A5033332152- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Media Influence and Health
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Media in Health Education
University of Oregon
2019-2024
Oregon Research Institute
2012-2022
Eugene Research Institute
2012
The quality of parent-child relationships likely influences many decisions and behaviors made by early adolescents, including their alcohol marijuana use. We examined how parent-youth relationship quality, parental monitoring, parent substance use were associated with initiation use, binge drinking, 400 adolescents the spring 8th grade (ages 13-14), changes in through 9th (assessed 3 times; fall, winter, spring). measured both adolescent report expecting that perspectives would uniquely...
Studies investigating the impact of medical marijuana legalization have found no significant changes in adolescent use. In one few studies focused on recreational marijuana, we investigated how and community sales policy influenced factors that likely youth use (youth willingness intent to use, parent use) as well Legalization Oregon coincided with our study substance Cohort 1 transitioned from 8th 9th grade prior 2 made this transition during (N = 444; 53% female). Communities were allowed...
Adolescents’ increasing use of smartphone technology has led to unprecedented opportunities identify early indicators shifting mental health. This intensive longitudinal study examined the extent which differences in health and daily mood are associated with digital social communication adolescence. In a sample 30 adolescents (ages 11–15 years), we analyzed 22,152 messages from media, email, texting across 1 month. Lower was linguistic features reflecting self-focus reduced temporal...
Abstract This article describes the use of an observation system to measure middle school staff practices, environment characteristics, and student behavior in common areas. Data were collected at baseline from 18 schools participating a randomized controlled trial school‐wide Positive Behavior Support. The observations reliable showed sensitivity differences between settings schools. Multilevel models with students nested used examine associations practices behavior. Less effective...
Many best practice smoking cessation programs use fully automated internet interventions designed for nonmobile personal computers (desktop computers, laptops, and tablets). A relatively small number of have been specifically mobile devices such as smartphones.
Intensive longitudinal research-including experience sampling and smartphone sensor monitoring-has potential for identifying proximal risk factors psychopathology, including suicidal thoughts behaviors (STB). Yet, missing data can complicate analysis interpretation. This study aimed to address whether clinical design are associated with missingness predicts changes in symptom severity or STB. Adolescents ages 13- 18 years old (
This study examines physical and sedentary activities of early adolescent boys girls using Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA), a method that can link mood behaviors in specific social situations. Twenty-seven assessments were collected across 7 days from 82 participating adolescents, three times seventh grade one time eighth grade. Assessments completed during nonschool hours when youth had “free time.” Gender differences, longitudinal trends, associations (PA) small screen recreation...
Use of smokeless tobacco (moist snuff and chewing tobacco) is a significant public health problem but users have few resources to help them quit. Web programs telephone-based (Quitlines) been shown be effective for smoking cessation. We evaluate the effectiveness program, Quitline, combination two recruited via Web.To test whether offering both Quitline intervention results in significantly better long-term abstinence outcomes than either alone; offer or outcome self-help manual only Control...
This paper reintroduces the Effortless Assessment Research System (EARS), 4 years and 10,000 participants after its initial launch. EARS is a mobile sensing tool that affords researchers opportunity to collect naturalistic, behavioral data via participants' naturalistic smartphone use. The first section of highlights improvements made tour EARS's capabilities-the most important which expansion iOS operating system. Other include better keyboard integration for collection typed text; full...
Background: Adolescence and early adulthood are pivotal stages for the onset of mental health disorders development behaviors. Digital behavioral activation (BA) interventions, with or without coaching support, hold promise addressing risk factors both physical problems by offering scalable approaches to expand access evidence-based support.Objective: This two-arm pilot study evaluated two versions a digital product, Vira, their feasibility, acceptability, preliminary effectiveness improve...
Home-based child caregivers face unique stressors related to the nature of their work. One hundred and fifty-five home-based care providers in Oregon, USA, participated this cross-sectional correlational study. We investigated associations between indicators caregiver stress working conditions, quality practices, frequency behaviour challenges, caregivers' tolerance for those behaviours. Levels sample were moderate low. Significant found greater with higher child–caregiver ratio, isolation,...
There is evidence linking youth use of electronic (e-) cigarettes to subsequent cigarette and marijuana use, raising public health concerns. We examined the sequence e-cigarettes, conventional cigarettes, in a longitudinal sample adolescents, determine if e-cigarettes often preceded other substances.
This study uses ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to simultaneously capture youths' perceptions of peer affiliates and social contexts determine their association with current future mood states. A sample 82 seventh grade students (36 at risk for developing or escalating rule breaking substance use 46 randomly selected) from 4 schools participated. Using EMA methodology, we had report affiliations, affiliates, moods, activities, location, behaviors during free time. Data 3 waves were...
Promising Web-based interventions for smokeless tobacco cessation have emerged. We describe a randomized controlled trial (RCT) testing the relative benefits of adding nicotine lozenge as an adjunct to MyLastDip intervention. 407 users who wanted quit were recruited, screened online, and randomly assigned one two conditions: (a) interactive intervention (Web Only; n = 202), or (b) website plus offer lozenges + Lozenge; 205). program content is grouped according three sequential frames:...
The impact of digital device use on health and well-being is a pressing question. However, the scientific literature this topic, to date, marred by small unrepresentative samples, poor measurement core constructs, limited ability address psychological behavioral mechanisms that may underlie relationships between well-being. Recent authoritative reviews have made urgent calls for future research projects these limitations. critical role identify which patterns are associated with benefits...
Abstract Magnetic resonance imaging has provided pathophysiological insights into adolescent depression but is a relatively inaccessible technology. Generating scalable indicators of that are informed by neuroscience therefore critical for providing solutions allow us to detect and treat this devastating disorder. In preregistered study, we investigated whether passively acquired smartphone-based language usage represents such an indicator explored the neural correlates mediate or moderate...
Play tasks that use standardized procedures and materials are a practical way to assess parenting skills, child behaviors, the ways in which parents children interact. We describe systematic process for developing parent-child play task (PCPT) mother-child interactions randomized controlled trial of video-based program. Participants were 307 mothers their 3- 6-year-old who presented oppositional disruptive behavior challenges. The validity PCPT was investigated by testing (a) extent elicited...
Research Findings: This observation study investigated the prevalence and correlates of learning contexts provided to preschool-age children in 133 registered child care homes below-average-income neighborhoods U.S. Pacific Northwest. On average, 30% observed proportion time was spent structured teacher-led activities, 51% free-choice 10% routine 1% watching video/TV, 7% transition. Home-based providers gave significantly more positive recognition during engaged prosocial behavior time....