University at Buffalo Stigma and Health (UBSH) Lab
Peer-Reviewed Publications
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Materials and data for all of PI Cipollina's 1st-authored empirical manuscripts can be found on their OSF webpage: osf.io/3dqge
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Cipollina, R., & Sanchez, D. T. (2025, advance online). “It’s best not to discuss or “see” sexual orientation”: An examination of sexuality blindfolding. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430224130503
Cipollina, R., & Nicolas, G. F. (in press). Characterizing LGBTQ Americans’ anticipated stereotypes in healthcare settings and outcomes. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000822
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Cipollina, R., Pereira-Jorge, I., Wang, K. & Chaney, K. E. (in press). “I can’t stop thinking about it”: Disclosure rumination as a novel pathway linking concealment to sexual minorities’ mental health and coping with substances. Stigma and Health.
Wang, K., Ostrove, J.M, Manning, R. B. Fodero, S., Ash, S., Whang, J., Bogart, K. R., Cipollina, R., Redmond, M. R., Adler, J. M., & Lowe, S. R. (2024). Ableism in mental healthcare settings: A qualitative study among U.S. adults with disabilities. SSM Qualitative Research in Health, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100498
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Cipollina, R., Ruben, M., Fu, C., Maroney, M., Bettergarcia, J., Fogwell, N., Gonzalez Lopez, A., & Levitt, H. (2024). The damaging legacy of damage-centered LGBTQ+ research: Applications in healthcare and implications on LGBTQ+ health. Journal of Social Issues, 80(3),973-999. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12641
Cipollina, R, & Wang, K. (2024, advance online). Sexual and gender minority college students’ perceptions of sexuality blindfolding. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000758
Chaney, K. E., Wilton, L. Morgenroth, T., Cipollina., R., & Pereira-Jorge +, I. (2024). Predictors and implications of parents’ beliefs about the appropriateness of LGBTQ+ topics for children. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 15(7) 863-876. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506241252198
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Cipollina, R., Eddy, Z., & Sanchez, D. T. (2024). Contested sexual identities and bi+ groups’ identity disclosure experiences. Journal of Bisexuality., 24(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2023.2285065
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Pham, M.D., Chaney, K.E. & Cipollina, R. (2024). Black Americans suppress emotions when prejudice is believed to stem from shared ignorance. Frontiers in Psychology, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1336552.
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Wetzel, G., Cultice, R., Cipollina, R., & Sanchez, D.T. (2024) Perceptions of partners’ precarious manhood shape sexual encounters and women’s condom negotiation. Sex Roles, 90, 458-474. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-024-01452-7
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Cipollina, R., Chaney, K. E., & Sanchez, D. T. (2023). Factors that contribute to accurately perceiving anti-Black racism and sexism overlap. Journal of Social Psychology, 164(4), 1066-1084. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2023.2246636 PDF
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Chaney, K. E., Cipollina, R., & Sanchez, D.T. (2024). Perceptions of White women’s stigma-based solidarity and disingenuous allyship. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 15(5), 509-518. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506231188757. OSF
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Manning +, R. B., Cipollina, R., Lowe, S., Bogart, K. R., Ostrove, J., Adler, J. M., Nario-Redmond, M. R. & Wang, K. P. (2023). Barriers to mental health service use among people with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rehabilitation Psychology, 68(4), 351. https://doi.org/10.1037/rep0000512 (IF: 3.71) APA Article Spotlight.
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Cipollina, R., & Sanchez, D. T. (2023). Racial identity safety cues and healthcare provider expectations. Stigma and Health, 8(2), 159–169. doi:10.1037/sah0000265. PDF
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Li, K. C., Cipollina, R., & Sanchez, D. T. (2023). Perceived COVID-induced racism and contextual predictors of fear and psychological distress among Black men. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, e12857. doi:10.1111/spc3.12857. PDF OSF
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Cipollina, R., Sanchez, D. T. & Mikrut, E. M. (2024). Disclosing mental illness to share or test stigma? Disclosure motivations and disclosure directness. Stigma and Health, 9(3), 268. https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000428.
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Cipollina, R., Pereira-Jorge, I., & Sanchez, D. T. (2022). Perceptions of racial essentialism and social identity threat. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 26(7). https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430222112392
Cipollina, R., Sanchez, D. T., Egert, A., Albuja, A. F., Dominick, J. K., & Maimon, M. R., (2022). Disclosure style
and response engagement during disclosures of concealable stigmatized identities. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13(2), 466-475. PDF
Cipollina, R., & Sanchez, D. T. (2022). Identity cues influence sexual minorities’ anticipated treatment and disclosure intentions in healthcare settings: Exploring a multiple pathway model. Journal of Health Psychology, 27(7), 1569-1582. PDF
Mikrut, E., Panjwani, A. A., Cipollina, R. & Revenson, T. A. (2020). Social constraints and distress among parents of adolescents and young adults with Cancer: The roles of cognitive processing and fear of recurrence. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. https://rdcu.be/bIqfN PDF
Cipollina, R., & Sanchez, D. T. (2019). Reducing health care disparities through improving trust: An identity safety cues intervention for stigmatized groups. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 5(4), 315-325. PDF
Albuja, A. F., Gaither, S. E., Sanchez, D. T., Straka, B., & Cipollina, R. (2019). Psychophysiological stress responses to bicultural and biracial identity denial, Journal of Social Issues, 75(4), 1165-1191. doi: 10.1111/josi.12347 PDF
Roberts, K.J., Revenson, T. A., Urken, M., Fleszar, S., Cipollina, R., Rowe, M. E., Dos Reis, L. L. & Lepore, S. J. (2016). Testing with feedback improves comprehension in multimedia medical informed consent. Patient Education and Counseling, 99(8), 1377-1381. PDF
TEACHING PUBLICATIONS
Panjwani, A. A. & Cipollina, R. (2017). The elephant in the room: Fostering participation in large classes. In R. Obeid, A. Schwartz, C. Shane-Simpson, & P. J. Brooks. (Eds.). How We Teach Now: The GSTA Guide to Student-Centered Teaching. The Society for the Teaching of Psychology website: http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/howweteachnow