Julie M Croff
Biographic Data
| ID | 1255180 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julie M Croff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julie M |
| FAMILY NAME | Croff |
| SIGNATURE | CROFF J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oklahoma State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0415-3237 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Quality time in quarantine
Objective This study examined the impact of quality time spent with family in modifying the relationship between various negative home and social consequences of the pandemic and subsequent social and behavioral outcomes. Background Adverse consequences related to economic, health, and social factors were brought about by the COVID‐19 pandemic. In other contexts, family protective factors and resiliency have been found to mitigate similar adverse…
Emotional distress among police academy recruits
Police work, beginning as early as academy training, is inherently stressful and carries risks for officer wellbeing. Humor has been cited as useful way for officers to handle stress. This study investigated the relationship between humor and emotional distress among a sample of 101 police recruits from Phase 1 of the National Police Research Platform. Findings indicated that reliance on humor as a coping strategy increased among recruits during …
Immigration Enforcement and Hispanic Youth Substance Use
Feasibility and reliability of continuously monitoring alcohol use among female adolescents and young adults
Parental School‐Involvement and Substance Use? A Novel Family‐Based Prevention Strategy for Latino Youth
Objective: To examine the association of parental school involvement with reductions in adolescent substance initiation among Latino immigrant youth. Background: Parental school involvement is an important determinant of children's academic achievement. Likewise, academic achievement is associated with multiple adolescent health risk behaviors. Little research has examined whether parental school involvement is associated with adolescent drug use…
Recovering from an Epidemic of Teen Pregnancy
Integrating and synthesizing adversity and resilience knowledge and action
This article proposes a model for understanding the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) as dynamic and interrelated biobehavioral adaptations to early life stress that have predictable consequences on development and health. Drawing upon research from multiple theoretical and methodological approaches, the intergenerational and cumulative adverse and resilient experiences (ICARE) model posits that the negative consequences of ACEs res…
Factors Associated with Condom Use among a Sample of Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) Residing in Rural Oklahoma
Public health literature often neglects populations from rural communities, particularly with men who have sex with men (MSM). Although HIV/STI infections are decreasing slightly, there is an increase within rural MSM, thus opening the door for further research on condom use behavior in a rural context. In-depth interviews were conducted with 40 MSM in rural Oklahoma regarding their condom use and sexual behaviors. A qualitative analysis revealed…
Sex-Ed without the Stigma
This study highlights the experiences of gay and bisexual men who live in Oklahoma with formalized sex education. Open-ended prompts were provided to individuals (N= 112) who completed an online questionnaire assessing their experience with sex education and what they would like to see offered. The majority of participants did not receive a formalized sex education and they want to see a comprehensive sex education program provided in public scho…
Experiences of Stigma by Gay and Bisexual Men in Rural Oklahoma
Purpose: The unique experiences of men who have sex with men (MSM) residing in culturally conservative rural areas are not well represented in the scientific literature. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in the United States has shifted toward rural areas where populations are dispersed and health care resources are limited. Methods: We recruited 40 sexual minority men, ages 22–66, residing in rural Oklahoma for in-depth, qualitativ…
Mediterranean Diet Adherence in Cardiac Patients
Objective We analyzed the constructs of social cognitive theory that explain adherence to the Mediterranean diet in patients diagnosed with cardiovascular disease. Methods A cross-sectional study of 337 cardiac patients using a validated questionnaire was conducted and analyzed at an outpatient cardiology clinic, employing social cognitive theory (SCT) as the theoretical framework. Results Dietary adherence was associated with statistically signi…
How gay and bisexual men compensate for the lack of meaningful sex education in a socially conservative state
The information shared in schools on sex education in the USA is highly variable depending on the state and sometimes city in which a student lives. Gay and bisexual students living in a socially conservative, primarily rural state such as Oklahoma often receive little information about sexual health information that pertains to their behaviours unless it is discussing the dangers of sex. Using a qualitative approach, 20 gay and bisexual men curr…
Hidden Rainbows
Baked Sex
Opportunities to use drugs and the transition to drug use among adolescents from Caracas, Venezuela
Few studies have examined exposure to drug use and the lag between exposure and use. This paper estimates prevalence of opportunity to use a substance, for use, and for use given an opportunity to use among a sample of Venezuelan adolescents. Several covariates on the opportunity to use and the transition to use are also examined. Findings show that lifetime prevalence of substance use among Venezuelan adolescents increases dramatically and more …
Using Sex-Related Alcohol Expectancies to Predict Condom Use Among a General Sample of Men and Women in the United States
Feeling No Buzz or a Slight Buzz Is Common When Legally Drunk
AffiliationsMatthew E. Rossheim and Robert M. Weiler are with the Department of Global and Community Health, College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Dennis L. Thombs and Kwynn M. Gonzalez-Pons are with the Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth. Jordan A. Killion is with the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology,…
Hidden Rainbows
Sex-Ed without the Stigma
This study highlights the experiences of gay and bisexual men who live in Oklahoma with formalized sex education. Open-ended prompts were provided to individuals (N= 112) who completed an online questionnaire assessing their experience with sex education and what they would like to see offered. The majority of participants did not receive a formalized sex education and they want to see a comprehensive sex education program provided in public scho…
Factors Associated with Condom Use among a Sample of Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) Residing in Rural Oklahoma
Public health literature often neglects populations from rural communities, particularly with men who have sex with men (MSM). Although HIV/STI infections are decreasing slightly, there is an increase within rural MSM, thus opening the door for further research on condom use behavior in a rural context. In-depth interviews were conducted with 40 MSM in rural Oklahoma regarding their condom use and sexual behaviors. A qualitative analysis revealed…
Integrating and synthesizing adversity and resilience knowledge and action
This article proposes a model for understanding the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) as dynamic and interrelated biobehavioral adaptations to early life stress that have predictable consequences on development and health. Drawing upon research from multiple theoretical and methodological approaches, the intergenerational and cumulative adverse and resilient experiences (ICARE) model posits that the negative consequences of ACEs res…
Using Sex-Related Alcohol Expectancies to Predict Condom Use Among a General Sample of Men and Women in the United States
Opportunities to use drugs and the transition to drug use among adolescents from Caracas, Venezuela
Few studies have examined exposure to drug use and the lag between exposure and use. This paper estimates prevalence of opportunity to use a substance, for use, and for use given an opportunity to use among a sample of Venezuelan adolescents. Several covariates on the opportunity to use and the transition to use are also examined. Findings show that lifetime prevalence of substance use among Venezuelan adolescents increases dramatically and more …
Using Sex-Related Alcohol Expectancies to Predict Condom Use Among a General Sample of Men and Women in the United States
Feeling No Buzz or a Slight Buzz Is Common When Legally Drunk
AffiliationsMatthew E. Rossheim and Robert M. Weiler are with the Department of Global and Community Health, College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Dennis L. Thombs and Kwynn M. Gonzalez-Pons are with the Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth. Jordan A. Killion is with the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology,…
How gay and bisexual men compensate for the lack of meaningful sex education in a socially conservative state
The information shared in schools on sex education in the USA is highly variable depending on the state and sometimes city in which a student lives. Gay and bisexual students living in a socially conservative, primarily rural state such as Oklahoma often receive little information about sexual health information that pertains to their behaviours unless it is discussing the dangers of sex. Using a qualitative approach, 20 gay and bisexual men curr…
Hidden Rainbows
Baked Sex
Mediterranean Diet Adherence in Cardiac Patients
Objective We analyzed the constructs of social cognitive theory that explain adherence to the Mediterranean diet in patients diagnosed with cardiovascular disease. Methods A cross-sectional study of 337 cardiac patients using a validated questionnaire was conducted and analyzed at an outpatient cardiology clinic, employing social cognitive theory (SCT) as the theoretical framework. Results Dietary adherence was associated with statistically signi…
Experiences of Stigma by Gay and Bisexual Men in Rural Oklahoma
Purpose: The unique experiences of men who have sex with men (MSM) residing in culturally conservative rural areas are not well represented in the scientific literature. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in the United States has shifted toward rural areas where populations are dispersed and health care resources are limited. Methods: We recruited 40 sexual minority men, ages 22–66, residing in rural Oklahoma for in-depth, qualitativ…
Factors Associated with Condom Use among a Sample of Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) Residing in Rural Oklahoma
Public health literature often neglects populations from rural communities, particularly with men who have sex with men (MSM). Although HIV/STI infections are decreasing slightly, there is an increase within rural MSM, thus opening the door for further research on condom use behavior in a rural context. In-depth interviews were conducted with 40 MSM in rural Oklahoma regarding their condom use and sexual behaviors. A qualitative analysis revealed…
Sex-Ed without the Stigma
This study highlights the experiences of gay and bisexual men who live in Oklahoma with formalized sex education. Open-ended prompts were provided to individuals (N= 112) who completed an online questionnaire assessing their experience with sex education and what they would like to see offered. The majority of participants did not receive a formalized sex education and they want to see a comprehensive sex education program provided in public scho…
Feasibility and reliability of continuously monitoring alcohol use among female adolescents and young adults
Parental School‐Involvement and Substance Use? A Novel Family‐Based Prevention Strategy for Latino Youth
Objective: To examine the association of parental school involvement with reductions in adolescent substance initiation among Latino immigrant youth. Background: Parental school involvement is an important determinant of children's academic achievement. Likewise, academic achievement is associated with multiple adolescent health risk behaviors. Little research has examined whether parental school involvement is associated with adolescent drug use…
Recovering from an Epidemic of Teen Pregnancy
Integrating and synthesizing adversity and resilience knowledge and action
This article proposes a model for understanding the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) as dynamic and interrelated biobehavioral adaptations to early life stress that have predictable consequences on development and health. Drawing upon research from multiple theoretical and methodological approaches, the intergenerational and cumulative adverse and resilient experiences (ICARE) model posits that the negative consequences of ACEs res…
Emotional distress among police academy recruits
Police work, beginning as early as academy training, is inherently stressful and carries risks for officer wellbeing. Humor has been cited as useful way for officers to handle stress. This study investigated the relationship between humor and emotional distress among a sample of 101 police recruits from Phase 1 of the National Police Research Platform. Findings indicated that reliance on humor as a coping strategy increased among recruits during …
Immigration Enforcement and Hispanic Youth Substance Use
Quality time in quarantine
Objective This study examined the impact of quality time spent with family in modifying the relationship between various negative home and social consequences of the pandemic and subsequent social and behavioral outcomes. Background Adverse consequences related to economic, health, and social factors were brought about by the COVID‐19 pandemic. In other contexts, family protective factors and resiliency have been found to mitigate similar adverse…
Medicine (14 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (5 works) · Demography (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works)