Trey V. Dellucci
Graduate Research Assistant/Doctoral Student
Pronouns: he/him/his
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: tdellucci
Ph.D., Health Psychology and Clinical Science, The Graduate Center, City University of New York (in progress)
M.S., Psychology, DePaul University
B.A., Psychology, Southeastern Louisiana University
Trey is currently enrolled as a doctoral student in the Health Psychology and Clinical Science program at the Graduate Center at City University of New York. He joined our team as a graduate research assistant working with his primary mentor Dr. Tyrel Starks during the summer of 2017. His primary research interests are in the development of romantic and family relationships among sexual and gender minorities, and the protective influence of these relationships on negative health outcomes and behaviors. Prior to enrolling in his doctoral program, Trey received a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2012 and a Master of Science degree in Psychology from DePaul University in 2015. Trey has also worked as a Research Study Assistant at Northwestern University’s Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Well Being where he examined the role of romantic relationships on sexual health risk-taking among men who have sex with men.
Currently, Trey is developing his own program of research that focuses broadly on understanding the effect of interpersonal relationships on health disparities among sexual and gender minority adolescents and emerging adults. Specifically, he is interested in understanding ways in which relationship factors can be promoted in interventions to improve decisions made around health among adolescent sexual minorities. To date much of his research has focused on:
Selected Publications:
Selected Conference Presentations:
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: tdellucci
Ph.D., Health Psychology and Clinical Science, The Graduate Center, City University of New York (in progress)
M.S., Psychology, DePaul University
B.A., Psychology, Southeastern Louisiana University
Trey is currently enrolled as a doctoral student in the Health Psychology and Clinical Science program at the Graduate Center at City University of New York. He joined our team as a graduate research assistant working with his primary mentor Dr. Tyrel Starks during the summer of 2017. His primary research interests are in the development of romantic and family relationships among sexual and gender minorities, and the protective influence of these relationships on negative health outcomes and behaviors. Prior to enrolling in his doctoral program, Trey received a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2012 and a Master of Science degree in Psychology from DePaul University in 2015. Trey has also worked as a Research Study Assistant at Northwestern University’s Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Well Being where he examined the role of romantic relationships on sexual health risk-taking among men who have sex with men.
Currently, Trey is developing his own program of research that focuses broadly on understanding the effect of interpersonal relationships on health disparities among sexual and gender minority adolescents and emerging adults. Specifically, he is interested in understanding ways in which relationship factors can be promoted in interventions to improve decisions made around health among adolescent sexual minorities. To date much of his research has focused on:
- Understanding romantic relationships as predictors of sexual health and substance use among same-sex male couples
- Understanding parent-child relationships as predictors of mental and physical health within marginalized communities
- Understanding the role of stress and discrimination as predictors of mental and physical health
Selected Publications:
- Dellucci, T.V., Carmichael, C.L., & Starks, T.J. (2020). Arrangements versus agreements: Evaluating two approaches to measuring male couples' rules and understandings around sex with outside sex partners. Archives of Sexual behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10508-019-01621-w.
- Starks, T.J., Dellucci, T.V., Lovejoy, T., Robles, G., Jermenz, R., Cain, D., Naar, S., & Feldstein Ewing, S.W. (2020). Adolescent sexual minority males, relationship functioning, and condomless sex. Journal of Adolescent Health. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.05.052
- Robles, G., Bosco, S.C., Dellucci, T.V., & Starks, T.J. (2019). Integrating intra-individual and dyadic factors in examining health in gay and bisexual men: A review of the recent literature. Journal of GLBT Family Studies. doi: 10.1080/1550428X.2019.1682740
- Feinstein, B. A., Dellucci, T. V., Sullivan, P. S., & Mustanski, B. (2018). Characterizing sexual agreements with one’s most recent sexual partner among young men who have sex with men. AIDS Education and Prevention, 30(4), 335-349. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2018.30.4.335.
Selected Conference Presentations:
- Dellucci, T.V., Robles, G., & Starks T.J. (November, 2020). The moderating effect of internalized heterosexism on relationship-based stigma and mental health among partnered sexual minority men. Paper presented at the annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) convention, virtual conference.
- Dellucci, T.V., Starks, T.J., Lovejoy, T., Robles, G., Jermenz, R., Cain, D., Naar, S., & Feldstein Ewing, S.W. (March, 2020). Relationship functioning and condomless sex among sexual minority adolescents. Paper accepted to the Society of Research on Adolescents Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. Conference cancelled due to COVID-19.
- Dellucci, T.V., Parsons, J.T., & Starks, T.J. (November, 2018). Associations between dyadic communication and depression in gay male couples. Paper presented at the annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) convention, Washington D.C.