Earl, A. N. & McClelland, S. I. (in press). Decision vacuums in the provision of abortion care: Implications for psychology and policy. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

McClelland, S. I., & Smoot, J. (in press). Pictures in my head: Using image-based methods in feminist psychological research. The Handbook of Feminist Political Psychology. Bullock, H. E. & Zurbriggen, E. L. (Eds.). DeGruyter.

Brown-Iannuzzi, J., Cooley, E., Espinel, S. Lisnek, J., Cipolli, W., & McClelland, S. I. (2025). Investigating White Americans’ mental images of who has abortions and its impact on attitudes toward abortion policies. Nature: Communications Psychology, 3(164). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-025-00335-1

McClelland, S. I., & Lapean, S. (2025). Sexuality Education. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Education and Gender. Blair, E. E. & Deckman, S. L. (Eds.).

Asamoah, N. A. B., Turner, R. C., Lo, W., Crawford, B. L., McClelland, S. I., & Jozkowski, K. N. (2024). Evaluating item response format and content using partial credit trees in scale development. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, 13(2), 280-305. https://doi.org/10.1093/jssam/smae028

Coccia, E., Harris, L., *McClelland, S. I., Morales, C., *Purkiss, A., Sanok, C., Sherley, E., & *Traub, T. (2024). Ambivalence as a feminist project. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture & Society, 49(4), 779 – 805.

McClelland, S. I. (2024). Bringing psychology into the 21st century: Research on gender resilience, integration, and transformation. In 70th Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, Lorenz, T., Hope, D. & Holland, K. (Eds.), p. 121-133. Switzerland: Springer.

Higgins, J., & McClelland, S. I. (2024). Poverty and erotic equity. In Handbook of Sexuality, Gender, Health and Rights, Aggleton, P., Cover, R., Logie, C., Newman, C., & Parker, R. (Eds.), p. 418-425. New York: Routledge.

McClelland, S. I., & Dutcher, H. (2024). Heterosexist bias in research. In Goldberg, A.E. (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies: 2nd Edition. London: Sage Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781071891414

Davis, T., Papp, L. J., Baker, M. R., & *McClelland, S. I. (2023). The Symbolic Racism Scale and the Modern Sexism Scale: Testing measurement invariance in diverse samples. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. Advance online publication, https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000618

Baker, M. R., Papp, L. J., Crawford, B. L., & *McClelland, S. I. (2023). Abortion stigma: Imagined consequences for people seeking abortion care in the U.S. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 47(1) 35–50.

Baker, M. R., McClelland, S. I., & Jozkowski, K. N. (2022). The role of racism and sexism in attitudes towards abortion among White, Latinx, and Black individuals. Sex Roles, 87(7-8), 435-454.

Higgins, J. A., Lands, M., Ufot, M. & McClelland, S. I. (2022). Socioeconomics and erotic inequity: A theoretical overview and narrative review of associations between poverty, socioeconomic conditions, and sexual wellbeing. Journal of Sex Research, 59(8), 940-956.

Quinn, S., McClelland, S. I., & Gerber, L. (2022). Gender, loss, and the erosion of bodily capital: A study with women diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer. Women’s Studies, 51(7), 819-840.

Papp, L. J., & McClelland, S. I. (2021) Too common to count? “Mild” sexual assault and aggression among U.S. college women. Journal of Sex Research, 58(4), 488-501.

McClelland, S. I., Dutcher, H., & Crawford, B. (2020). In the fabric of research: Racial and gender stereotypes in survey items assessing attitudes about abortion. Journal of Social Issues, 76(2), 239-269.

Opotow, S., & McClelland, S. I. (2020). Theorizing hate in contemporary USA. In R. J. Sternberg (Ed.). Perspectives on hate: How it originates, develops, manifests, and spreads, (p. 91-108). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Dutcher, H., & McClelland, S. I. (2019). Laboring to make sex “safe”: Sexual vigilance in young U.S. college women. Sex Roles, 81(7), 399-414.

Bell, S. N., & McClelland, S. I. (2018). When, if, and how: Young women contend with orgasmic absence. Journal of Sex Research, 55(6), 679-691.

Fahs, B., Plante, R., & *McClelland, S. I. (2018). Working at the crossroads of pleasure and danger: Perspectives on doing critical sexuality studies. Sexualities, 21(4), 503-519.

Rubin, J. D., Bell, S. N., & *McClelland, S. I. (2018). Graduate education in qualitative methods in U.S. psychology: Current trends and recommendations for the future. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 15(1), 29-50.

McClelland, S. I. (2018). Critical methods for studying adolescent sexuality. In Lamb, S. & J. Gilbert (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Sexuality: Childhood and Adolescence. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 281-299.

Fahs, B., Swank, E., & McClelland, S. I. (2018). Sexuality, pleasure, power, and danger: Points of tension, contradiction, and conflict. In C. B. Travis and J. W. White (Eds.), APA Handbook of the Psychology of Women. Washington DC: American Psychological Association, pp. 229-247.

McClelland, S. I. (2018). Sexual health. In Revenson, T. A., & Gurung, R. A. R. (Eds.), Handbook of Health Psychology. New York: Routledge, pp. 493-501.

McClelland, S. I. (2017). Conceptual disruption: The self-anchored ladder in critical feminist research. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 41(4), 451-464.

McClelland, S. I. (2017). Gender and sexual labor near the end of life: Advanced breast cancer and femininity norms. Women’s Reproductive Health, 4(1), 29-45.

McClelland, S. I. (2017). Vulnerable listening: Possibilities and challenges of doing qualitative research. Qualitative Psychology, 4(3), 338-352.

Frost, D. M., McClelland, S. I., & Dettmann, M. (2017). Sexual closeness discrepancies: What they are and why they matter for sexual well-being in romantic relationships. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46(8), 2353–2364. 

McClelland, S. I. & Fine, M. (2017). Sexualities education in schools: Introduction to the Section. In L. Allen and M.L. Rasmussen (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Sexuality Education, London: Palgrave, pp. 211-215.

Fahs, B. & McClelland, S. I. (2016). When sex and power collide: An argument for critical sexuality studies. Annual Review of Sex Research, 53(4-5), 392-416.

McClelland, S. I., Rubin, J. D., & Bauermeister, J. A. (2016). Adapting to injustice: Young bisexual women’s interpretations of microaggressions. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 40(4), 532-550.

McClelland, S. I., Rubin, J. D., & Bauermeister, J. A. (2016). “I liked girls and I thought they were pretty:” Initial memories of same-sex attraction in young lesbian and bisexual women. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45(6), 1375-1389.

McClelland, S. I. (2016). Speaking back from the margins: Participant marginalia in survey and interview research. Qualitative Psychology, 3(2), 159-165.

McClelland, S. I., & Holland, K. J. (2016). Toward better measurement: The role of survey marginalia in critical sexuality research. Qualitative Psychology, 3(2), 166-185.

McClelland, S. I. (2016). “I wish I’d known:” Patients’ suggestions for supporting sexual quality of life after diagnosis with metastatic breast cancer. Sexual & Relationship Therapy, 31(4), 414-431.

Metzl, J. M., McClelland, S. I., & Bergner, E. M. (2016). Conflations of marital status and sanity: Implicit heterosexist bias in psychiatric diagnosis in physician-dictated charts at a Midwestern medical center. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 89(2), 247-254.

McClelland, S. I., & Dutcher, H. (2016). Heterosexist bias in research. In Goldberg, A.E. (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies; 1st Edition. London: Sage Publications, p. 502-505.

McClelland, S. I., Holland, K. J. & Griggs, J. J. (2015). Quality of life and metastatic breast cancer: The role of body image, disease site, and time since diagnosis. Quality of Life Research, 24(12), 2939-2943.

McClelland, S. I., Holland, K. J. & Griggs, J. J. (2015). Vaginal dryness and beyond: The sexual health needs of women diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. Journal of Sex Research, 52(6), 604–616.

McClelland, S. I., & Holland, K. J. (2015). You, me, or her: Leaders’ perceptions of responsibility for increasing gender diversity in STEM departments. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 39(2), 210-225.

Rubin, J. D., & McClelland, S. I. (2015). “Even though it’s a small checkbox, it’s a big deal:” Stresses and strains of managing sexual identity(s) on Facebook. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 17(4), 512-526.

McClelland, S. I. (2014). “What do you mean when you say that you’re sexually satisfied?” A mixed methods study. Feminism & Psychology, 24(1), 74-96.

McClelland, S. I., & Frost, D. M. (2014). Sexuality and social policy. APA Handbook on Sexuality and Psychology, D.L. Tolman & L.M. Diamond (Eds.). Washington DC: American Psychological Association, pp. 311-337.

McClelland, S. I., & Fine, M. (2014). Over-sexed and under surveillance: Adolescent sexualities, cultural anxieties, and thick desire. Interrogating the Politics of Pleasure in Sexuality Education: Pleasure Bound, M.L. Rasmussen, K. Quinlivan, & L. Allen (Eds.). New York: Routledge, pp. 12-34.

McClelland, S. I. (2014). Intimate justice. In Teo, T. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology. London: Springer Reference, p. 1010-13.  

Frost, D. M., McClelland, S. I., Clark, J. B., & Boylan, E. A. (2014). Phenomenological research methods in the psychological study of sexuality. APA Handbook on Sexuality and Psychology, D.L. Tolman & L. M. Diamond (Eds.). Washington DC: American Psychological Association, pp. 121-141.

McClelland, S. I., & Tolman, D. L. (2014). Adolescent sexuality. In Teo, T. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology. London: Springer Reference, p. 40-47.

Johns, M. M., Pingle, E. S., Youatt, E. J., Soler, J. H., McClelland, S. I. & Bauermeister, J. A. (2013). LGBT community, social network characteristics, and smoking behaviors in young sexual minority women. American Journal of Community Psychology, 52(1-2), 141-154.

McClelland, S. I., & Hunter, L. E. (2013). Bodies that are always out of line: A closer look at “age appropriate sexuality.” The Moral Panics of Sexuality, B. Fahs, M. L. Dudy, and S. Stage (Eds.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 59-76.

McClelland, S. I. (2012). Measuring sexual quality of life: Ten recommendations for health psychologists. In A. Baum, T.A. Revenson, & J. Singer (Eds.), Handbook of Health Psychology. New York: Taylor & Francis, pp. 247-269.

McClelland, S. I. (2011). Who is the “self” in self-reports of sexual satisfaction? Research and policy implications. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 8(4), 304-320.

Tolman, D. L., & McClelland, S. I. (2011). Normative sexuality development in adolescence: A decade in review 2000-2009. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 21(1), 242-55.

McClelland, S. I., & Opotow, S. (2011). Studying injustice in the macro and micro spheres: Four generations of social psychological research. In P.T. Coleman (Ed.), Conflict, Interdependence and Justice: The Intellectual Legacy of Morton Deutsch. New York: Springer, pp. 119-145.

McClelland, S. I. (2010). Intimate justice: A critical analysis of sexual satisfaction. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 4(9), 663-680.

McClelland, S. I., & Fine, M. (2008). Embedded science: Critical analysis of abstinence-only evaluation research. Cultural Studies, Critical Methodologies, 8(1), 50-81.

McClelland, S. I., & Fine, M. (2008). Rescuing a theory of adolescent sexual excess: Young women and wanting. A. Harris (Ed.), Next Wave Cultures: Feminism, Subcultures, Activism. London: Routledge, pp. 83-102.

McClelland, S. I., & Fine, M. (2008). Writing on cellophane: Studying teen women’s sexual desires; Inventing methodological release points. K. Gallagher (Ed.), The Methodological Dilemma: Creative, Critical and Collaborative Approaches to Qualitative Research. London: Routledge, pp. 232-260.

McClelland, S. I. (2008). A good teaching tool: Some assembly required. Review of: Adolescent Sexuality: A Historical Handbook and Guide, C. Cocca (Ed.), The Journal of Sex Research, 45(3), 315-317.

Fine, M., & McClelland, S. I. (2007). The politics of teen women’s sexuality: Public policy and the adolescent female body. Emory Law Journal, 56(4), 993-1038.

Opotow, S., & McClelland, S. I. (2007). The intensification of hating: A theory. Social Justice Research, 20(1), 68-97.

Petrides, L. A., & McClelland, S. I. (2007). Decentralizing data through decision support systems: The impact of increased access to data on decision-making. Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 15(1), 7-15.

McClelland, S. I., & Metzl, J. M. (2007). Impotence and sexual dysfunction. M. Flood, J.K. Gardiner, B. Pease, and K. Pringle (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities. London: Routledge, p. 328-329.

Fine, M., & McClelland, S. I. (2006). Sexuality education and desire: Still missing after all these years. Harvard Educational Review, 76(3), 297-338. 

Petrides, L. A., McClelland, S. I., & Nodine, T. (2004). Using external accountability mandates to create internal change. Planning for Higher Education, 33(1), 44-50.

Petrides, L. A., McClelland, S. I., & Nodine, T. (2004). Costs and benefits of the workaround: Inventive solution or costly alternative? International Journal of Educational Management, 18(2), 100-108.