Sarah R Lowe
Biographic Data
| ID | 136010 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah R Lowe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah R |
| FAMILY NAME | Lowe |
| SIGNATURE | LOWE S R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9544-4234 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 56 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 143 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 56 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Intergenerational impact of maternal trauma on adolescent depression: The role of parenting factors in Samoan mother-daughter dyads
Saying It, Showing It, and Just Going with It: Examining Individual and Situational Correlates of Sexual Consent Communication Among College Students
Consent is a critical component of healthy and pleasurable sexual experiences. Individual-level (e.g. gender) and situational-level (e.g. type of sexual behavior, relationship to partner) factors have been associated with sexual consent communication. However, few studies have examined a broad range of personal and situational characteristics within the same models, despite these being potentially important influences on sexual behavior during co…
Weathering the Storm: Exploring the Use of the Strong Black Woman Role in the Coping Strategies of Black Women Survivors of Hurricane Katrina
To protect against gendered racism, U.S. Black girls and women are socialized to be strong. This study explored the manifestations of the "Strong Black Woman" schema over time in the coping strategies of six Black women who survived Hurricane Katrina. Participants were all Black mothers, enrolled at a local community college, and ages 23-31 at the time of the first interview. All were interviewed three times between 2006 and 2018. Using narrative…
Just getting along, together”: The relationship between narratives of interdependence and psychological well-being among American adults with disabilities during the first 3 years of the Covid-19 pand…
This study examined the relationship between the theme of interdependence in the narratives of American adults with disabilities and psychological well-being across the shifting conditions of the first 3 years of the COVID-19 pandemic. In contrast to independence, interdependence has emerged as a focus of research about people with disabilities in both the interdisciplinary field of disability studies and in prior psychological research. In the p…
Trajectories of major depression and generalized anxiety symptoms among people with disabilities during the Covid-19 pandemic
GAD trajectory. The results demonstrate the persistent MD and GAD symptoms experienced by many PWD during the pandemic and the importance of interventions to address PWD's social isolation. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Immigrant generation and mental health among Muslim American youth: Pathways through perceived discrimination and Muslim American identity
21.16, SD = 3.69; 75.2% female; immigrant generations: 23.6% first, 54.1% second, and 22.3% third or later generations; region of origin: 65.6% Arab or Middle Eastern, 19.2% Southeast Asian, 6.4% sub-Saharan African or Caribbean, 5.6% European, and 3.2% South or Central American). These students were primarily recruited through announcements in relevant classes and student organizations to complete an online survey that included a question on the…
Ableism in mental healthcare settings: A qualitative study among U.S. adults with disabilities
People with disabilities (PWD) face elevated mental health concerns and are more likely to utilize mental health services compared to their nondisabled counterparts, yet they also report higher unmet mental health service needs due to myriad attitudinal and environmental barriers to accessing care. Despite these well-documented disparities, little research has examined the nuanced lived experiences of PWD who receive mental health services. Drawi…
Associations between religious coping and long-term mental health in survivors of Hurricane Katrina
Preliminary Development of the Climate and Racial Justice Scale
Background: The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement has increasingly brought attention to climate change as both a global environmental crisis and human rights issue that disproportionately affects people of color. Climate change is a global crisis that is both an environmental concern and a human rights issue, as communities of color are disproportionately affected. Little research has been conducted on perceptions of the intersections between cli…
O le tagata ma lona aiga, o le tagata ma lona fa’asinomaga (Every person belongs to a family and every family belongs to a person): Development of a parenting framework for adolescent mental wellbeing…
Sexual Victimization, Emotion Dysregulation, and Sexual Consent Feelings and Communication During a Recent Sexual Encounter
Sexual consent has been a major focus of campus campaigns to reduce sexual violence (SV). However, these campaigns often educate students about consent with little attention to the complex ways consent can be experienced, expressed, and interpreted by others. Further, little research has focused on the consent feelings and communication cues of students who have a history of SV, nor have studies examined how the ability to attend to and regulate …
Intergenerational trauma transmission through family psychosocial factors in adult children of Rwandan survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi
University Students Who Report Exchanging Sex for Money or Other Compensation: Findings from a Public University Sample
Mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic in a longitudinal study of Hurricane Katrina survivors
While the COVID-19 pandemic is known to have caused widespread mental health challenges, it remains unknown how the prevalence, presentation, and predictors of mental health adversity during the pandemic compare to other mass crises. We shed light on this question using longitudinal survey data (2003-2021) from 424 low-income mothers who were affected by both the pandemic and Hurricane Katrina, which struck the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2005. The preval…
Vicarious Racism, Direct Racism, and Mental Health Among Racialized Minority Healthcare Workers
Development and Validation of the Vicarious Racism in Healthcare Workers Scale
Depression and PTSD among Houston Residents who Experienced Hurricane Harvey and Covid-19: Implications for Urban Areas Affected by Multiple Disasters
Disasters and subjective assessments of recovery in the long run
Preparedness, hurricanes Irma and Maria, and impact on health in Puerto Rico
OBJECTIVES: Only few studies evaluated whether hurricane preparedness impacts health. The PREPARE study addresses this gap. METHODS: We recruited participants who had pertinent pre-hurricane data from the San Juan Overweight Adults Longitudinal Study (SOALS: n=364) and 125 patients with diabetes from Federally Qualified Health Center (COSSMA) in Puerto Rico. Participants aged 42-75 years completed interviews 20-34 months after Hurricanes Irma and…
Exploring the association between forgiveness, meaning-making, and post-traumatic stress symptoms: The case of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
Latent Profiles of Internal and External Consent During a Recent Sexual Encounter
Climate change anxiety and mental health: Environmental activism as buffer
Investigating Strategies of Emotion Regulation As Mediators of Occupational Stressors and Mental Health Outcomes in First Responders
The aim of this study was to investigate whether two emotion regulation strategies, expressive suppression or cognitive reappraisal, mediated the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depression (MD), and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in first responders (FR) who experienced occupational stressors, using cross-sectional data. An aggregate of 895 first responders (M = 37.32, SD = 12.09, 59.2% male, 91.3% Caucasian) who we…
Showing Everybody’s True Colors”: Informal networks of low-income single mothers and their young children during the Covid-19 pandemic
Narrative identity among people with disabilities in the United States during the Covid-19 pandemic: The interdependent self
This study examines narrative identity among a large, diverse sample of people with disabilities (PWDs) in the United States during the "second wave" of the Covid-19 pandemic (October-December 2020). The study relied on abductive analyses, combining a purely inductive phase of inquiry followed by two rounds of investigation that filtered inductive insights through three theoretical lenses: social-ecological theory, the theory of narrative identit…
The impact of housing displacement on the mental health of low-income parents after Hurricane Katrina
Twelve years later: The long-term mental health consequences of Hurricane Katrina
Dual Measures of Sexual Consent: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Internal Consent Scale and External Consent Scale
Sexual assault, often defined as nonconsensual sex, is a problem among college students. Universities have made efforts to increase student awareness about sexual consent, which varies along two dimensions: internal feelings of wantedness and external expressions of consent. However, interventions focus on increasing knowledge of the external expression of consent despite the importance of both dimensions for effective sexual communication. A val…
Changes in Marital and Partner Relationships in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: An Analysis With Low-Income Women
Little is known about the impact of natural disasters on marital and partner relationships. In this study, the authors aimed to fill this gap by investigating the changes in such relationships in a sample of 40 low-income, mostly African American women who survived Hurricane Katrina. Through in-depth interviews, participants described how the hurricane affected their intimate relationships. The authors found that, although many participants repor…
The contribution of pre- and postdisaster social support to short- and long-term mental health after Hurricanes Katrina: A longitudinal study of low-income survivors
Mental health and general wellness in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike
Trajectories of Posttraumatic Stress Among Urban Residents
Urban residents experience a wide range of traumatic events and are at increased risk of assaultive violence. Although previous research has examined trajectories of posttraumatic stress (PTS) through latent class growth analysis (LCGA) among persons exposed to the same index events (e.g., a natural disaster), PTS trajectories have not been documented among urban residents. The aims of this study were to conduct LGCA with a sample of trauma survi…
Defining Adult Experiences: Perspectives of a Diverse Sample of Young Adults
This study explored the roles and psychological experiences identified as defining adult moments using mixed methods with a racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse sample of young adults both enrolled and not enrolled in college ( N = 726; ages 18-35). First, we evaluated results from a single survey item that asked participants to rate how adult they feel. Consistent with previous research, the majority of participants (56.9%) report…
Perceived Discrimination and Major Depression and Generalized Anxiety Symptoms: In Muslim American College Students
Narrative identity among people with disabilities in the United States during the Covid-19 pandemic: The interdependent self
This study examines narrative identity among a large, diverse sample of people with disabilities (PWDs) in the United States during the "second wave" of the Covid-19 pandemic (October-December 2020). The study relied on abductive analyses, combining a purely inductive phase of inquiry followed by two rounds of investigation that filtered inductive insights through three theoretical lenses: social-ecological theory, the theory of narrative identit…
Impact of Media-Based Negative and Positive Age Stereotypes on Older Individuals’ Mental Health
Objectives During the COVID-19 pandemic, stigmatization of older persons increased in traditional and social media. It was unknown whether this negative messaging could be detrimental to the mental health of older individuals, and whether the relatively uncommon positive messaging about older individuals could benefit their mental health. Method To address these gaps, we designed age-stereotype interventions based on actual news stories that appe…
Improving middle school climate through teacher‐centered change
A collaborative school‐based intervention aimed at modifying relationships among administrators and teachers was implemented in three middle and junior high schools. Across the intervention schools, teachers were active collaborators in identifying problems and then articulating and implementing customized interventions to redress those problems. Analyses of both teacher ( N =180) and student ( N =2,631) data provide support for positive outcomes…
Big data opportunities for social behavioral and mental health research
Trajectories of perceived social support among low-income female survivors of Hurricane Katrina
The purpose of this study was to explore trajectories of perceived social support among low-income women who survived Hurricane Katrina, and were surveyed prior to the hurricane and approximately one and four years thereafter ( N = 562). Latent class growth analysis provided evidence of the following four trajectories of perceived support: High Increasing (35.9%), High Decreasing (20.3%), Low Stable (41.1%), and Low Decreasing (2.7%). Bereavement…
The Impact of Child-Related Stressors on the Psychological Functioning of Lower-Income Mothers After Hurricane Katrina
In the present study, the authors examined the role of child-related stressors in the psychological adjustment of lower-income, primarily unmarried and African American, mothers ( N = 386). All participants lived in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina, and about a third were also exposed to Hurricane Rita (30.3%, n = 117). Lacking knowledge of a child's safety during the hurricanes was a significant predictor of heightened postdisaster psychologi…
Sexual Victimization, Emotion Dysregulation, and Sexual Consent Feelings and Communication During a Recent Sexual Encounter
Sexual consent has been a major focus of campus campaigns to reduce sexual violence (SV). However, these campaigns often educate students about consent with little attention to the complex ways consent can be experienced, expressed, and interpreted by others. Further, little research has focused on the consent feelings and communication cues of students who have a history of SV, nor have studies examined how the ability to attend to and regulate …
Intergenerational trauma transmission through family psychosocial factors in adult children of Rwandan survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi
Disasters and subjective assessments of recovery in the long run
Showing Everybody’s True Colors”: Informal networks of low-income single mothers and their young children during the Covid-19 pandemic
Social support as a mediator of occupational stressors and mental health outcomes in first responders
This cross‐sectional study aimed to address whether occupational stressors are associated with adverse mental health outcomes in first responders via lower social support. A total of 895 first responders including emergency medical technicians, paramedics, and firefighters from 50 US States and the Virgin Islands (mean = 37.32, standard deviation = 12.09, 59.2% male, and 91.3% White) completed an online survey. Bivariate analyses indicated that o…
Mental Health Service Need and Use in the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy: Findings in a Population-Based Sample of New York City Residents
Improving middle school climate through teacher‐centered change
A collaborative school‐based intervention aimed at modifying relationships among administrators and teachers was implemented in three middle and junior high schools. Across the intervention schools, teachers were active collaborators in identifying problems and then articulating and implementing customized interventions to redress those problems. Analyses of both teacher ( N =180) and student ( N =2,631) data provide support for positive outcomes…
The Impact of Child-Related Stressors on the Psychological Functioning of Lower-Income Mothers After Hurricane Katrina
In the present study, the authors examined the role of child-related stressors in the psychological adjustment of lower-income, primarily unmarried and African American, mothers ( N = 386). All participants lived in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina, and about a third were also exposed to Hurricane Rita (30.3%, n = 117). Lacking knowledge of a child's safety during the hurricanes was a significant predictor of heightened postdisaster psychologi…
Defining Adult Experiences: Perspectives of a Diverse Sample of Young Adults
This study explored the roles and psychological experiences identified as defining adult moments using mixed methods with a racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse sample of young adults both enrolled and not enrolled in college ( N = 726; ages 18-35). First, we evaluated results from a single survey item that asked participants to rate how adult they feel. Consistent with previous research, the majority of participants (56.9%) report…
Changes in Marital and Partner Relationships in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: An Analysis With Low-Income Women
Little is known about the impact of natural disasters on marital and partner relationships. In this study, the authors aimed to fill this gap by investigating the changes in such relationships in a sample of 40 low-income, mostly African American women who survived Hurricane Katrina. Through in-depth interviews, participants described how the hurricane affected their intimate relationships. The authors found that, although many participants repor…
Trajectories of psychological distress among low‐income, female survivors of Hurricane Katrina
The purpose of this study was to investigate trajectories of psychological distress among low-income, primarily unmarried and African American women who survived Hurricane Katrina (N = 386). Data were collected in the year prior to the hurricane as well as approximately 1 and 3 years thereafter. Using Latent Class Growth Analysis (LCGA), we detected 6 distinct trajectory groups. Over half of the participants fit into a trajectory consistent with …
Trajectories of Posttraumatic Stress Among Urban Residents
Urban residents experience a wide range of traumatic events and are at increased risk of assaultive violence. Although previous research has examined trajectories of posttraumatic stress (PTS) through latent class growth analysis (LCGA) among persons exposed to the same index events (e.g., a natural disaster), PTS trajectories have not been documented among urban residents. The aims of this study were to conduct LGCA with a sample of trauma survi…
The impact of housing displacement on the mental health of low-income parents after Hurricane Katrina
Mental Health Service Need and Use in the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy: Findings in a Population-Based Sample of New York City Residents
The contribution of pre- and postdisaster social support to short- and long-term mental health after Hurricanes Katrina: A longitudinal study of low-income survivors
Mental health service use by cleanup workers in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Mental health and general wellness in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike
Trajectories of perceived social support among low-income female survivors of Hurricane Katrina
The purpose of this study was to explore trajectories of perceived social support among low-income women who survived Hurricane Katrina, and were surveyed prior to the hurricane and approximately one and four years thereafter ( N = 562). Latent class growth analysis provided evidence of the following four trajectories of perceived support: High Increasing (35.9%), High Decreasing (20.3%), Low Stable (41.1%), and Low Decreasing (2.7%). Bereavement…
Trajectories of posttraumatic stress symptoms after civilian or deployment traumatic event experiences
Holding the source population constant, PTSS trajectory models were similar for civilian and deployment-related trauma, suggesting that irrespective of traumatic event experienced there might be some universal trajectory patterns. Thus, the differences in source populations may have induced the heterogeneity observed among prior PTSS trajectory studies. (PsycINFO Database Record
Customized computer-based administration of the PCL-5 for the efficient assessment of PTSD: A proof-of-principle study
Curtailment and stochastic curtailment have potential to enhance the efficiency of the PCL-5 when this assessment is administered by computer. The 2 procedures should be evaluated in future prospective studies. (PsycINFO Database Record
Why Does Disaster Recovery Work Influence Mental Health: Pathways through Physical Health and Household Income
Disaster recovery work increases risk for mental health problems, yet the mechanisms underlying this association are unclear. We explored links from recovery work to post‐traumatic stress (PTS), major depression (MD), and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) symptoms through physical health symptoms and household income in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. As part of the NIEHS GuLF STUDY, participants ( N = 10,141) reported on clean…
The Mental Health Consequences of Mass Shootings
Mass shooting episodes have increased over recent decades and received substantial media coverage. Despite the potentially widespread and increasing mental health impact of mass shootings, no efforts to our knowledge have been made to review the empirical literature on this topic. We identified 49 peer-reviewed articles, comprised of 27 independent samples in the aftermath of 15 mass shooting incidents. Based on our review, we concluded that mass…
Big data opportunities for social behavioral and mental health research
Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Negative Emotions in New York City After a Natural Disaster as Seen in Social Media
Disasters have substantial consequences for population mental health. We used Twitter to (1) extract negative emotions indicating discomfort in New York City (NYC) before, during, and after Superstorm Sandy in 2012. We further aimed to (2) identify whether pre- or peri-disaster discomfort were associated with peri- or post-disaster discomfort, respectively, and to (3) assess geographic variation in discomfort across NYC census tracts over time. O…
Perceived Discrimination and Major Depression and Generalized Anxiety Symptoms: In Muslim American College Students
Dual Measures of Sexual Consent: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Internal Consent Scale and External Consent Scale
Sexual assault, often defined as nonconsensual sex, is a problem among college students. Universities have made efforts to increase student awareness about sexual consent, which varies along two dimensions: internal feelings of wantedness and external expressions of consent. However, interventions focus on increasing knowledge of the external expression of consent despite the importance of both dimensions for effective sexual communication. A val…
Posttraumatic growth in low-income Black mothers who survived Hurricane Katrina
This mixed-methods study aimed to gain knowledge of the lived experience of posttraumatic growth (PTG) in 32 low-income Black mothers whose New Orleans' homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, and half of whom had relocated indefinitely to Houston. Data from in-depth interviews with participants were examined in conjunction with quantitative scores on the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI; Tedeschi & Calhoun, 1996). Participants …
Twelve years later: The long-term mental health consequences of Hurricane Katrina
Extremes in Context: A Life-Course Approach to Disaster Mental Health
Do levels of posttraumatic growth vary by type of traumatic event experienced? An analysis of the Nurses’ Health Study II
These results add to the growing literature exploring variation in PTG by event type and suggest that different events could yield markedly different patterns of PTG domains and PTS. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Social support as a mediator of occupational stressors and mental health outcomes in first responders
This cross‐sectional study aimed to address whether occupational stressors are associated with adverse mental health outcomes in first responders via lower social support. A total of 895 first responders including emergency medical technicians, paramedics, and firefighters from 50 US States and the Virgin Islands (mean = 37.32, standard deviation = 12.09, 59.2% male, and 91.3% White) completed an online survey. Bivariate analyses indicated that o…
Psychology (46 works) · Medicine (37 works) · Psychiatry (30 works) · Clinical Psychology (29 works) · Mental health (28 works) · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (25 works) · Clinical Psychology (18 works) · Environmental health (17 works) · Social Psychology (15 works) · Disaster Response and Management (14 works)