I work to develop deeper understandings of how social stress diminishes people’s health and well-being, as well as of how social and psychological factors help us to more effectively cope with and manage social stress.
Allen LeBlanc’s research expands theories about the complex associations between social stress, individual health, and population health inequities. He currently works collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams, with support from the National Institutes of Health, on studies of social stress that is uniquely experienced by minority populations due to their stigmatized social status. He has been particularly focused on “stress processes” wherein stressful experiences expand and proliferate in people’s lives, as well as on the relational contexts of stress experience by examining the ways in which stress is shared by individuals in intimate relationships (e.g., couples).
2018 LeBlanc, Allen J., David M. Frost, and Kayla Bowen. "Legal Marriage, Unequal Recognition, and Mental Health among Same-Sex Couples." Journal of Marriage and Family. 80:397-408.
2017 Frost, David M., Allen J. LeBlanc, Brian de Vries, Eli Alston-Stepnitz, Rob Stephenson, and Cory R. Woodyatt. "Couple-Level Minority Stress: An Examination of Same-Sex Couples’ Unique Experiences." Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 58:455-472.
2015 LeBlanc, Allen J., David M. Frost, and Richard G. Wight. “Minority Stress, Stress Proliferation, and Mental Health among Same-Sex and Other Marginalized Couples.” Journal of Marriage and Family. 77:40-59.
2022: Thomeer, Mieke Beth, et al. “Past Experiences and Anticipated Futures in the Lives of Transgender and Nonbinary People.” Advances in Life Course Research 53:100482.
2023: Johnson, Kelly C., et al. “Invalidation and Mental Health among Nonbinary Individuals.” Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 11(3):413-424.