G. Tyler Lefevor

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

G. Tyler Lefevor is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, G. Tyler Lefevor has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Social Psychology, 41 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 36 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in G. Tyler Lefevor's work include LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (53 papers), Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (35 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (14 papers). G. Tyler Lefevor is often cited by papers focused on LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (53 papers), Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (35 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (14 papers). G. Tyler Lefevor collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. G. Tyler Lefevor's co-authors include Rebecca A. Janis, Caroline C. Boyd-Rogers, Payton J. Jones, Christopher H. Rosik, A. Lee Beckstead, Edward B. Davis, Blaine J. Fowers, So Yeon Park, Chana Etengoff and Ronald L. Schow and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, Personality and Individual Differences and Frontiers in Psychology.

In The Last Decade

G. Tyler Lefevor

75 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Health disparities between genderqueer, transgender, and cisgender individuals: An extension of minority stress theory.
    2019 267 citations G. Tyler Lefevor, Caroline C. Boyd-Rogers et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
G. Tyler Lefevor United States 19 871 519 364 363 174 80 1.2k
Micah E. Lubensky United States 23 978 1.1× 568 1.1× 108 0.3× 560 1.5× 216 1.2× 81 1.6k
Tracey Peter Canada 20 874 1.0× 394 0.8× 161 0.4× 541 1.5× 167 1.0× 52 1.4k
Amy Hequembourg United States 17 713 0.8× 515 1.0× 201 0.6× 292 0.8× 248 1.4× 48 1.2k
Douglas C. Kimmel United States 17 667 0.8× 418 0.8× 107 0.3× 326 0.9× 126 0.7× 29 1.2k
Meredith G. F. Worthen United States 22 817 0.9× 731 1.4× 196 0.5× 386 1.1× 101 0.6× 61 1.4k
Brian G. Ogolsky United States 18 630 0.7× 484 0.9× 314 0.9× 313 0.9× 60 0.3× 57 1.1k
John C. Gonsiorek United States 14 614 0.7× 263 0.5× 97 0.3× 339 0.9× 146 0.8× 29 872
Julie L. Nagoshi United States 19 720 0.8× 574 1.1× 90 0.2× 298 0.8× 127 0.7× 33 1.2k
Linda Garnets United States 11 1.1k 1.3× 509 1.0× 97 0.3× 462 1.3× 263 1.5× 16 1.4k
Lauren Mizock United States 17 790 0.9× 408 0.8× 61 0.2× 503 1.4× 118 0.7× 60 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. Tyler Lefevor

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lefevor, G. Tyler, et al.. (2025). The Varying Effects of Religiousness on Well-Being for Latter-Day Saint Sexual Minorities. Sexuality & Culture. 29(6). 2636–2654. 1 indexed citations
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Renshaw, Tyler L., et al.. (2025). The Influence of School Climate, Family Acceptance, and Minority Stress on Sexual Minority Adolescents’ Subjective Wellbeing. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 34(2). 573–586. 1 indexed citations
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Lefevor, G. Tyler, et al.. (2025). The roles of LGBTQ+ community resilience and religious affiliation in the association between minority stress and depressive symptoms. Counselling Psychology Quarterly. 38(4). 722–741. 1 indexed citations
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Abreu, Roberto L., et al.. (2025). Substance Use, Parental and Teacher Support, and Mental Health Outcomes Among Latinx Sexual and Gender Minority Youth. Journal of Homosexuality. 73(4). 983–1004. 1 indexed citations
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Lefevor, G. Tyler, et al.. (2024). When connecting with LGBTQ+ communities helps and why it does: A meta-analysis of the relationship between connectedness and health-related outcomes.. Psychological Bulletin. 150(11). 1261–1286. 6 indexed citations
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Lefevor, G. Tyler, et al.. (2024). Understanding How Religiousness Shapes Perceptions of Compulsive Sexual Behavior. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. 50(6). 691–706. 2 indexed citations
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Davis, Edward B., Jamie D. Aten, Laura Shannonhouse, et al.. (2023). The multilevel correlates, contributions, and consequences of leader humility in humanitarian aid work. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1188109–1188109.
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Lefevor, G. Tyler, et al.. (2023). The Impact of Changes in Religion on Health Among Sexual Minority Mormons. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. 33(3). 214–229. 3 indexed citations
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Lefevor, G. Tyler. (2023). Sexuality, Religiousness, and Mental Health among Sexual Minority Latter-day Saints in Other-Gender Relationships. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. 49(8). 1013–1028. 4 indexed citations
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Abreu, Roberto L., et al.. (2022). Parental Support, Depressive Symptoms, and LGBTQ Adolescents: Main and Moderation Effects in a Diverse Sample. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology. 53(5). 767–782. 24 indexed citations
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Lefevor, G. Tyler, et al.. (2022). First do no harm: Principles of care for clients with sexual identity confusion and/or conflict.. Psychotherapy. 59(4). 487–497. 6 indexed citations
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Lefevor, G. Tyler, et al.. (2022). Belongingness and depression among LGBQ Mormons: The moderating effect of internalized homonegativity. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health. 27(4). 522–539. 8 indexed citations
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Etengoff, Chana & G. Tyler Lefevor. (2020). Sexual prejudice, sexism, and religion. Current Opinion in Psychology. 40. 45–50. 29 indexed citations
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Lefevor, G. Tyler, et al.. (2018). How well do various types of support buffer psychological distress among transgender and gender nonconforming students?. International Journal of Transgenderism. 20(1). 39–48. 21 indexed citations
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Lefevor, G. Tyler, So Yeon Park, & Tyler R. Pedersen. (2018). Psychological distress among sexual and religious minorities: An examination of power and privilege. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health. 22(2). 90–104. 28 indexed citations
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Lefevor, G. Tyler, Rebecca A. Janis, & So Yeon Park. (2017). Religious and Sexual Identities: An Intersectional, Longitudinal Examination of Change in Therapy. The Counseling Psychologist. 45(3). 387–413. 13 indexed citations
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Myers, Nicholas D., et al.. (2016). Measuring Multidimensional Subjective Well-Being with the I COPPE Scale in a Hispanic Sample. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science. 20(4). 230–243. 24 indexed citations

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