Paige Averett
Biographic Data
| ID | 155863 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paige Averett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paige |
| FAMILY NAME | Averett |
| SIGNATURE | AVERETT P |
| AFFILIATIONS | East Carolina University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8884-0781 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Windows & mirrors but mostly windows
This qualitative study examined the responses of North Carolina child care center administrators on the role of books and specifically diverse books in children’s lives. Additionally, the administrators provided descriptions of what constitutes a diverse book. Sixty-five administrators from high quality child care centers responded to three open ended questions in an online survey. Resulting themes were that books and diverse books provide litera…
Early Childhood Administrators Views on LGBTQ Books
There is limited empirical literature on the study of LGBTQ books, and even less on the perspective of early childhood center administrators on these books. Hence, a mixed methods study surveying the administrators of high-quality early childhood centers across the state of North Carolina was implemented. Sixty-five participants completed the survey, and both quantitative and qualitative data were gathered and analyzed. The findings indicated tha…
Children’s Home Network’s Kinship Navigator Program
Peer-to-Peer Kinship Navigation (P2PKN) employs someone with lived kinship caregiving experience in providing support to others experiencing similar challenges. This study examines if P2PKN improves concrete resource benefits application and enrollment and how it compares to other study groups (peer-to-peer plus innovations, formally trained kinship navigators, and usual child welfare services). Using data from the Children’s Home Network Kinship…
Supporting the lived experience through the implementation of peer-to-peer kinship navigation services
Peer-to-Peer Kinship Navigation (P2PKN) involves employing someone with lived kinship caregiving experience to provide support to others experiencing similar challenges. The following mixed methods study partnered with kinship navigators and supervisors to better understand how to support peer-to-peer kinship navigators during implementation. A new tool, The P2P Implementation Tool, was designed to identify the types of specific program activitie…
“You Hope and Pray”
Utilizing the critical race theory framework, this article shares the emergent data from a larger study of new mothers that provided a composite counterstory of racism and plans to address racism with their children. Interviews of 12 African American women who were receiving Medicaid for pregnant women and delivered in a Southeastern hospital revealed that race and racism were underlying the variety of other topics discussed. Critical race theory…
The Problem Will Pass
Mental Health Service Use Among Middle-aged and Older Lesbians
Guided by Andersen's Health Service Use Model, this study examined the predisposing, enabling, and need factors of MH service use among middle-aged and older lesbians. Data were collected from 455 lesbians ages 50 and over through a national online survey. Ordered logistic regression was conducted to examine the predictors of mental health counseling use. Results show that those who were widowed and single were more likely to participate in MH co…
Early childhood administrators’ use of and beliefs about inclusive practices for gay and lesbian families
This qualitative study utilized purposive sampling across the state of North Carolina to examine the practices of early childhood administrators in creating centers that were inclusive to gay and lesbian headed families. Data from four open-ended questions were analyzed to consider the use of picture books, promotional materials, and training for staff that were lesbian and gay parent focused. As well, a fourth question that asked for any feedbac…
Drawing teachers
This article examines representations of gender in teacher drawings by pre-service elementary educators enrolled in a literacy methods course in the southeast United States. A total of 55 pre-service teachers completed 110 drawings with brief narratives or 55 sets. Drawings were analyzed via visual discourse analysis and narratives were analyzed with the constant comparative method. Sets were examined specifically for D/discourses of gender. Thre…
“I would do it again”
Few studies have asked older lesbians to reflect on the primary experiences of their life. The following provides the responses of a nationally representative sample of 221 lesbians over the age of 55 to an open-ended question on anything they wanted to share. Through triangulated data analysis, resulting themes include the importance of the Women's Movement, coming out, as well as the role of discrimination. Underlying each of these were the imp…
Look Like You Have It Together”
Individuals transitioning through emerging adulthood endure various challenges that impact their mental health and well-being. Mental illness stigma interferes with the willingness to seek professional mental health services during this transition period. We must fully understand the influence of mental illness stigma and ways to increase the utilization of mental health services for emerging adults. Using content analysis, the researchers examin…
Evolving Iqos packaging designs change perceptions of product appeal, uniqueness, quality and safety
Linking or separating IQOS products with a well-established cigarette brand changes how adult smokers respond to the product. Regulators should consider the visual design of packaging
From Test to Testimony
Autoethnographic research is a relatively new means of gathering data on oneself to connect to research and theory while advocating for change within a policy, law, and/ or environment. In this autoethnography I will recount the experience of my traumatic brain injury (TBI) diagnosis following a car accident and present a few implications for the professionals and members of the society at large surrounding the issue of TBI such as the need for a…
An Exploratory Study of Stress Coping and Resiliency of Black Men at One Medical School
Lesbian and gay parents in early childhood settings
This article presents the first systematic review of all the existing peer-reviewed literature (n = 20) on gay and lesbian parents and their children in early childhood education settings. The review includes articles that were empirical or pedagogical practice oriented, focused exclusively on early childhood education (Birth to 5 years), and concentrated on gay and lesbian parents and their children. Considering the date range of the articles (1…
Their Packaging Has Always Been Like a Power”
Cigarette packaging matters to consumer behavior. However, it is less clear which changes to packaging design would be salient for adult smokers. Such information is critically important to regulators in the United States who are charged with reviewing new tobacco products for their impact on population health. In this qualitative study, U.S. adult smokers ( n = 33) participated in six telephone-based focus groups in March 2017. Separate groups w…
Emerging
This exploratory study examined the experiences of 9 stakeholders in an art gallery field placement during their social work education. The study sought to understand how the nontraditional field placement prepared students for practice. In addition, personality traits of students that best fit the placement was examined. Findings suggest that students had been prepared to engage in a variety of practice behaviors, work independently, and be more…
Using relational cultural theory in education research design
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an emic view of how one researcher negotiated complex relationships in teacher education research and learned to employ the principles of the relational cultural theory (RCT) to create a research design aimed at building and sustaining relationships with participants. Design/methodology/approach The authors offer illustrative qualitative data examples from teacher education research to highlight com…
Reasons for Caution When Emphasizing Health Disparities for Sexual and Gender Minority Adults in Public Health Campaigns
Reasons for Caution When Emphasizing Health Disparities for Sexual and Gender Minority Adults in Public Health Campaigns Affiliation Joseph G. L. Lee PhD, MPH, Hope Landrine PhD, Ryan J. Martin PhD, Derrick D. Matthews PhD, MPH, Paige E. Averett PhD, MSW, and Jeff Niederdeppe PhDJoseph G. L. Lee and Ryan J. Martin are with the Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenvil…
Routine Activities and Perceived Homophobia Among Older Lesbians
Preparing BSW Students for Service-Learning
This article includes a review of the literature on personal epistemology and the reflective judgment model and applies these theoretical concepts to undergraduate students who engage in service-learning projects. The application will provide instructors with greater understanding of students’ abilities and limitations in their service-learning experiences. Included are traditional, modern, and expressive teaching activities that were designed, w…
Virginity Definitions and Meaning Among the LGBT Community
The literature on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) virginity is almost nonexistent. Thus this exploratory study was completed to understand virginity in the LGBT community. The research questions asked members of two LGBT student groups to define virginity, discuss its meaning, and share experiences. Data were collected from two focus groups and six individual follow-up interviews and were analyzed. Results indicate that there is a …
Sometimes I Am Afraid
Utilizing a feminist autoethnographic stance and method, this article is based upon the dialogues produced by a student completing an assignment for a social work instructor. Various tensions are explored, including the role of autoethnography in both qualitative and feminist research and the role of fear in a woman's life. A critique of the role of culture in the experience of fear as well as the student's use of autoethnography to resist and ac…
Older Lesbian Experiences of Homophobia and Ageism
Utilizing specific data from a national, online 115-question survey, the authors examined the perceived discrimination experiences of 456 lesbians older than the age of 51. Experiences explored included ageism and homophobia in a variety of relationships and social settings. Quantitative analysis and several open-ended questions provided qualitative descriptions of their experiences with discrimination. The findings indicate that older lesbians h…
Older Lesbians
Older lesbians are, at minimum, a triple threat of marginalization due to ageism, heterosexism, and sexism. A national survey specific to this often-invisible population has not occurred in over 25 years. The present study was completed to reveal the needs, strengths, and experiences of the current cohort of older lesbians. Four hundred fifty-six older lesbians responded to an online survey on topics including sociodemographics, social activity, …
An Evaluation of Gay/Lesbian and Heterosexual Adoption
Many experts in the helping professions have agreed that there is no scientific credence to support a gay and lesbian adoption ban.Nevertheless, there continues to be persistent mythology pertaining to outcomes for children adopted by gay and lesbian parents.This position may be somewhat due to the dearth of research that compares heterosexual and homosexual parenting outcomes with adopted children.To respond to this gap in the literature, this s…
Older Lesbian Sexuality
In response to the very limited and mostly outdated literature on older lesbian sexuality, this exploratory study examined older lesbian sexual identity, romantic relationships, the impact of aging, and experiences of discrimination within these contexts. Utilizing an online survey that recruited via numerous online lesbian communities and snowball sampling, 456 lesbians over the age of 50 responded to closed, Likert scale, and open-ended questio…
Virginity Definitions and Meaning Among the LGBT Community
The literature on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) virginity is almost nonexistent. Thus this exploratory study was completed to understand virginity in the LGBT community. The research questions asked members of two LGBT student groups to define virginity, discuss its meaning, and share experiences. Data were collected from two focus groups and six individual follow-up interviews and were analyzed. Results indicate that there is a …
The Search for Wonder Woman
This article presents an autoethnographic account of a feminist who created an art project about her connection to men and, as a result, engaged in a search for Wonder Woman, whom she views as a role model who encourages both masculinity and femininity in women. As a result of the search for Wonder Woman, a small social movement began as friends, family members, and social work students became aware of the role of patriarchy in shaping young wome…
Young women's struggle for sexual agency
This qualitative study examined 14 young women's view of their sexual agency and sexual experiences. In particular the women discuss the messages communicated about female sexuality from their parents. Previous research results were supported, such as that parents do not communicate about sex frequently, when they do refer to it they cover only limited topics and that mothers communicate more frequently about sex than fathers do. Utilizing a femi…
An Exploratory Study of Stress Coping and Resiliency of Black Men at One Medical School
Sometimes I Am Afraid
Utilizing a feminist autoethnographic stance and method, this article is based upon the dialogues produced by a student completing an assignment for a social work instructor. Various tensions are explored, including the role of autoethnography in both qualitative and feminist research and the role of fear in a woman's life. A critique of the role of culture in the experience of fear as well as the student's use of autoethnography to resist and ac…
Reasons for Caution When Emphasizing Health Disparities for Sexual and Gender Minority Adults in Public Health Campaigns
Reasons for Caution When Emphasizing Health Disparities for Sexual and Gender Minority Adults in Public Health Campaigns Affiliation Joseph G. L. Lee PhD, MPH, Hope Landrine PhD, Ryan J. Martin PhD, Derrick D. Matthews PhD, MPH, Paige E. Averett PhD, MSW, and Jeff Niederdeppe PhDJoseph G. L. Lee and Ryan J. Martin are with the Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenvil…
Older Lesbian Experiences of Homophobia and Ageism
Utilizing specific data from a national, online 115-question survey, the authors examined the perceived discrimination experiences of 456 lesbians older than the age of 51. Experiences explored included ageism and homophobia in a variety of relationships and social settings. Quantitative analysis and several open-ended questions provided qualitative descriptions of their experiences with discrimination. The findings indicate that older lesbians h…
Supporting the lived experience through the implementation of peer-to-peer kinship navigation services
Peer-to-Peer Kinship Navigation (P2PKN) involves employing someone with lived kinship caregiving experience to provide support to others experiencing similar challenges. The following mixed methods study partnered with kinship navigators and supervisors to better understand how to support peer-to-peer kinship navigators during implementation. A new tool, The P2P Implementation Tool, was designed to identify the types of specific program activitie…
Drawing teachers
This article examines representations of gender in teacher drawings by pre-service elementary educators enrolled in a literacy methods course in the southeast United States. A total of 55 pre-service teachers completed 110 drawings with brief narratives or 55 sets. Drawings were analyzed via visual discourse analysis and narratives were analyzed with the constant comparative method. Sets were examined specifically for D/discourses of gender. Thre…
Teaching Human Behavior and the Social Environment to Enhance Students' Personal Epistemology
Current trends in education practices focus on student's personal epistemologies and their development. Two social work educators took specific steps to attempt to enhance the personal epistemologies of the social work students in their courses in human behavior in the social environment. One instructor repeated the trajectory of the reflective judgment model in her lectures, and the other gave a series of assignments that presented students with…
Young women's struggle for sexual agency
This qualitative study examined 14 young women's view of their sexual agency and sexual experiences. In particular the women discuss the messages communicated about female sexuality from their parents. Previous research results were supported, such as that parents do not communicate about sex frequently, when they do refer to it they cover only limited topics and that mothers communicate more frequently about sex than fathers do. Utilizing a femi…
Notes in Support of a Relational Social Work Perspective
The authors review the literature that calls for the incorporation of relational theory into social work practice. Two strands of relational theory are important to developing a relational social work perspective: the psychoanalytic and the feminist. Based on a feminist understanding of relationality, Dorothy Smith has provided an alternative sociological perspective that can inform social work practice on the macro level, which she has termed in…
An Evaluation of Gay/Lesbian and Heterosexual Adoption
Many experts in the helping professions have agreed that there is no scientific credence to support a gay and lesbian adoption ban.Nevertheless, there continues to be persistent mythology pertaining to outcomes for children adopted by gay and lesbian parents.This position may be somewhat due to the dearth of research that compares heterosexual and homosexual parenting outcomes with adopted children.To respond to this gap in the literature, this s…
The Search for Wonder Woman
This article presents an autoethnographic account of a feminist who created an art project about her connection to men and, as a result, engaged in a search for Wonder Woman, whom she views as a role model who encourages both masculinity and femininity in women. As a result of the search for Wonder Woman, a small social movement began as friends, family members, and social work students became aware of the role of patriarchy in shaping young wome…
Teaching Human Behavior and the Social Environment to Enhance Students' Personal Epistemology
Current trends in education practices focus on student's personal epistemologies and their development. Two social work educators took specific steps to attempt to enhance the personal epistemologies of the social work students in their courses in human behavior in the social environment. One instructor repeated the trajectory of the reflective judgment model in her lectures, and the other gave a series of assignments that presented students with…
Older Lesbians
Older lesbians are, at minimum, a triple threat of marginalization due to ageism, heterosexism, and sexism. A national survey specific to this often-invisible population has not occurred in over 25 years. The present study was completed to reveal the needs, strengths, and experiences of the current cohort of older lesbians. Four hundred fifty-six older lesbians responded to an online survey on topics including sociodemographics, social activity, …
Adoptive Parents’ Attitudes Towards Gay and Lesbian Adoption
Using a cross-sectional sample, this study examined 776 adoptive parents’ attitudes toward gay and lesbian adoption. Analysis was conducted on three subgroups: married fathers, married mothers, and single mothers. Findings include that for married fathers older age, a lower level of education, a Christian religious denomination, higher levels of religiosity, and a conservative political ideology were all factors in a more negative attitude toward…
Older Lesbian Sexuality
In response to the very limited and mostly outdated literature on older lesbian sexuality, this exploratory study examined older lesbian sexual identity, romantic relationships, the impact of aging, and experiences of discrimination within these contexts. Utilizing an online survey that recruited via numerous online lesbian communities and snowball sampling, 456 lesbians over the age of 50 responded to closed, Likert scale, and open-ended questio…
Older Lesbian Experiences of Homophobia and Ageism
Utilizing specific data from a national, online 115-question survey, the authors examined the perceived discrimination experiences of 456 lesbians older than the age of 51. Experiences explored included ageism and homophobia in a variety of relationships and social settings. Quantitative analysis and several open-ended questions provided qualitative descriptions of their experiences with discrimination. The findings indicate that older lesbians h…
Preparing BSW Students for Service-Learning
This article includes a review of the literature on personal epistemology and the reflective judgment model and applies these theoretical concepts to undergraduate students who engage in service-learning projects. The application will provide instructors with greater understanding of students’ abilities and limitations in their service-learning experiences. Included are traditional, modern, and expressive teaching activities that were designed, w…
Virginity Definitions and Meaning Among the LGBT Community
The literature on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) virginity is almost nonexistent. Thus this exploratory study was completed to understand virginity in the LGBT community. The research questions asked members of two LGBT student groups to define virginity, discuss its meaning, and share experiences. Data were collected from two focus groups and six individual follow-up interviews and were analyzed. Results indicate that there is a …
Sometimes I Am Afraid
Utilizing a feminist autoethnographic stance and method, this article is based upon the dialogues produced by a student completing an assignment for a social work instructor. Various tensions are explored, including the role of autoethnography in both qualitative and feminist research and the role of fear in a woman's life. A critique of the role of culture in the experience of fear as well as the student's use of autoethnography to resist and ac…
Routine Activities and Perceived Homophobia Among Older Lesbians
Lesbian and gay parents in early childhood settings
This article presents the first systematic review of all the existing peer-reviewed literature (n = 20) on gay and lesbian parents and their children in early childhood education settings. The review includes articles that were empirical or pedagogical practice oriented, focused exclusively on early childhood education (Birth to 5 years), and concentrated on gay and lesbian parents and their children. Considering the date range of the articles (1…
Their Packaging Has Always Been Like a Power”
Cigarette packaging matters to consumer behavior. However, it is less clear which changes to packaging design would be salient for adult smokers. Such information is critically important to regulators in the United States who are charged with reviewing new tobacco products for their impact on population health. In this qualitative study, U.S. adult smokers ( n = 33) participated in six telephone-based focus groups in March 2017. Separate groups w…
Emerging
This exploratory study examined the experiences of 9 stakeholders in an art gallery field placement during their social work education. The study sought to understand how the nontraditional field placement prepared students for practice. In addition, personality traits of students that best fit the placement was examined. Findings suggest that students had been prepared to engage in a variety of practice behaviors, work independently, and be more…
Using relational cultural theory in education research design
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an emic view of how one researcher negotiated complex relationships in teacher education research and learned to employ the principles of the relational cultural theory (RCT) to create a research design aimed at building and sustaining relationships with participants. Design/methodology/approach The authors offer illustrative qualitative data examples from teacher education research to highlight com…
Reasons for Caution When Emphasizing Health Disparities for Sexual and Gender Minority Adults in Public Health Campaigns
Reasons for Caution When Emphasizing Health Disparities for Sexual and Gender Minority Adults in Public Health Campaigns Affiliation Joseph G. L. Lee PhD, MPH, Hope Landrine PhD, Ryan J. Martin PhD, Derrick D. Matthews PhD, MPH, Paige E. Averett PhD, MSW, and Jeff Niederdeppe PhDJoseph G. L. Lee and Ryan J. Martin are with the Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenvil…
Look Like You Have It Together”
Individuals transitioning through emerging adulthood endure various challenges that impact their mental health and well-being. Mental illness stigma interferes with the willingness to seek professional mental health services during this transition period. We must fully understand the influence of mental illness stigma and ways to increase the utilization of mental health services for emerging adults. Using content analysis, the researchers examin…
Evolving Iqos packaging designs change perceptions of product appeal, uniqueness, quality and safety
Linking or separating IQOS products with a well-established cigarette brand changes how adult smokers respond to the product. Regulators should consider the visual design of packaging
From Test to Testimony
Autoethnographic research is a relatively new means of gathering data on oneself to connect to research and theory while advocating for change within a policy, law, and/ or environment. In this autoethnography I will recount the experience of my traumatic brain injury (TBI) diagnosis following a car accident and present a few implications for the professionals and members of the society at large surrounding the issue of TBI such as the need for a…
An Exploratory Study of Stress Coping and Resiliency of Black Men at One Medical School
“I would do it again”
Few studies have asked older lesbians to reflect on the primary experiences of their life. The following provides the responses of a nationally representative sample of 221 lesbians over the age of 55 to an open-ended question on anything they wanted to share. Through triangulated data analysis, resulting themes include the importance of the Women's Movement, coming out, as well as the role of discrimination. Underlying each of these were the imp…
Early childhood administrators’ use of and beliefs about inclusive practices for gay and lesbian families
This qualitative study utilized purposive sampling across the state of North Carolina to examine the practices of early childhood administrators in creating centers that were inclusive to gay and lesbian headed families. Data from four open-ended questions were analyzed to consider the use of picture books, promotional materials, and training for staff that were lesbian and gay parent focused. As well, a fourth question that asked for any feedbac…
Drawing teachers
This article examines representations of gender in teacher drawings by pre-service elementary educators enrolled in a literacy methods course in the southeast United States. A total of 55 pre-service teachers completed 110 drawings with brief narratives or 55 sets. Drawings were analyzed via visual discourse analysis and narratives were analyzed with the constant comparative method. Sets were examined specifically for D/discourses of gender. Thre…
Psychology (30 works) · Sociology (25 works) · Social Psychology (15 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (11 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Social science (9 works) · Lesbian (8 works)