Gu is a second-year graduate student mentored by Dr. Stephen Russell. His research interests include the origins of sexual orientation and the relationship between childhood sex-typed behavior and adolescent and adulthood sexual orientation.
Gu is also interested in the broader impact of gender nonconformity on the mental health among sexual minorities and heterosexuals. Currently, Gu draws from nationally representative data in the United States (the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health) to investigate the role of gender-related traits and behaviors on the disparities in depression symptoms between sexual minorities and their heterosexual counterparts.
At the Frances McClelland Institute of Children, Youth, and Families, Gu is a research assistant working on the NIMH project Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide among Sexual Minority Youth. He was previously on the NIAAA project Adolescent Precursors to Financial Stress and Alcohol Problems in Emerging Adulthood.
PUBLICATIONS
Li, G., Zhou, H., & Ding, R. Y. (2013). The effects of moral self-regulation on prosocial behavior and rule infraction. 心理学报 [Acta Psychologica Sinica], 45, 672–679.
Serido, J., Lawry, C. A., Li, G., & Russell, S. T. (under review). The associations of parenting and financial stress with alcohol behaviors during the transition to adulthood.
Manuscripts in Progress
Li, G., & Russell, S.T. (in preparation). Sexual orientation, gender nonconformity, and depression.
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS
Li, G., Flores, C., Grossman, A. H., & Russell, S. T. (2013, April). Preferred name use and suicide and mental health risks among transgender youth. Individual poster presented at the 2013 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
Grossman, A. H., Li, G., & Russell, S. T. (2013, April). LGBT stress and suicide ideation: The mediating effects of depression and perceived burdensomeness. Symposium paper presented at the 2013 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
Moody, R., Li, G., Grossman, A. H., & Russell, S. T. (2013, April). LGBT stress and substance use problems: The positive role of LGBT community organizations. Symposium paper presented at the 2013 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
Li, G. (2013, Feb.). Sexual orientation, gender nonconformity, and psychological well-being. Presented at the Deep Dish Lunchtime Lectures hosted by the Institute for LGBT Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.