Michael Parents research focuses on the intersections of gender, sexuality, and behavioral health. His interests include mens health, adolescent health, minority stress theory, and the use of anabolic-androgenic steroids, as well as integrating the use of social media into existing psychological frameworks and approaches, and professional training in psychology. Parent also develops accessible Telehealth mental health solutions for populations otherwise unable to access mental health care.
Note: Dr. Parent will not be taking new students for the 2023 academic year.
MBA in Business Administration, Lamar University, 2022
Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, University of Florida, 2013
M.S. in Psychology, University of Florida, 2009
B.A. in Psychology, University of Manitoba, 2007
Focuses on the intersections of gender, sexuality, and behavioral health in topics of mens health, gender roles, and muscularity; conducts outreach with gender and sexual minority communities; development of mobile health interventions.
Note: Dr. Parent will not be taking new students for the 2023 academic year.
Arriaga, A. S. & Parent, M. C. (2019). Partners and prejudice: Bisexual women and mens partner gender and experiences of binegativity from heterosexual, lesbian, and gay people. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 6, 382–391.
Parent, M. C. & Sánchez, F. J. (2019). The physical health of men and boys: Integrating biomedical and psychological science. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 20, 161–165.
Parent, M. C., Wille, L. & Rochlen, A. B. (2019). Precursors to heterophobia: An examination of temporal sequence among a sample of gay men. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 20, 647–653.
Levant, R. F. & Parent, M. C. (2019). The development and evaluation of a Brief Form of the Normative Male Alexithymia Scale (NMAS-BF). Journal of Counseling Psychology, 66, 224–233.
Provence, M. M., Parent, M. C., Rochlen, A. B. & Chester, M. R. (2019). Development of the gay male heterophobia scale. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 20, 44–54.
Parent, M. C., Gobble, T. & Rochlen, A. B. (2019). Social media behavior, toxic masculinity, and depression. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 20, 277–287. doi:10.1037/men0000156.
Parent, M. C., Arriaga, A., Gobble, T. & Wille, L. (2019). Stress and substance use among sexual and gender minority individuals across the lifespan. Neurobiology of Stress. doi:10.1016/j.ynstr.2018.100146.
Parent, M. C., Johnson, S. & Gobble, T. (n.d.). (in press). Homophobic bullying and suicidal behavior among U.S. heterosexual youth. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Parent, M. C. & Cooper, C. (n.d.). (in press). Masculinity threats influence evaluation of hypermasculine advertisements. The Journal of Social Psychology, (in press).
Wille, L. & Parent, M. C. (n.d.). (in press). No promo homo laws and electronic cigarette use disparities for sexual minority youth. Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics, (in press).
Brewslow, A. S., Sandil, R., Brewster, M. E., Parent, M. C., Chan, A., Yucel, A. & Glaeser, E. (n.d.). (in press). Adonis on the apps: Online objectification, self-esteem, and sexual minority men. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, (in press).
Parent, M. C. & Bradstreet, T. C. (n.d.). (in press). The strong, silent type(ology): Examining intersections of alexithymia and the drive for muscularity. Journal of Mens Studies, (in press).
Parent, M. C., Garos, S., Branscome, E. & Piper, M. (n.d.). (in press). Whats bad from the gander is bad from the goose: Development and validation of the Womens Objectification of Women Scale. Assessment, (in press).
Using asynchronous telehealth to reduce tobacco use among LGBTQ+ people in Austin
Vice President of Research award
Tobacco use in the Austin LGBTQ+ community
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention award
Minority stress, substance/alcohol use, and non-prescription testosterone use among transgender female-to-males
NIH-NIDA R03 DA042226
Motivations for anabolic steroid use among noncompetitive weight trainers
Parent (PI), Sep. 2010-Sep. 2012
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Total direct costs: $70,000.00. Awarded.
Fellow, American Psychological Association (2018)
Raymond D. Fowler Award for Mentorship, American Psychological Association (2017)
Distinguished Researcher Award Past 18 Months Contributions, APA Division 51: Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity (2012)
Rainbow Alliance Award for LGBT Service and Research, University of Florida (2012)
Publication of the Year Award, APA Division 17: Society for Counseling Psychology, Supervision and Training Section (2011)
Malyon-Smith Scholarship, APA Division 44: Society for the Psychological Study of LGBT Issues (2010)
Andrew Arriaga (Supervisor)
Andrew is a member of Dr. Mike Parent's Gender, Sexuality, and Behavioral Health Lab within the Counseling Psychology doctoral program in UT Austin's College of Education. His research is motivated by a desire to see equitable health and wellness services integrated and utilized more prominently in marginalized communities. His work seeks to particularly explore cultural factors related to help-seeking behaviors and health inequities among LGBTQ+ individuals of color--a population that has long faced adverse health...
Nate W Woznicki (Co-supervisor)
Nate is primarily interested in health and educational disparities related to gender and sexual orientation.
Lexie Wille (Supervisor)
