Last updated: Tuesday, August 11th 2026
Here we showcase articles by social identity. This is not a comprehensive nor exhaustive list due to a sample selection or lack of available research. However, there may be relevant details or themes even if it is not your social identity.
gender | sexuality | race/ethnicity | religion
(dis)ability | immigrant | intersectional
Gender
For gender, we showcase by life stage such as adverse childhood experiences to adolescent cannabis use to adulthood marital transitions.
Female
Childhood
Jakubowski D, Peterson CE, Sun J, Hoskins K, Rauscher GH, Argos M. Association between adverse childhood experiences and later-trace allostatic load in UK Biobank female participants. Womens Health (Lond). 2023 Jan-Dec;19:17455057231184325. https://doi.org/10.1177/17455057231184325. PMID: 37431843; PMCID: PMC10338729.
Adolescence
Iida M, Ideno Y, Nagai K, Miyazaki Y, Toki R, Sato Y, Iwasa T, Arata N, Kurabayashi T, Hayashi K. Being underweight or obese in adolescence may increase the risk of female infertility later in life: The Japan Nurses’ Health Study. Maturitas. 2025 Feb;193:108172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2024.108172. Epub 2024 Dec 10. PMID: 39671860.
Adulthood
Chen Y, Mathur MB, Case BW, VanderWeele TJ. Marital transitions during earlier adulthood and subsequent health and well-being in mid- to late-life among female nurses: An outcome-wide analysis. Glob Epidemiol. 2023 Feb 10;5:100099. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloepi.2023.100099. PMID: 37638366; PMCID: PMC10445961.
Male
Childhood
Vollman BK. When Did I Become a Victim? Exploring Narratives of Male Childhood Sexual Abuse. J Child Adolesc Trauma. 2021 Feb 24;14(2):277-293. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-021-00346-0. PMID: 33986913; PMCID: PMC8099960.
Adolescence to Adulthood/Fatherhood
Lee H, Augustyn MB, Henry KL. Racial/Ethnic Differences in 30-Year Trajectories of Cannabis Use among Males. Subst Use Misuse. 2021;56(12):1797-1806. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2021.1954025. Epub 2021 Jul 27. PMID: 34315327; PMCID: PMC8596976.
Non-binary
Scandurra C, Esposito C, Fantacci F, Borrello L, Bochicchio V, Giunti D, Antonelli P. Social Support, Identity Affirmation, and Psychological Well-Being: A Developmental and Intersectional Comparison between Italian Cisgender and Non-Binary People with Bisexual Orientation. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 12;20(4):3237. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043237. PMID: 36833931; PMCID: PMC9964463.
Sexuality
For sexuality, we come across various ways of referring to groups, such as lesbian and gay to acronyms with variation such as LGBTQ2S+.
LGBTQI+
Asexuality
Alcaire R. LGBTQI+ Healthcare (in)Equalities in Portugal: What Can We Learn from Asexuality? Healthcare (Basel). 2021 May 14;9(5):583. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050583. PMID: 34068914; PMCID: PMC8156366.
Older Adult
Alcaire R. LGBTQI+ Healthcare (in)Equalities in Portugal: What Can We Learn from Asexuality? Healthcare (Basel). 2021 May 14;9(5):583. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050583. PMID: 34068914; PMCID: PMC8156366.
LGBTQ2S+
Stinchcombe A, Kortes-Miller K, Wilson K. “We Are Resilient, We Made It to This Point”: A Study of the Lived Experiences of Older LGBTQ2S+ Canadians. J Appl Gerontol. 2021 Nov;40(11):1533-1541. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464820984893. Epub 2021 Jan 24. PMID: 33487066.
Transgender
Mortality
Hughes LD, King WM, Gamarel KE, Geronimus AT, Panagiotou OA, Hughto JMW. Differences in All-Cause Mortality Among Transgender and Non-Transgender People Enrolled in Private Insurance. Demography. 2022 Jun 1;59(3):1023-1043. https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-9942002. PMID: 35548863; PMCID: PMC9195044.
Adverse Childhood Experiences
King WM, Fleischer NL, Operario D, Chatters LM, Gamarel KE. Inequities in the distribution of adverse childhood experiences and their association with health among transgender people of color. Child Abuse Negl. 2024 Mar;149:106654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106654. Epub 2024 Feb 13. PMID: 38350400.
Polyvictimization
Messinger AM, Guadalupe-Diaz XL, Kurdyla V. Transgender Polyvictimization in the U.S. Transgender Survey. J Interpers Violence. 2022 Oct;37(19-20):NP18810-NP18836. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211039250. Epub 2021 Aug 31. PMID: 34463599.
Race/Ethinicity
For race/ethnicity, we showcase by life stages and highlight specific transitions like school-to-work, starting a family, and maternity.
White
Young Adult
Gaydosh L, Harris KM. Institutional Context Shapes the Physical Health of College Graduates Differently for U.S. White, Black, and Hispanic Adults. Demography. 2024 Jun 1;61(3):933-966. https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-11380743. PMID: 38809598.
Starting a Family
Simanek AM, Manansala R, Woo JMP, Meier HCS, Needham BL, Auer PL. Prenatal Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Epigenetic Alterations at Birth Among Children Born to White British and Pakistani Mothers in the Born in Bradford Study. Epigenetics. 2022 Dec;17(13):1976-1990. https://doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2022.2098569. Epub 2022 Jul 14. PMID: 35837690; PMCID: PMC9665119.
Black
Infant
Galan J, Mydam J, Collins JW Jr. Infant Mortality Rates Among US-Born and Foreign-Born Latinx Women: The Effect of Black Race. Matern Child Health J. 2022 Mar;26(3):511-516. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-021-03366-2. Epub 2022 Feb 23. PMID: 35199230.
Childhood
Zuelsdorff M, Sonnega A, Barnes LL, Byrd DR, Rose DK, Cox R, Norton D, Turner RW. Childhood and Adulthood Trauma Associate With Cognitive Aging Among Black and White Older Adults. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2024 Mar;32(3):373-385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2023.09.015. Epub 2023 Oct 26. PMID: 38288940; PMCID: PMC10922107.
Adolescence
Wint KM, Opara I, Gordon R, Brooms DR. Countering Educational Disparities Among Black Boys and Black Adolescent Boys from Pre-K to High School: A Life Course-Intersectional Perspective. Urban Rev. 2022;54(2):183-206. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-021-00616-z. Epub 2021 Sep 20. PMID: 34565917; PMCID: PMC8450170.
Middle Adulthood
Green KM, Doherty EE, Bugbee BA. Can Early Disadvantage Be Overcome? A Life Course Approach to Understanding How Disadvantage, Education, and Social Integration Impact Mortality into Middle Adulthood Among a Black American Cohort. Prev Sci. 2023 Jul;24(5):829-840. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-022-01408-x. Epub 2022 Jul 16. PMID: 35841492; PMCID: PMC9287823.
Maternity
Asiodu IV, Gay CL, Gates-Burgess B, Negrete G. Access to and interest in human milk research opportunities among Black pregnant and postpartum people. Front Nutr. 2024 Apr 12;11:1274833. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2024.1274833. PMID: 38680532; PMCID: PMC11048474.
Asian
Older Adult
Tom SE. Understanding Diversity in Life Course Social Determinants of Dementia Risk and Resilience in the Asian American Older Adult Population. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Mar 1;6(3):e231668. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.1668. PMID: 36877525.
Native Indian or Alaska Native
Adulthood
Goins RT, Conway C, Reid M, Jiang L, Chang J, Huyser KR, Brega AG, Steiner JF, Fyfe-Johnson AL, Johnson-Jennings M, Hiratsuka V, Manson SM, O’Connell J. Social determinants of obesity in American Indian and Alaska Native peoples aged ≥ 50 years. Public Health Nutr. 2022 Aug;25(8):2064-2073. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980022000945. Epub 2022 Apr 22. PMID: 35451356; PMCID: PMC9991752.
Middle Eastern or North African
Maternal
Meler T, Marnin-Distelfeld S. Marriage and motherhood: Insights on a crucial life course process from the perspective of female arab-palestinian undergraduate students. Adv Life Course Res. 2024 Jun;60:100614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alcr.2024.100614. Epub 2024 May 4. PMID: 38749369.
Hispanic
Childhood, Young Adults
Forster M, Rogers CJ, Rainisch B, Grigsby T, De La Torre C, Albers L, Unger JB. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Intimate Partner Violence; Findings From a Community Sample of Hispanic Young Adults. J Interpers Violence. 2022 Oct;37(19-20):NP18291-NP18316. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211035881. Epub 2021 Aug 3. PMID: 34344225.
Adulthood
Fernández-Rhodes L, Butera NM, Lodge EK, Franceschini N, Llabre MM, Arredondo EM, Gallo LC, Arguelles W, Penedo FJ, Daviglus ML, Isasi CR, Smokowski P, Gordon-Larsen P, Aiello AE, Perreira KM, Sotres-Alvarez D, North KE. Demographic and sociocultural risk factors for adulthood weight gain in Hispanic/Latinos: results from the Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). BMC Public Health. 2021 Nov 10;21(1):2064. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11848-9. PMID: 34758813; PMCID: PMC8582171.
Older Adults
Hernandez M, Markides KK, Cantu P. The Effect of Financial Strain on the Health Outcomes of Older Mexican-Origin Adults: Findings From the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly (H-EPESE). Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2024 Jul;99(1):3-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/00914150241231187. Epub 2024 Feb 14. PMID: 38354308; PMCID: PMC11295423.
Indigenous
Young Adult
Doery E, Satyen L, Paradies Y, Rowland B, Bailey JA, Heerde JA, Renner H, Smith R, Toumbourou JW. Young Adult Development Indicators for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous People: A Cross-National Longitudinal Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 19;19(24):17084. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192417084. PMID: 36554965; PMCID: PMC9779129.
Religion
For religion, we currently only have disaffiliation from Jewish Ultra-Orthodox communities in a recent sample.
Jew
Disaffiliation
Velan B, Tawil Y, Marciano A, Truzman T. Disaffiliation from Jewish Ultra-Orthodox Communities: Life Trajectories Shaped by the Axes of Rigidity-Fluidity and Alterity-Inclusion. Contemp Jew. 2022;42(2):293-314. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12397-022-09452-z. Epub 2022 Aug 25. PMID: 36039176; PMCID: PMC9403967.
Disability
For disability, we have an example about the transitions of young people.
Adolescense to Adulthood
Medforth N, Boyle C. Challenges, Complexity, and Developments in Transition Services for Young People with Disabilities, Mental Health, and Long-Term Conditions: An Integrative Review. Compr Child Adolesc Nurs. 2023 Sep;46(3):180-200. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694193.2023.2245473. PMID: 37639678.
Immigrant
Kihara T. The Life Course Origins of the Immigrant Advantage? Parental Nativity, Parental Education, and Academic Achievement Gaps From Kindergarten to High School in the United States. Int Migr Rev. 2022 Jun;56(2):463-498. https://doi.org/10.1177/01979183211041543. Epub 2021 Nov 10. PMID: 37089410; PMCID: PMC10117407.
Intersectional
We devote a special section to the intersections of more than one social identity dimension.
Asian American LGBT
Matthews AK, Li CC, Bernhardt B, Sohani S, Dong XQ. Factors influencing the well-being of Asian American LGBT individuals across the lifespan: perspectives from leaders of community-based organizations. BMC Geriatr. 2022 Nov 28;22(Suppl 1):909. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03590-7. PMID: 36443664; PMCID: PMC9703657.
Transgender Disability
Smith-Johnson M. Transgender Adults Have Higher Rates Of Disability Than Their Cisgender Counterparts. Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 Oct;41(10):1470-1476. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00500. Erratum in: Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 Nov;41(11):1686. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.01308. PMID: 36190882.
Black Autism
Davis AM, Telfer NA, Artis J, Abubakare O, Keller-Bell YD, Caruthers C, Jones DR, Pierce NP. Resilience and strengths in the Black autism community in the United States: A scoping review. Autism Res. 2024 Nov;17(11):2198-2222. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3243. Epub 2024 Oct 10. PMID: 39385701; PMCID: PMC12044549.
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