Featured Projects
Research in Action
The Martin-Storey Lab is dedicated to translating rigorous scientific inquiry into meaningful change. This page highlights our key ongoing and completed research projects aimed at understanding and reducing the impact of stigma on adolescent development.




Understanding how Individual-level Factors Shape the Links Between Discrimination and Mental Health
Understanding how Sexual Violence Overlaps with Heterosexist and Cissexist Violence
LGBTQ+ Youth and Dating Violence: The Role of Minority Stress
Understanding How Unpaid Caregiving and Sexual and Gender Minority Identities Intersect
Exploring how psychosocial resilience factors moderate the impact of systemic discrimination on the long-term mental health of adolescents.
A critical examination of the intersections between multiple forms of violence experienced by diverse youth populations in social contexts.
Research focusing on how minority stress contributes to the increased vulnerability of LGBTQ+ adolescents toward dating violence experiences.
This mixed-methods project examines the experiences of unpaid caregiving among LGBTQ+ populations, with a particular focus on young caregivers and the unique strengths and challenges they face.