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Seth Abrutyn
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Latest papers
Constructing Inclusivity: How State Laws and Local Community Contexts Shape LGBTQ+ Student Inclusion and Belonging in Schools.
Social problems · 2025
Renewal without replication: Expanding Durkheim's theory of disruptions via queer nightlife.
The British journal of sociology · 2024 · senior author
The Social Roots of Suicide: Theorizing How the External Social World Matters to Suicide and Suicide Prevention.
Frontiers in psychology · 2021
6 publications.
Constructing Inclusivity: How State Laws and Local Community Contexts Shape LGBTQ+ Student Inclusion and Belonging in Schools.
Gallagher R, Beardall KA, Diefendorf S, Abrutyn S, Mueller AS
Renewal without replication: Expanding Durkheim's theory of disruptions via queer nightlife.
Ghaziani A, Abrutyn S
The Social Roots of Suicide: Theorizing How the External Social World Matters to Suicide and Suicide Prevention.
Mueller AS, Abrutyn S, Pescosolido B, Diefendorf S
Youth Mask-Wearing and Social-Distancing Behavior at In-Person High School Graduations During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Mueller AS, Diefendorf S, Abrutyn S, Beardall KA, Millar K, O'Reilly L, Steinberg H, Watkins JT
Toward a robust science of suicide: Epistemological, theoretical, and methodological considerations in advancing suicidology.
Abrutyn S, Mueller AS
What does it mean to be exposed to suicide?: Suicide exposure, suicide risk, and the importance of meaning-making.
Miklin S, Mueller AS, Abrutyn S, Ordonez K
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