Matthew C. Aalsma

ORCID: 0000-0001-5952-6785
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Research Areas
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Gun Ownership and Violence Research
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Community Health and Development
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
2016-2025

Indiana University School of Medicine
2016-2025

Indiana University
2015-2024

University School
2015-2024

Indiana University Bloomington
2015-2024

Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
2024

Indiana University Health
2024

Christian Aid
2024

Huntsman (United States)
2024

O'Brien Institute
2022

Prisoner reentry is a stressful process and many prisoners return to behaviors that led incarceration upon community reentry. We assess how individual-level vulnerabilities interact with system-level barriers impact the process. An additional area explored was of services on risk behavior (i.e., sexual substance use). Fifty-one (22 men, 29 women) primarily minority adults returning from county jail or state prison participated in 4 focus groups February 2010. Participants took part...

10.1089/apc.2010.0372 article EN AIDS Patient Care and STDs 2011-06-11

Objective. To examine the role of self-esteem in predicting coitus initiation a population early adolescents. Methods. Questionnaires assessing coital status, self-esteem, and pubertal maturation were collected from 188 participants who had not engaged by enrollment. Data longitudinally while seventh ninth grade. Ages ranged 12 to 14 (mean: 12.50; standard deviation: 0.57) at Time 1 16 14.30; 0.49) 2. Results. Boys with higher ratings more likely initiate intercourse Girls remain virgins...

10.1542/peds.109.4.581 article EN PEDIATRICS 2002-04-01

Abstract The relationship among three personal fables ( omnipotence , invulnerability uniqueness ), narcissism, and mental health variables was assessed in a large, cross‐sectional sample of adolescents drawn from Grades 6 n = 94), 8 223), 10 142), 12 102). Participants responded to the New Personal Fable Scale, Narcissistic Personality Inventory, Children's Depression indices suicidal ideation, an inventory delinquent risk behaviors, Global Self‐Worth scales Self‐Perception Profiles for...

10.1002/pits.20162 article EN Psychology in the Schools 2006-03-09

We examined associations between perceived racial/ethnic discrimination, gender, and cigarette smoking among adolescents.We data on Black Latino adolescents aged 12 to 19 years who participated in the Moving Opportunity study (N = 2561). Perceived discrimination was assessed using survey items asking about unfair treatment because of race/ethnicity prior 6 months. used logistic regression investigate smoking, stratified by gender controlling for covariates.One fourth reported that had...

10.2105/ajph.2009.169771 article EN American Journal of Public Health 2010-01-15

Adolescence is characterized by heightened emotion dysregulation, impulsivity, and engagement in high-risk behaviors, such as substance use, violence, unprotected sexual activity. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) an evidence-based intervention that targets regulation impulsivity among adolescents, proven effective at decreasing behaviors. However, limited research exists on adolescents' perceptions of DBT-A, particularly schools. The current study aimed to understand...

10.1177/00469580251314279 article EN cc-by-nc INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing 2025-01-01

ABSTRACT Youth involved in the juvenile justice system are more likely to have a substance use disorder and/or suicidality (e.g., suicidal thoughts and behavior) compared other youth. Although parental support monitoring may play an important role youth outcomes, potential mechanisms not been elucidated. Our purpose was evaluate extent which were associated with latent, continuous construct scores of determine whether youths’ hopelessness indirectly affect these relationships among sample...

10.1002/mhs2.70000 article EN cc-by Mental Health Science 2025-02-11

Objectives: Despite rising adolescent opioid overdose deaths, adolescents under the age of 18 years are frequently excluded from provision medication for use disorder (MOUD/OUD). As part preimplementation work to inform expansion evidence-based practices close this service gap, we designed qualitative study examine perspectives MOUD-providing clinicians on barriers and facilitators providing MOUD younger than 18. Methods: We recruited who reported prescribing at least once per month,...

10.1097/adm.0000000000001486 article EN Journal of Addiction Medicine 2025-04-07

Background Increasing caregiver and family participation is a key feature underlying many strategies to improve success among youth on community supervision. However, engaging caregivers in probation services remains challenge for juvenile officers (JPOs), especially families with significant needs. The goal of this study was gain better understanding legally involved at risk substance use their engagement the legal system from staff perspective. Methods In mixed-methods study, qualitative...

10.3389/frhs.2025.1455111 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Health Services 2025-04-08

Current research offers a limited understanding of parental experiences when reporting bullying to school officials. This examines the middle-school parents as they took steps protect their bullied youth. The qualitative tradition interpretive phenomenology was used provide in-depth analysis phenomena. A criterion-based, purposeful sample 11 interviewed face-to-face with subsequent phone call follow-ups. Interviews were taped, transcribed, and coded. MAX qda software for data coding. In...

10.1177/0886260512455513 article EN Journal of Interpersonal Violence 2012-08-27

We sought to estimate rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among criminal offenders in the 1 year after arrest or release from incarceration.We performed a retrospective cohort study risk having positive STI (chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis) incident-positive HIV test following incarceration Marion County (Indianapolis), Indiana. Participants were 247,211 individuals with jail, prison, juvenile detention between 2003 and 2008.Test positivity (per 100,000 per year) highest for...

10.2105/ajph.2015.302852 article EN American Journal of Public Health 2015-10-15

We examined the provision of behavioral health services to youths detained in Indiana between 2008 and 2012 impact on recidivism.We obtained information about needs, treatment received, recidivism within 12 months after release for 8363 adolescents (aged 12-18 years; 79.4% male). conducted survival analyses determine whether significantly affected time recidivating.Approximately 19.1% had positive mental screens, 25.3% all recidivated release. Of with 29.2% saw a clinician, 16.1% received...

10.2105/ajph.2014.302529 article EN American Journal of Public Health 2015-05-14

The high demands and responsibilities of probation work, particularly with juvenile clients, may lead to burnout, which can negatively impact how officers work individuals behavioral health problems.Yet, research examining burnout related outcomes among (JPOs) is limited.We surveyed 246 JPOs in a Midwestern state identify the prevalence, predictors, potential burnout.JPOs reported moderate levels burnout; about 30% sample scored range for Emotional Exhaustion Cynicism.Contrary study...

10.1037/ser0000031 article EN other-oa Psychological Services 2015-05-26
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