Les B Whitbeck

Biographic Data

ID101894
NAMELes B Whitbeck
GIVEN NAMESLes B
FAMILY NAMEWhitbeck
SIGNATUREWHITBECK B
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS83
TOTAL CITATIONS1751
AUTHOR COUNT83
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1986
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX23

  • Recruitment and retention of American Indian youth and caregivers in a culturally adapted prevention program

    Open AccessJamy K Rentschler, Maia Behrendt et al.ARTICLETranscultural Psychiatric…2024Cited by: 1References: 86

    This article seeks to understand to what extent cultural engagement and substance use risk factors influence families' decisions to participate, and ultimately complete, a culturally grounded substance use prevention program. Using data from a 14-week culturally oriented family-based substance use prevention program, we examine predictors of successful recruitment and retention of American Indian youth and their caregivers. Guided by the theoreti…

  • Families in Troubled Times

    Rand D Conger, Rand Conger et al.BOOKFamilies in Troubled Times2020

  • Prevalence of Mental Disorders from Adolescence Through Early Adulthood in American Indian and First Nations Communities

    Open AccessMelissa L Walls, K J Sittner et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Mental…2020

  • Stress Exposure and Physical, Mental, and Behavioral Health among American Indian Adults with Type 2 Diabetes

    Open AccessMelissa L Walls, K J Sittner et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2017

    American Indian (AI) communities experience disproportionate exposure to stressors and health inequities including type 2 diabetes. Yet, we know little about the role of psychosocial stressors for AI diabetes-related health outcomes. We investigated associations between a range of stressors and psychological, behavioral, and physical health for AIs with diabetes. This community-based participatory research with 5 AI tribes includes 192 AI adult t…

  • Prevalence and Correlates of Physical Dating Violence Among North American Indigenous Adolescents

    Open AccessDane Hautala, Dane S Hautala et al.ARTICLEYouth & Society2017Cited by: 1References: 49

    This study examined the lifetime prevalence of physical dating violence, including victimization, perpetration, and the overlap between the two (mutual violence), among a population sample of 551 reservation/reserve residing Indigenous (i.e., American Indian and Canadian First Nations) adolescents in the upper-Midwest of the United States and Canada. Potential correlates of four dating violence profiles (i.e., no dating violence, perpetration onl…

  • The Historical Loss Scale

    Open AccessBrian E Armenta, Les B Whitbeck et al.ARTICLECultural Diversity & Ethnic…2015Cited by: 13References: 8

    The identified 3-factor and second-order HLS structures held full longitudinal measurement equivalence. Moreover, as predicted, our results suggest that historical loss can be psychologically distressing for Indigenous adolescents

  • The utility of the prototype/willingness model in predicting alcohol use among North American indigenous adolescents

    Open AccessBrian E Armenta, Dane Hautala et al.ARTICLEDevelopmental Psychology2015Cited by: 1References: 6

    In the present study, we considered the utility of the prototype/willingness model in predicting alcohol use among North-American Indigenous adolescents. Specifically, using longitudinal data, we examined the associations among subjective drinking norms, positive drinker prototypes, drinking expectations (as a proxy of drinking willingness), and drinking behavior among a sample of Indigenous adolescents from ages 12 to 14 years. Using an autoregr…

  • Indigenous Adolescent Development

    Les B Whitbeck, Melissa Walls et al.BOOKIndigenous Adolescent Development2014

  • Indigenous Adolescent Development

    Kelley Hartshorn, Les B Whitbeck et al.BOOKIndigenous Adolescent Development2014

  • Characteristics of Mothers Caring for Children During Episodes of Homelessness

    Open AccessMelissa Welch-Lazoritz, Melissa L Welch-Lazoritz et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2014Cited by: 4References: 35

  • Rural Latino adolescent health

    Open AccessTimothy D Nelson, Katherine M Kidwell et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2014Cited by: 1References: 17

    Latino adolescents living in rural settings may be at increased risk of health problems; however, data describing the health status of this population are limited. This study examined 60 rural Latino adolescents and found high rates of health risk, including at-risk/clinical results for hemoglobin A1C (23.3%), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (55%), systolic blood pressure (21.7%), and overweight/obesity (55%). Time in sedentary behaviors was…

  • Factors Associated With Growth in Daily Smoking Among Indigenous Adolescents

    Open AccessLes B Whitbeck, K J Sittner et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2012References: 7

    North American Indigenous adolescents smoke earlier, smoke more, and are more likely to become regular smokers as adults than youth from any other ethnic group yet we know very little about their early smoking trajectories. We use multilevel growth modeling across five waves of data from Indigenous adolescents (aged 10 to 13 years at Wave 1) to investigate factors associated with becoming a daily smoker. Several factors, including number of peers…

  • Correlates of Homeless Episodes Among Indigenous People

    Open AccessLes B Whitbeck, Devan M Crawford et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Community…2012Cited by: 3References: 12

    This study reports the correlates of homeless episodes among 873 Indigenous adults who are part of an ongoing longitudinal study on four reservations in the Northern Midwest and four Canadian First Nation reserves. Descriptive analyses depict differences between those who have and have not experienced an episode of homelessness in their lifetimes. Multivariate analyses assess factors associated with a history of homeless episodes at the time of t…

  • Exploring the Relationships of Perceived Discrimination, Anger, and Aggression among North American Indigenous Adolescents

    Open AccessK J Sittner, Les B Whitbeck et al.ARTICLESociety and Mental Health2012Cited by: 15References: 20

    A growing body of research has documented associations between discrimination, anger and delinquency, but the exact nature of these associations remains unclear. Specifically, do aggressive behaviors emerge over time as a consequence of perceived discrimination and anger? Or do adolescents who engage in aggressive behavior perceive that they are being discriminated against and become angry? We use autoregressive cross-lagged path analysis on a sa…

  • The Intergenerational Effects of Relocation Policies on Indigenous Families

    Open AccessMelissa L Walls, Les B WhitbeckARTICLEJournal of Family Issues2012Cited by: 15References: 26

    This research uses life course perspective concepts of linked lives and historical time and place to examine the multigenerational effects of relocation experiences on Indigenous families. Data were collected from a longitudinal study currently underway on four American Indian reservations in the Northern Midwest and four Canadian First Nation reserves where residents share a common Indigenous cultural heritage. This article includes information …

  • Distress among Indigenous North Americans

    Open AccessMelissa L Walls, Les B WhitbeckARTICLESociety and Mental Health2011

    Stress process and life-course models of mental distress emphasize sociocultural and historical processes that influence stress exposure and the impact of stress on mental health outcomes. Drawing from these theoretical orientations as well as concepts from the historical trauma literature, the authors examine the effects of culturally relevant and more generalized sources of stress on distress among North American Indigenous adults and test for …

  • Predictors of Change in Self‐Reported Social Networks Among Homeless Young People

    Open AccessChristina Falci, Christina D Falci et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2011Cited by: 9References: 6

    This research investigates changes in social network size and composition of 351 homeless adolescents over three years. Findings show that network size decreases over time. Homeless youth with a conduct disorder begin street life with small networks that remain small over time. Caregiver abuse is associated with smaller emotional networks due to fewer home ties, especially to parents, and a more rapid loss of emotional home ties over time. Homele…

  • Pregnancy and mental health of young homeless women

    Devan M Crawford, Emily C Trotter et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2011References: 48

    Pregnancy rates among young women who are homeless are significantly higher than rates among housed young women in the United States (J. M. Greene & C. L. Ringwalt, 1998). Yet, little research has addressed mental health or risk and resilience among young mothers who are homeless. Based on a sample from the Midwest Longitudinal Study of Homeless Adolescents, this study explores pregnancy and motherhood in unaccompanied homeless young women over a…

  • Alcohol Use Trajectories and Problem Drinking Over the Course of Adolescence

    Open AccessJacob E Cheadle, Les B WhitbeckARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…2011Cited by: 10References: 50

    This study investigated the links between alcohol use trajectories and problem drinking ( Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition abuse/dependence) using five waves of data from 727 North American Indigenous adolescents between 10 and 17 years from eight reservations sharing a common language and culture. Growth mixture models linking fundamental causes, social stressors, support, and psychosocial pathways to problem…

  • Comparing subgroups of suicidal homeless adolescents

    Kevin A Yoder, Les B Whitbeck et al.ARTICLEVulnerable Children and Youth…2010Cited by: 2References: 4

    This study compared multiple attempters, single attempters, ideators and non-suicidal homeless adolescents from the Midwestern United States. The data were collected in 1999–2000 from youths aged 16–19 years. More than one-quarter (26.7%) of the 405 participants made multiple lifetime attempts, 9.8% attempted suicide once, 48.9% thought about – but did not attempt – suicide and 14.6% never attempted or thought about suicide. Multiple attempters, …

  • Maturation, Peer Context, and Indigenous Girls’ Early-Onset Substance Use

    Open AccessMelissa L Walls, Les B WhitbeckARTICLEThe Journal of Early Adolescence2010Cited by: 3References: 9

    This paper examines a biosocial model of the impact of puberty on Indigenous girls' early-onset substance use by considering the potential mediating role of peer context (i.e. mixed-sex peer groups and substance use prototypes) on the puberty and substance use relationship. Data include responses from 360 girls of a common Indigenous cultural group residing on reservations/reserves in the upper Midwest and Canada. Results of structural equation m…

  • Gestational Risks and Psychiatric Disorders Among Indigenous Adolescents

    Open AccessLes B Whitbeck, Devan M CrawfordARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2008References: 49

  • Early-Onset Alcohol Use Among Native American Youth

    Open AccessMelissa L Walls, Les B Whitbeck et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2007Cited by: 4References: 40

    This article investigates the influence of female caretaker substance use on early-onset youth drinking among Native American families in the Northern Midwest. Data include 603 Native American families, with reports from female caretakers and youths aged 10 - 13 years. Two potential caretaker influences are taken into account: adolescent modeling of caretaker behaviors and the effects of caretaker substance abuse on parenting. Results of bivariat…

  • Dimensionality of thoughts of death and suicide

    Open AccessKevin A Yoder, Les B Whitbeck et al.ARTICLESocial Indicators Research2007Cited by: 9References: 56

  • The Infl uence of Friends

    Les B Whitbeck, Melissa L Walls et al.