Selected Publications

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Downing, M. J., Jr., Benoit, E., & Steen, J. T. (2025). 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, 17(2), 245-248.

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.