Peter McCauley

Entered the Program: 2022

Hometown: Lexington, KY

Current program: Ph.D., Human Development and Family Sciences

Previous Education: 

  • M.A., Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, 2024
  • B.A., Psychology, University of Kentucky, 2022

 Research Interests: 

  • Sexual and gender minority youth identity development
  • Bias-based harassment
  • Intervention methods

 Advising Committee:

 Assistantship Experience:

  • Spring 2024, Teaching Assistantship, HDFS 1060 Close Relationships Across the Lifespan
  • Fall 2023, Teaching Assistantship, HDFS 1060 Close Relationships Across the Lifespan
  • Spring 2023, Teaching Assistantship, HDFS 2300 Family Interaction Processes
  • Fall 2022 – present, Research Assistantship, SHINE Lab

Publications:

McCauley, P. S., Del Farno, A., Caba, A., Renley, B., Shuler, S., Eaton, L. A., & Watson, R. J. (2024). Stress of being outed to parents, LGBTQ family support, and depressive symptoms among sexual and gender diverse youth. Journal of Research on Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12912

McCauley, P. S., Lessard, L. M., Babcock, N., Sun, N., Eaton, L. A., & Watson, R. J. (2024). Sexual minority youth reporting SOGIE-based harassment to adults at school: The roles of experienced harassment, outness, safety, and adult support at school. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01914-3

McCauley, P. S., Morgan, E., Caba, A. E., Renley, B. M., Eaton, L. A., & Watson, R. J. (2024). Perceptions of bias in HIV prevention services, happiness with social support, and anticipated PrEP stigma among Black and Latine/x sexual and gender diverse individuals. AIDS Care. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2024.2326126

Sherwood, S. H, McCauley, P. S., Caba, A., Dorri, A., Russell, S. T., & Watson, R. J. (2024). Sexual orientation. In E. Nesblett & W. Troop-Gordon (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Adolescence, 2nd Edition. Elsevier.

Watson, R. J., Caba, A., Lawrence, S., Renley, B., McCauley, P. S., Wheldon, C., Eaton, L., Russell. S.T., & Eisenberg, M. (2023). Examining mental health and bullying concerns at the intersection of sexuality, gender, race, and ethnicity among a national sample of sexual and gender diverse youth. LGBT Health. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2023.0072

Manuscripts Under Review:

Gans K. M., Chacon, V., Warykas, W. S., Esquivel, V., Baird, M., Zhang, S., McCauley, P. S., Miller, M., Stekler, N., Rodriguez, V. Z., Tovar, A., & Risica, P. M. (revise & resubmit). Exploring barriers and facilitators to water availability and accessibility, and potential strategies for improving water accessibility and children’s intake in family childcare homes: A qualitative study.

McCauley, P. S., Biefeld, S. D., & Brown, C. S. (Under review). Gender-based victimization, sexual prejudice, and gender typicality interact together to shape the perpetration of gender-based harassment among late adolescents.

McCauley, P. S., Eaton, L. A., Puhl, R. M., & Watson, R. J. (revise & resubmit). Teacher support and LGBTQ in-school resources jointly moderate the association between identity-based harassment and depressive symptoms among sexual and gender diverse youth.

*Sun, N., G., *McCauley, P. S., Rider, N., Lessard, L. M., Eaton, L. A., & Watson, R. J. (Under review). LGBTQ family support as a protective factor for Asian-American LGBTQ youth experiencing bias-based harassment.

Watson, R. J., Lawrence, S., McCauley, P. S., Wheldon, C., Fish, J., & Eaton, L. A. (Under review). Examining tobacco use at the intersection of gender, sexual orientation, race, and ethnicity using national U.S. data on sexual and gender diverse youth.

Peter McCauley
Contact Information
Emailpeter.mccauley@uconn.edu