Michele L. Ybarra

16.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
158 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

Michele L. Ybarra is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michele L. Ybarra has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in General Health Professions, 61 papers in Social Psychology and 56 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Michele L. Ybarra's work include Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (43 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (36 papers) and LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (32 papers). Michele L. Ybarra is often cited by papers focused on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (43 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (36 papers) and LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (32 papers). Michele L. Ybarra collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Uganda. Michele L. Ybarra's co-authors include Kimberly J. Mitchell, Michael W. Suman, Josephine D. Korchmaros, Janis Wolak, Marie Diener‐West, Philip J. Leaf, William W. Eaton, David Finkelhor, Dorothy L. Espelage and Tonya L. Prescott and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

Michele L. Ybarra

149 papers receiving 10.2k 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.

Online aggressor/targets, aggressors, and targets: a comparison of associated youth characteristics

2004 914 citations Michele L. Ybarra, Kimberly J. Mitchell profile →
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale: Review and Revision (CESD and CESD-R).

2004 561 citations Michele L. Ybarra et al. profile →
Examining the Overlap in Internet Harassment and School Bullying: Implications for School Intervention

2007 519 citations Michele L. Ybarra et al. Journal of Adolescent Health profile →
Gender Minority Social Stress in Adolescence: Disparities in Adolescent Bullying and Substance Use by Gender Identity

2014 380 citations Sari L. Reisner, Jeffrey T. Parsons et al. The Journal of Sex Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michele L. Ybarra United States	49	5.3k	4.3k	3.3k	3.2k	2.2k	158	11.2k
Kimberly J. Mitchell United States	56	4.8k 0.9×	6.4k 1.5×	4.0k 1.2×	4.7k 1.4×	960 0.4×	216	12.3k
Dorothy L. Espelage United States	76	14.1k 2.7×	4.3k 1.0×	6.0k 1.8×	8.2k 2.5×	1.7k 0.8×	383	20.3k
Megan A. Moreno United States	48	1.4k 0.3×	5.3k 1.2×	3.6k 1.1×	1.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	341	9.9k
Marla E. Eisenberg United States	71	4.7k 0.9×	2.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.3×	10.5k 3.2×	3.5k 1.6×	320	17.7k
Mitchell J. Prinstein United States	69	5.6k 1.1×	3.8k 0.9×	2.8k 0.9×	13.4k 4.1×	1.6k 0.7×	255	19.1k
L. Rowell Huesmann United States	50	5.6k 1.1×	4.3k 1.0×	3.2k 1.0×	5.3k 1.6×	972 0.4×	139	11.9k
Sheryl A. Hemphill United States	61	3.3k 0.6×	3.0k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	5.6k 1.7×	3.3k 1.5×	216	14.0k
Mark L. Hatzenbuehler United States	68	11.7k 2.2×	5.9k 1.4×	680 0.2×	6.9k 2.1×	4.3k 1.9×	160	19.0k
Nancy G. Guerra United States	42	6.6k 1.2×	2.3k 0.5×	3.7k 1.1×	5.4k 1.7×	1.0k 0.5×	106	10.9k
David Finkelhor United States	65	2.6k 0.5×	5.0k 1.2×	1.5k 0.4×	16.3k 5.0×	4.7k 2.1×	114	19.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ybarra, Michele L., et al.. (2025). Transgender Youth's Perspectives on the Relationships Between Pregnancy, Contraceptives, and Dysphoria. Journal of Adolescent Health. 76(6). 1062–1068.

Ybarra, Michele L., Hanno Petras, Kimberly L. Goodman, & Kimberly J. Mitchell. (2024). Predictors of the Onset of Sexual Violence Perpetration in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood. Prevention Science. 25(8). 1284–1297.

Mitchell, Kimberly J., Victoria L. Banyard, Michele L. Ybarra, & Shira Dunsiger. (2022). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for youth with a history of exposure to self-directed violence.. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy. 15(3). 415–421. 1 indexed citations

Ybarra, Michele L., et al.. (2021). ‘They talked completely about straight couples only’: schooling, sexual violence and sexual and gender minority youth. Sex Education. 22(3). 275–288. 18 indexed citations

Ranney, Megan L., Sarah K. Pittman, Alison Riese, et al.. (2021). Cyberbullying Prevention for Adolescents: Iterative Qualitative Methods for Mobile Intervention Design. JMIR Formative Research. 5(8). e25900–e25900. 4 indexed citations

Rosario, Margaret, Carol Goodenow, Michele L. Ybarra, Elizabeth Saewyc, & Tonya L. Prescott. (2020). Reasons Lesbian and Bisexual Adolescent Girls Have or Might Have Sex with Females or Males: Implications for Discordance between Sexual Identity and Behaviors and for Prevention of Pregnancy and STIs. The Journal of Sex Research. 57(8). 966–978. 7 indexed citations

Ybarra, Michele L., et al.. (2017). P4.65 Lessons learned using fb to recruit lgbt adults across eastern africa into online sexual health focus groups. HighWire Press Open Archive. A215.2–A215. 1 indexed citations

Zevallos, Karine, et al.. (2017). Feasibility and Acceptability of a Text Message-Based Smoking Cessation Program for Young Adults in Lima, Peru: Pilot Study. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 5(8). e116–e116. 15 indexed citations

Ybarra, Michele L., Tonya L. Prescott, Gregory Phillips, et al.. (2017). Pilot RCT Results of an mHealth HIV Prevention Program for Sexual Minority Male Adolescents. PEDIATRICS. 140(1). e20162999–e20162999. 60 indexed citations

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Prescott, Tonya L., Gregory Phillips, L. Zachary DuBois, et al.. (2016). Reaching Adolescent Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Men Online: Development and Refinement of a National Recruitment Strategy. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 18(8). e200–e200. 48 indexed citations

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Lenhart, Amanda, Michele L. Ybarra, Kathryn Zickuhr, & Myeshia N. Price. (2016). Online Harassment, Digital Abuse, and Cyberstalking in America. 97 indexed citations

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Ybarra, Michele L., Margaret Rosario, Elizabeth Saewyc, & Carol Goodenow. (2016). Sexual Behaviors and Partner Characteristics by Sexual Identity Among Adolescent Girls. Journal of Adolescent Health. 58(3). 310–316. 36 indexed citations

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Shegog, Ross, Katherine Brown, Sheana Bull, et al.. (2015). Serious Games for Sexual Health. Games for Health Journal. 4(2). 69–77. 17 indexed citations

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DuBois, L. Zachary, et al.. (2015). To Have Sex or Not to Have Sex? An Online Focus Group Study of Sexual Decision Making Among Sexually Experienced and Inexperienced Gay and Bisexual Adolescent Men. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 44(7). 2027–2040. 28 indexed citations

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Ybarra, Michele L., L. Rowell Huesmann, Josephine D. Korchmaros, & Sari L. Reisner. (2014). Cross‐sectional associations between violent video and computer game playing and weapon carrying in a national cohort of children. Aggressive Behavior. 40(4). 345–358. 15 indexed citations

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Ybarra, Michele L., Kimberly J. Mitchell, Neal A. Palmer, & Sari L. Reisner. (2014). Online social support as a buffer against online and offline peer and sexual victimization among U.S. LGBT and non-LGBT youth. Child Abuse & Neglect. 39. 123–136. 214 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Kimberly J., Michele L. Ybarra, Lisa M. Jones, & Dorothy L. Espelage. (2014). What Features Make Online Harassment Incidents Upsetting to Youth?. Journal of School Violence. 15(3). 279–301. 23 indexed citations

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Baheiraei, Azam, et al.. (2013). What sources do adolescents turn to for information about their health concerns?. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 26(1). 61–68. 47 indexed citations

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Ybarra, Michele L. & Kimberly J. Mitchell. (2005). Exposure to Internet Pornography among Children and Adolescents: A National Survey. CyberPsychology & Behavior. 8(5). 473–486. 271 indexed citations

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Ybarra, Michele L.. (2004). Linkages between Depressive Symptomatology and Internet Harassment among Young Regular Internet Users. CyberPsychology & Behavior. 7(2). 247–257. 311 indexed citations

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