A5064430646- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Infant Health and Development
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Arizona State University
2019-2025
Virginia Commonwealth University
2016-2023
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2012-2016
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
2001
Public Health Institute
2001
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
2001
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
2001
This study evaluated the factor structure of Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) with a diverse sample 1,248 European American, Latino, Armenian, and Iranian adolescents. Adolescents completed 10-item RSES during school as part larger on parental influences academic outcomes. Findings suggested that method effects in are more strongly associated negatively worded items across three groups but also pronounced among ethnic minority accounting for is necessary to avoid biased conclusions...
A multistage model of drug addiction in which individuals' motivations for use change as they develop problems is widely accepted; however, the evidence this comes mostly from animal work and cross-sectional studies. We used longitudinal data to test whether positive negative reinforcement associated with alcohol consumption differed a function dependence (AD). Specifically, we tested (a) more strongly than among individuals without AD, (b) AD reinforcement, (c) presence association between...
Pathways by which maternal physiological arousal (skin conductance level [SCL]) and regulation (respiratory sinus arrhythmia [RSA] withdrawal) while parenting are linked with concurrent subsequent sensitivity were examined. Mothers' (N = 259) SCL RSA measured during a resting baseline interacting their 6-month-old infants tasks designed to elicit infant distress. Then, mothers interviewed about emotional cognitive responses cues (i.e., cry processing) caregiving using video recall procedure....
Based on data from a sample of 120 first-generation Mexican immigrant couples collected at the start Great Recession in United States, this study tested an actor-partner interdependence mediation model (APIMeM) which spouses' perceptions stress related to economic pressure and cultural adaptation were linked their own partners' reports marital satisfaction through depressive symptoms negativity.As hypothesized, results supported indirect links between stressors negativity satisfaction: (1)...
Abstract Genome-wide, polygenic risk scores (PRS) have emerged as a useful way to characterize genetic liability. There is growing evidence that PRS may prove for early identification of those at increased certain diseases. The current potential alcohol use disorders (AUD) remains an open question. Using data from both population-based sample [the FinnTwin12 (FT12) study] and high-risk Collaborative Study on the Genetics Alcoholism (COGA)], we examined association between PRSs derived...
Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to greater depression and anxiety among college students. Social support may alleviate this risk. We examined how social from family, friends, romantic partners influence internalizing psychopathology outcomes associated with COVID-19-related stressful events. Participants: Participants were first-years (N = 425, 34.8% Hispanic/Latinx, 74.9% female) enrolled in a United States public university. Methods: completed an online survey Fall of 2020. Linear...
Parental alcohol use disorders (AUDs) and parental separation are associated with increased risk for early of in offspring, but whether they increase risks other substances sexual debut is under-studied. We focused on associations AUDs substance initiation to (1) test the strength time (age years) alcohol, tobacco cannabis (2) compare association AUD initiation.Prospective adolescent young adult cohort a high-risk family study, Collaborative Study Genetics Alcoholism (COGA).Six sites United...
Introduction There is limited understanding on how polygenic scores derived from genome-wide association studies of adult and child psychopathology may uniquely predict childhood traits. The current study took a developmental approach to examine the interplay between adult-based child-based with family processes in predicting trajectories externalizing behaviors late early adolescence among racially-ethnically diverse youth. Method Data were drawn non-Hispanic White (N = 5,907), Black...
Objective: This study examined how bicultural stress affects depressive, anxiety, and alcohol use disorder (AUD) symptoms in first-year Hispanic/Latinx college students, whether familism moderates these effects. Method: Using the data from Pathways to College Health Study, 264 self-identifying students (74.9% woman) at a large public Hispanic-serving university Southwest completed online surveys 2020 or 2021. Results: Results hierarchical multiple regression models showed that higher levels...
This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at 2000 ISBRA Meeting in Yokohama, Japan. The chairs were C. J. Peter Eriksson and Tatsushige Fukunaga. presentations (1) 4‐Methylpyrazole as tool investigation role ADH actions alcohol humans, by Taisto Sarkola Eriksson; (2) ADH2 polymorphism flushing Asian populations, Wei Chen, M. Ju, Andrew T. A. Cheng; (3) Role ADH3 genotypes acute effects Finnish population, Hidetaka Yamamoto, Kathrin Kohlenberg‐Müller, (4) Clinical characteristics...
The extent to which indices of maternal physiological arousal (skin conductance augmentation) and regulation (vagal withdrawal) while parenting predict infant attachment disorganization behavior problems directly or indirectly via sensitivity was examined in a sample 259 mothers their infants. Two covariates, self-reported emotional risk Adult Attachment Interview coherence were assessed prenatally. Mothers' measured during tasks when infants 6 months old. Maternal observed...
Racial discrimination is a stressor that may put African Americans at risk for alcohol use and related problems. We examined whether experiences of blatant (racist events) subtle (racial microaggressions) forms racial were associated with consumption problems among American young adults, childhood/adolescence socialization by parents friends moderated these associations.
Abstract Background Studies suggest that alcohol consumption and use disorders have distinct genetic backgrounds. Methods We examined whether polygenic risk scores (PRS) for problem subscales of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C, AUDIT-P) in UK Biobank (UKB; N = 121 630) correlate with outcomes four independent samples: an ascertained cohort, Collaborative Study on Genetics Alcoholism (COGA; 6850), population-based cohorts: Avon Longitudinal Parents Children (ALSPAC;...
The purpose of this article was to examine whether recollections mothers’ emotion socialization practices during childhood are linked adult emotional well-being as indexed by depression, trait anger, and cardiac vagal tone, these effects vary for African American European women. Participants included 251 women (128 American, 123 American) who ranged in age from 18 44 years ( M = 25 years). Multigroup confirmatory factor analyses indicated strong measurement invariance across participants....
Adolescent substance use is a significant public health concern due to its prevalence and associated negative consequences. Although many adolescents substances, there substantial heterogeneity in their patterns. Identifying risk protective factors that differentiate with different profiles important for preventing consequences those at risk.This study identified distinct latent of by considering adolescents' involvement multiple common illicit substances as well related problems examined...
We examined whether and how the dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) interacts with adverse life events to predict maternal sensitivity directly indirectly via emotion regulation. The sample included 209 (106 European American, 103 African American) mothers their children (52% female). Sensitive behavior was rated aggregated across five stress-free stress-inducing tasks when were about 2 years old, also retrospectively reported on experiences transitions throughout childhood from birth age 20. When 1...
To evaluate the effect of a campus-wide social norms marketing intervention on alcohol-use perceptions, consumption, and blackouts at large, urban, public university.4,172 college students (1,208 freshmen, 1,159 sophomores, 953 juniors, 852 seniors) who completed surveys in Spring 2015 for Spit Science Study, longitudinal study students' substance use emotional health.Participants were e-mailed an online survey that queried campaign readership, perception peer alcohol use, frequency...
ABSTRACT In the current study, we evaluated extent to which mothers reported emotion dysregulation on Difficulties with Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (DERS) (a) converged physiological indices of while parenting, (b) correlated maternal sensitivity, and (c) predicted infant attachment disorganization behavior problems in a sample 259 their infants. When infants were 6 months old, mothers’ arousal regulation measured during parenting tasks completed DERS. Maternal sensitivity was observed...
Racial discrimination is prevalent among Black Americans, and may increase risk for alcohol use related problems. Understanding the mediating moderating factors in pathways linking racial to outcomes important prevention intervention efforts. We tested depressive symptoms as a mediator ethnic-racial identity moderator relation between American young adults.
Parental alcohol problems are associated with adverse adolescent outcomes such as risky drinking and conduct problems. Important questions remain about the unique roles of fathers' mothers' differences and/or similarities in pathways risk across ethnicity gender. In this study, we used a family systems approach to consider spillover crossover effects (number dependence symptoms [ADS]) parenting behaviors relation adolescents'
This study examined ethnic differences in adolescent nonfatal suicidal behaviors as well age and gender variation both across within groups. Using a large (n = 14, 346) sample of adolescents Grades 7 through 12, African Americans reported relatively high rates thoughts attempts Southeast Asians thoughts. Hispanic Americans, European Asian were similar their reports behaviors. Gender also varied ethnicity boys (particularly older boys) more than girls.