.

Hirshfield, S., Teran, R., Downing, M. J., Jr., Chiasson, M. A., Tieu, H-V, Dize, L., & Gaydos, C. A. (2018). Quantification of HIV-1 RNA among MSM using an at-home self-collected dried blood spot specimen: Feasibility study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 4(4), e10847.

De, P., Downing, M. J., Jr., & Hirshfield, S. (2018). Cost analysis of implementing a video-based ehealth intervention for HIV-positive gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. AIDS Education and Prevention, 30(4), 211-218.

Hirshfield, S., Downing, M. J., Jr., Horvath, K.J., Swartz, J. A., & Chiasson, M. A. (2018). Adapting Andersen’s behavioral model of health service use to examine risk factors for hypertension among U.S. MSM. American Journal of Men’s Health, 12(4), 788-797.

Downing, M. J., Jr., Antebi-Gruszka, N., Schrimshaw, E. W., & Hirshfield, S. (2018). If you film it will they watch? Factors associated with willingness to view safer sex messaging in internet-based sexually explicit media. AIDS and Behavior, 22, 1295-1312.

Downing, M. J., Jr., Brown, D., Steen, J., & Benoit, E. (2018). Understanding the impact of childhood sexual abuse on men’s risk behavior: Protocol for a mixed-methods study. JMIR Research Protocols, 7(2), e62.

Downing, M. J., Jr., Schrimshaw, E. W., Scheinmann, R., Antebi-Gruszka, N., & Hirshfield, S. (2017). Sexually explicit media use by sexual identity: A comparative analysis of gay, bisexual, and heterosexual men in the United States. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46(6), 1763-1776.

Downing, M. J., Jr., Houang, S. T., Scheinmann, R., Yoon, I. S., Chiasson, M. A., & Hirshfield, S. (2016). Engagement in care, psychological distress, and resilience are associated with sleep quality among HIV-positive gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. Sleep Health, 2, 322-329.

Downing, M. J., Jr., & Hirshfield, S. (2015). Physical and social influences of sex venue behavior: An ecological psychology approach to studying HIV risk among sexual minority men. North American Journal of Psychology, 17(2), 323-342.

Downing, M. J., Jr., & Schrimshaw, E. W. (2014). Self-presentation, desired partner characteristics, and sexual behavior preferences in online personal advertisements of men seeking non-gay-identified men. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 1(1), 30-39.

Benoit, E., & Downing, M. J., Jr. (2013). Childhood sexual experiences among substance-using non-gay identified Black men who have sex with men and women. Child Abuse & Neglect, 37(9), 679-690.

Downing, M. J., Jr. (2008). The role of home in HIV/AIDS: A visual approach to understanding human-environment interactions in the context of long-term illness. Health & Place, 14(2), 313-322.