2026

Kotiuga, J., Sell-Goodhand, E., Leclerc, A., Mbuakoto, C., & Maheux, A. J. (in press). Profiles of digital and in-person sexual behaviors among adolescents: Associations with individual characteristics, sexual wellbeing and respectful attitudes toward partners. Archives of Sexual Behavior.

Telzer, E. H., Burnell, K., Maheux, A. J., Vaccaro, A., & Prinstein, M. J. (in press).  A developmental neuroscience framework for youth-centered digital media and implications for policy. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

Maheux, A. J., Akre-Bhide, S., Boeldt, D., Flannery, J., Paige, A., Villella, G., Burnell, K., Telzer, E. H, & Kollins, S. H. (2026). How US youth use AI chatbots: Conversation patterns from naturalistic keystroke data. Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), 28, e95819. https://doi.org/10.2196/95819. 

Maes, C., Ladd, B. A., & Maheux, A. J. (2026). How appearance-related avoidance relates to anxiety in early adolescence: Evidence from longitudinal analyses. Social Development, 35. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.70077

Maheux, A. J. & Maes, C. (in press). Coming of age with generative AI: The high stakes of automating adolescent development. Perspectives on Psychological Science.

Lankster, A., Widman, L. Brasileiro, J., McCrimmon, J., Maheux, A. J., Evans-Paulson, R., Stout, C., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (in press). Safer sex self-efficacy and condom use among adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Health Psychology.

Maheux, A. J., Maes, C., & Buck, B. (2026). GenAI in the lives of young adults: Exploring motivations and mental health. Journal of Adolescent Health, 79(2), 218–225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2026.03.014

Maes, C., Kotiuga, J., & Maheux, A. J. (in press). Sexual communication: Assessing the validity of three scales that reflect in-person, text-based, and voice chat-based communication among U.S. young adults. Archives of Sexual Behavior.

Buck, B., & Maheux, A. J. (2026). Generative AI use and psychosis risk: A cross sectional survey of usage frequency, motivations, and delusion-related interactions. Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), 28, e85038. https://doi.org/10.2196/85038. 

Kilic, Z., Maheux, A. J., Nesi, J., Silk, J., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (2026). Intimate disclosure in online-only friendships predicts adolescents’ depressive symptoms. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 36, e70144. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.70144 

Maheux, A. J., Akre-Bhide, S., Boeldt, D., Flannery, J., Richardson, Z., Burnell, K., Telzer, E., & Kollins, S. (2026). Generative AI app usage among adolescents. JAMA Network Open, 9(2), e2556631. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.56631 

Medina, C., Maes, C., Maheux, A. J., Roberts, S., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (in press). Screen to the bed: appearance-related social media consciousness and sexual well-being among emerging adult women and men. Body Image.

Tie, B., Maheux, A. J., Xu, Y. V., Yao, P., He, J., & Qiu, J. (in press). Beyond screen-time: Exploring how appearance-based social media consciousness shapes adolescents’ subjective well-being through individual differences in age, gender, and functionality appreciation. Body Image.

McCrimmon, J., Widman, L., Brasileiro, J., Maheux, A. J., Evans-Paulson, R., Stout, C., Lankster, A., & Choukas-Bradley, S., Noar, S. (in press). Psychosocial correlates of condom use among Black adolescents in the US: A meta-analysis. Health Psychology.

Kotiuga, J., Maes, C., Maheux, A. J. (in press). Exploring knowledge and comfort with genital anatomical terminology among young adults. Archives of Sexual Behavior.

2025

Stout, C.D., Maheux, A. J., Choukas-Bradley, S., & Nelson, K.M. (2025). “Porn helped me figure out that I was gay”: A mixed-methods study on sexually explicit media use among 14–17-year-old sexual minority males in the United States. Sexuality & Culture. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-025-10464-8 

Di Gesto, C., Benucci, S. B., Policardo, G. R., & Maheux, A. J. (2025). The Italian version of the Appearance-Related Social Media Consciousness Scale in young adults and adults. Body Image, 55, 101969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101969.

Stout, C. D., Maheux, A. J., Fraundorf, S., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (2025). Hair today, gone tomorrow: Investigating adolescent body hair attitudes, satisfaction, and removal practices. Sex Roles, 91(62). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-025-01608-z 

McCrimmon, J., Mullins, L., Widman, L., Stout, C. D., & Maheux, A. J. (2025). What adolescents want to know about sex and relationships: A thematic analysis of adolescents’ questions. American Journal of Sexuality Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/15546128.2025.2535648

Maheux, A. J. (2025). Adolescents’ attitudes towards care-oriented careers: Gender differences and associations with academic achievement. Journal of Adolescence, 97, 1978-990. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70017

Burnell, K., Maheux, A. J., Shapiro, H., Flannery, J., Telzer, E., & Kollins, S. H. (2025). Digital school life: Smartphone engagement during school hours among youth. JAMA Open Network, 8(8), e3523991. 

Maheux, A. J., Widman, L., McCrimmon, J., Lankster, A., & Medina, C., (2025). Digital sexual communication among adolescents: Links with sociosexual health outcomes and psychosocial distress. Media Psychology 29(2), 361-386. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2025.2509507

Maheux, A. J., Burnell, K., Maza, M. T., Fox, K. A., Telzer, E. H., & Prinstein, M. J. (2025). Annual Research Review: Adolescent social media use is not a monolith: toward the study of specific social media components and individual differences. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14085

Maheux, A. J., Maes, C., Burnell, K., Bauer, D. J., Prinstein, M. J., & Telzer, E. H. (2025). Social media are many things: Addressing the components and patterns of adolescent social media use. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1541(1), 24–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15326 

Burnell, K., Traver, J. M, & Maheux, A. J. (2025). Longitudinal associations between appearance evaluation during video chat and body image concerns: A test of the “Perfect Storm” framework. Body Image, 52, 101856. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101856  

2024

Maheux, A. J., Widman, L., Stout, C. D. & Choukas-Bradley, S. (2024). Profiles of early adolescents’ health risk communication with parents: Gender differences and associations with health risk behavior. Journal of Child and Family Studies, Advanced online first, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02940-w

Maheux, A. J., Burnell, K., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (2024). Bidirectional associations between online and offline appearance concerns during early-to middle adolescence. Developmental Psychology, 60(10), 1885–1901. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001795

Maheux, A. J., Laurenceau, J.-P., Roberts, S. R., Nesi, J., Widman, L., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (2024). Longitudinal change in appearance-related social media consciousness and depressive symptoms: A within-person analysis during early-to-middle adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 53, 2287- 2299. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-024-01998-5

Maheux, A. J., Garrett, S. L., Fox, K. A., Field, N. H., Burnell, K., Telzer, E. H., & Prinstein, M. J. (2024). Adolescent social gaming as a form of social media: A call for developmental science. Child Development Perspectives, Advanced online first. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12518

Burnell, K., Fox, K. A., Maheux, A. J., & Prinstein, M. J. (2024). Social media use and mental health: A review of the experimental literature and implications for clinicians. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry, 11, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40501-024-00311-2.

Widman, L., Evans-Paulson, R., Maheux, A. J., McCrimmon, J., Brasileiro, J., Stout, C., Lankster, A., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (2025). Identifying the strongest correlates of condom use among U.S. adolescents: A meta-analysis. JAMA Pediatrics, 179(3), 273–281. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.5594 

Chang, Y.-W., Schumacher, E., Martino, R. M., Maheux, A. J., Choukas-Bradley, S., Salk, R. H., & Thoma, B. C. (2024). Structural homophobia and suicidal ideation and behavior among sexual and gender minority adolescents. Stigma and Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000576 

Choukas-Bradley, S., Maheux, A. J., Aubrey, J. S., Charmaraman, L., Maas, M., Nesi, J., Ward, L. M., & Yang, C.-C. (2025). Social media use, body image concerns, and disordered eating among adolescents. In Hale, L. & Christakis, D. (Eds.), Handbook of Children, Adolescents, and Screens. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69362-5_21  

Martino, R. M., Roberts, S. R., Maheux, A. J., Stout, C. D., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (2024). The role of feminism and gender in endorsement of hookup culture among emerging adults. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 53, 1621-1632. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-02841-5.

Maheux, A. J.*, Javidi, H.*, McCrimmon, J., & Widman, L. (2024). Sexual consent cognitions and consent-seeking behaviors among U.S. adolescents. Sexuality & Culture, 29(2), 782–797. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-024-10297-x *indicates joint first-authorship

Javidi, H., Widman, L., Maheux, A. J., McCrimmon, J., Evans-Paulson, R., & Becker, W. (2024). PACT: Developing and evaluating a digital sexual consent program for youth. Journal of Sex Research, 3(61), 466–480. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2023.2208560.

Xiao, S. X., Faragó, F., Clancy, E. T., Maheux, A. J., & Bermúdez, K. (2024). The link between early adolescents' gender discrimination and gender attitudes about peers: Does gender similarity matter? British Journal of Developmental Psychology, Advanced online first. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12492.

Hurst, J. L., Widman, L., Brasileiro, J., Maheux, A. J., Evans, R., & Choukas-Bradley, S., (2024). Parents’ attitudes towards the content of sex education in the USA: Associations with religiosity and political affiliation. Sex Education, 24(1), 108–124. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2022.2162871

2023

Alexopoulos, C., Maheux, A. J., & Peterson, Z. D. (2023). “I Can Tell You Wanna F***”: A Content Analysis of Sexual Communication in Popular Song Lyrics. The Journal of Sex Research, Advanced online first. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2023.2246952.

Jardas, E. J., Ladd, B. A., Maheux, A. J., Choukas-Bradley, S., Salk, R. H., & Thoma, B. C. (2023). Testing the minority stress model across gender identity, race, and ethnicity among U.S. gender minority adolescents. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 132(5), 542–554. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000834.

2022

Karim, S., Choukas-Bradley, S., Roberts, S. R., Maheux, A. J., Radovic, A., & Escobar-Viera, C. (2022). Support-seeking over social media among rural SGM youth: Opportunities for intervention research. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 15611. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315611

Ladd, B. A., Maheux, A. J., Roberts, S. R., Choukas-Bradley, S. (2022). Black adolescents’ appearance concerns, depressive symptoms, and self-objectification: Exploring the roles of gender and ethnic-racial identity commitment. Body Image, 43, 314-325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.09.008.

Maheux, A. J., Roberts, S. R., Nesi, J., Widman, L., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (2022). Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Appearance-Related Social Media Consciousness Scale among emerging adults. Body Image, 43, 63-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.08.002.

Maheux, A. J., Widman, L., Hurst, J. L., Evans-Paulson, R., Craig, E., & Choukas-Bradley, S., (2022). Behavioral measures to assess adolescent sexual communication with partners: A scoping review and call for further studies. Journal of Sex Research. https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00224499.2022.2103072

Widman, L., Maheux, A. J., Evans-Paulson, R., Craig, E., & Choukas-Bradley, S., (2022). Sexual communication between adolescent partners: A scoping review and directions for future research. Journal of Sex Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2022.2099787 

Choukas-Bradley, S., Roberts, S. R., Maheux, A. J., & Nesi, J. (2022). The perfect storm: A developmental–sociocultural framework for the role of social media in adolescent girls’ body image concerns and mental health. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-022-00404-5

Escobar-Viera, C.G., Choukas-Bradley, S., Sidani, J., Maheux, A. J., Roberts, S. R., Rollman, B.L. (2022). Examining social media experiences and attitudes toward technology-based interventions for reducing social isolation among LGBTQ youth living in rural United States: An online qualitative study. Frontiers Digital Health, 4(900695). https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2022.900695

Roberts, S. R., Maheux, A. J., Watson, R. J., Puhl, R., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (2022). Sexual and gender minority (SGM) adolescents’ disordered eating: Understanding general and SGM-specific risk and protective factors. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 55(7), 933-946. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23727

Roberts, S. R., Maheux, A. J., Hunt, R. A., Ladd, B. A., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (2022). Incorporating social media and muscular ideal internalization into the tripartite influence model of body image: Towards a modern understanding of adolescent girls’ body dissatisfaction. Body Image, 41, 239-247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.03.002

Choukas-Bradley, S., Maheux, A. J., Roberts, S. R., Hutchinson, E. A., Lu, C., Ladouceur, C. D., & Silk, J. (2022). Picture perfect during a pandemic? Body image concerns and depressive symptoms in U.S. adolescent girls during the COVID-19 lockdown. Journal of Children and Media. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2022.2039255

Maheux, A. J., Roberts, S. R., Nesi, J., Widman, L., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (2022). Longitudinal associations between appearance-related social media consciousness and adolescents’ depressive symptoms. Journal of Adolescence, 94(2), 264-269. http://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12009

Carrino, E. A., Bryen, C. P., Maheux, A. J., Stewart, J. L., Roberts, S. R., Widman, L., & Choukas Bradley, S. (2022). Are feminists empowered activists or entitled whiners? A thematic analysis of U.S. adolescents’ definitions of “feminist” in a diverse, mixed-gender sample. Sex Roles, 86, 395-414. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-021-01260-3

Hurst, J. L., Widman, L., Maheux, A. J., Evans, R., Brasileiro, J., & Lipsey, N. (2022). Parent–child communication and adolescent sexual decision-making: An application of family communication patterns theory. Journal of Family Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000916 

2021

Rezeppa, T. L., Roberts, S. R., Maheux, A. J., Choukas-Bradley, S., Salk, S. H., & Thoma, B. C. (2021). Psychosocial correlates of body image and disordered eating among sexual minority adolescent girls. Body Image, 39, 184-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.08.007

Evans, R., Widman, L., Brasileiro, J., Maheux, A. J., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (2021). Examining the link between sexual self-concept and sexual communication among adolescents. Communication Quarterly, 69(5), 525-543. https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2021.1969585

Maheux, A. J., Nesi, J., Galla, B. M., Roberts, S. R., & Choukas-Bradley, S., (2021). #Grateful: Longitudinal associations between adolescents’ social media use and gratitude during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 31(3), 734-747. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12650

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Widman, L., Javidi, H., Maheux, A. J., Evans, R., Nesi, J. L., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (2021). Sexual communication in the digital age: Adolescent sexual communication with parents and friends about sexting, pornography, and seeking relationships online. Sexuality & Culture, 25, 2092-2109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-021-09866-1 

Maheux, A. J., Roberts, S. R., Evans, R., Widman, L., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (2021). Associations between adolescents' pornography consumption and self-objectification, body comparison, and body shame. Body Image, 37, 89-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.01.014

Maheux, A. J., Zhou, Y., Thoma, B. C., Salk, R. H., & Choukas-Bradley, S (2021). Examining sexual behavior among U.S. transgender adolescents. Journal of Sex Research, 58(8), 1050-1060. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2020.1855408

*Maheux, A. J., *Bryen, C. P., Carrino, E. A., Stewart, J. L., Widman, L., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (2021). Depressive symptoms among mostly heterosexual adolescents. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 25(3), 317-332. https://doi.org/10.1080/19359705.2020.1843583 

*indicates joint first-authorship

Nesi, J., Choukas-Bradley, S., Maheux, A. J., Roberts, S., Sanzari, C., Widman, L., & Prinstein, M.J. (2021). Selfie appearance investment and peer feedback concern: Multi-method investigation of adolescent selfie practices and adjustment. Psychology of Popular Media, 10(4), 488-499. https://doi.org/10.1037/PPM0000342 

2020

Choukas-Bradley, S., Hipwell, A. E., Roberts, S. R., Maheux, A. J., & Stepp, S. D. (2020). Developmental trajectories of adolescent girls’ borderline personality symptoms and sexual risk behaviors. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 48, 1649-1658. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-020-00699-4

*Javidi, H., *Maheux, A. J., Widman, L., Kamke, K., Choukas-Bradley, S., & Peterson, Z. (2020). Understanding adolescents’ attitudes toward affirmative consent. Journal of Sex Research, 57, 1100-1107. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2019.171109

*indicates joint first-authorship

Maheux, A. J., Evans, R., Widman, L., Nesi, J., Prinstein, M. J., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (2020). Popular peer norms and adolescent sexting behavior. Journal of Adolescence, 78: 62-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.12.002

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Undergraduate: 2015 – 2018

Van Stolk-Cooke, K., Brown, A., Maheux, A., Parent, J., & Forehand, R., & Price, M. (2018). Crowdsourcing trauma: Psychopathology in a trauma-exposed sample recruited via Mechanical Turk. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 31(4). 549-557. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22303

Maheux, A., & Price, M. (2016). The indirect effect of social support on psychopathology via self-compassion and post-trauma psychopathology. Personality and Individual Differences, 88. 102–107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.08.051

Maheux, A., & Price, M. (2015). Investigation of the relation between PTSD symptoms and self

compassion: Comparison across DSM IV and DSM 5 PTSD symptom clusters. Self and Identity, 14(6). 627–637. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2015.1037791

Maheux, A. J. & Prinstein, M. J. (invited chapter in press). Social Media and Online Perspectives on Peer Relations. In (Eds.) W. Bukowski, R. Veenstra, B. Laursen, & K. Rubin. Handbook of Peer Interactions, Relationships, and Groups (3rd ed.). 

Choukas-Bradley, S., & Maheux, A. J. (2025). The Appearance-Related Social Media Consciousness Scale (ASMC). In V. Ramseyer Winter, A. Landor, & T. Tylka (Eds.), Handbook of Body Image-Related Measures. Cambridge. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009398275 

Choukas-Bradley, S., Maheux, A. J., Aubrey, J. S., Charmaraman, L., Maas, M., Nesi, J., Ward, L. M., & Yang, C.-C. (in press). Social media use, body image concerns, and disordered eating among adolescents. In Hale, L. & Christakis, D. (Eds.), Handbook of Children, Adolescents, and Screens. Springer.

Roberts, S. R., Maheux, A. J., Ladd, B. A., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (2022). Social media use, body image, and disordered eating in adolescence. In J. Nesi, E. H. Telzer, & M. J. Prinstein (Eds.), Handbook of Adolescent Digital Media Use and Mental Health. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108976237.014 

Nesi, J., Dredge, R., Maheux, A. J., Roberts, S.R., Fox, K.A., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (in press). Peer experiences via social media. In B. Halpern-Felsher (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Health. Elsevier.

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Maheux, A. J., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (2021). Sexuality and mental health. In Morgan, E. M. & van Dulmen, M. H. M. (Eds.), Sexuality in emerging adulthood. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.