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Published Work

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

 

Speer, S. R., Park, I. Y., & Bellamy, J. L. (2024). Fathering dynamics: Linking

depressive symptomology, parenting stress, and paternal warmth with beliefs in paternal role. Journal of Family Psychology. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1037/fam0001226

 

Park, I. Y., Bellamy, J. L., Speer, S. R., Kim, J., Kwan, J. Y., Powe, P., Banman, A.,

Harty, J. S., & Guterman, N. B. (2024). Actor and partner effects of interparental relationship and co-parenting on parenting stress among fathers and mothers. Families in Society. 10443894231207442.

 

Kim, J., Kwan, J. Y., Speer, S. R., Park, I. Y., Bellamy, J. L., Banman, A., Harty, J., & 

Guterman, N. (2023). Parent-worker relationships in home visiting: Intersections of parental gender, ethnicity, and immigration status. Families in Society, 104(4), 451-464.

 

Park, I. Y., Speer, S. R., Whitfield, D., Kattari, L., Walls, N. E., Christensen, C. (2022).

Predictors of bullying, depression, and suicide attempts among youth: The intersection of race/ethnicity by gender identity. Children and Youth Services Review, 106536. doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106536

 

Bellamy, J. L., Phillips, J.D., & Speer, S. R., Banman, A., Harty, J. S., Guterman, N. B., &

Morales-Mique (in press). Strategies to enhance father engagement in home visiting: Results from a qualitative study of Dads Matter-HV. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research. doi.org/10.1086/720010

 

Speer, S. R., Atteberry-Ash, B., Kattari, S. K., Kattari, L., Gupta, R., & Walls, N. E. (2022).

An intersectional modeling of risk for nonsuicidal self-injury among LGBTQ adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 1-14. doi.org/10.1007/s10826-022-02250-z

 

Brisson, D., McCune, S., Wilson, J., Speer, S. R., & McCrae, J. S. (2020). A

systematic review of the association between poverty and biomarkers of toxic stress.

Journal of Evidenced-Based Social Work, 17(6), 696-713.

 

Speer, S. R., & Atteberry-Ash, B., Kattari, S. K., & Gupta, R. (2020). “What I ended up

doing with the feelings was just bottling them up:” Qualitatively examining the impact of microaggressions on racial/ethnic minorities. Perspectives on Social Work Journal, 15(2), 16-30.

 

Atteberry-Ash, B., Kattari, S. K., Speer, S. R., & Kinney, M. K. (2019). School Safety

Experiences of Young Adults across Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Children and Youth Services Review, 104. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104403

 

Atteberry-Ash, B. & Speer, S. R., Kattari, S. K., & Kinney, M. K. (2019). Does it get better?

LGBTQ social work students and experiences with harmful discourse.

A Journal of Gay and Lesbian Studies 31(2), 223-241. doi

10.1080/10538720.2019.1568337

 

Klawetter, S., Greenfield, J., Speer, S .R., Brown, K., & Hwang, S. (2019). An integrative

review: Maternal engagement in the neonatal intensive care unit and health outcomes for U.S.-born preterm infants. AIMS Public Health, 6(2), 160-183. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2019.2.160

 

Walls, N. E., Kattari, S. K., Speer, S. R., & Kinney, M. (2019). Transfeminine spectrum

parenting: Evidence from the National Transgender Discrimination Study. Social Work Research, svz005, doi: 10.1093/swr/svz005

 

Kattari, S. K., Walls, N. E., & Speer, S. R. (2017). Differences in experiences of discrimination

in accessing social services among transgender and gender non-conforming individuals by (dis)ability. Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation, 16(2), 116-140. doi:10.1080/1536710x.2017.1299661

 

Kattari, S. K., Walls, N. E., Speer, S. R., & Kattari, L. (2016). The relationship between provider

inclusivity and the mental health outcomes of transgender and gender variant people in Colorado. Social Work in Health Care, 55(8), 625-650. doi: 10.1080/00981389.2016.1193099

 

CHAPTERS

 

Bellamy, J. L., Hannah, M. D., Phillips, J. D. & Speer, S. R. (2020). Multidimensional

engagement of families in child welfare. In M. D. Hanna, R. Fong, N. Rolock, & R. McRoy (Eds.). Introduction to child welfare: Building a culturally responsive, multisystemic, evidenced-based approach. San Diego, CA: Cognella, Inc.

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