Beth E Molnar
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1732962 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Beth E Molnar |
| NOMBRES | Beth E |
| APELLIDO | Molnar |
| FIRMA | MOLNAR B E |
| AFILIACIONES | Northeastern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5628-2989 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 36 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 316 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 36 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1997 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
Implementation of a School-Based Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program in an Urban Elementary School
1 focus group with four participants). Strengths and challenges of implementation, the sensitivity associated with the topic of CSA, and the acceptability and feasibility of engagement of stakeholders were identified as themes. The complexities of implementation of this CSA prevention model in an urban public-charter school, in a high-need neighborhood, will be presented for others implementing similar preventive interventions.
Vicarious Traumatization Among Emergency Medical Service Personnel
Emergency medical services (EMS) professionals are exposed to the trauma experienced by their patients regularly. This exposure to others’ traumatic experiences is known as vicarious trauma or indirect trauma. When it becomes problematic for the worker’s well-being, the resulting symptoms are referred to as vicarious traumatization or secondary traumatic stress. Existing literature highlights the importance of recognizing vicarious trauma and sub…
No Safe Spaces
Immigrants in the United States suffer high rates of domestic violence (DV). Using data from six focus groups with 38 DV service providers, we examined how immigrant survivors navigate an often-hostile political climate and identified structural barriers to healing and help-seeking. Findings indicated that structural discrimination, social exclusion, and dehumanization compound existing trauma and negatively impact survivors’ well-being. Results …
Sleepless in inequality
Future work should be conducted to determine whether decreasing the wide gap between incomes can alleviate the burden of income inequality on inadequate sleep in the United States
Predictors of Service Utilization of Young Children and Families Enrolled in a Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Promotion and Prevention Program
Systematic Review of Risk and Protective Factors for Revictimization After Child Sexual Abuse
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a widespread public health problem in the United States. It has been associated with multiple long-term deleterious outcomes including revictimization in adulthood. This systematic review of 25 studies synthesizes research examining possible risk and protective factors that might explain the established link between CSA and future victimizations. Specific risk factors identified included co-occurring maltreatment in th…
Neighborhood Income Inequality and Alcohol Use among Adolescents in Boston, Massachusetts
Findings indicate that the distribution of incomes within urban areas may be related to alcohol consumption among adolescents. To prevent alcohol consumption, public health practitioners should prioritize prevention efforts for adolescents living in neighborhoods with large gaps between rich and poor
Engaging and Supporting Young Children and their Families in Early Childhood Mental Health Services
This study explores the role of family partners, peer professionals with lived experiences of raising a child with behavioral health needs, and their value in primary and community-care based mental health services for young children aged 0-8 years. Interviews and focus groups were conducted with staff, leadership, and caregiver participants (n = 38) from two early childhood mental health programs and analyzed using thematic analysis. Five interd…
Relation between neighborhood socio-economic characteristics and social cohesion, social control, and collective efficacy
Little is known about the determinants of collective efficacy, a neighborhood social process comprised of social cohesion and social control, which has shown to be beneficially associated with health. Our goal was to identify determinants of collective efficacy, social cohesion and social control. We used data collected from the Boston Neighborhood Survey, a cross-sectional survey conducted in 38 Boston neighborhoods in 2010 (n = 1710). We used m…
Elder mistreatment and social network composition
Reliability and Validity of the Vicarious Trauma Organizational Readiness Guide ( VT ‐ ORG )
The Vicarious Trauma Organizational Readiness Guide ( VT ‐ ORG ) is an assessment of an organization's readiness to address vicarious trauma ( VT ), which is exposure to the traumatic experiences of people served. This study reports on the psychometric properties of the VT ‐ ORG . Employees of first responder agencies (e.g., law enforcement, fire, emergency services) and victim assistance agencies are at a high risk for vicarious traumatization, …
Enhancing Early Childhood Mental Health Primary Care Services
Objectives The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of an innovative early childhood mental health intervention, Massachusetts Project LAUNCH. Early childhood mental health clinicians and family partners (paraprofessionals with lived experience) were embedded within community pediatric medical homes. Methods A longitudinal study design was used to test the hypotheses that (1) children who received services would experience decreased…
Urban-rural disparity and urban population growth
Evaluation of a Teen Dating Violence Prevention Intervention among Urban Middle-School Youth Using Youth Participatory Action Research
Neighborhood-level social processes and substantiated cases of child maltreatment
Community-Level Approaches to Child Maltreatment Prevention
Often the focus of the field of child maltreatment has concentrated on identifying and intervening on risk and protective factors at the individual and family levels; however, since the 1970s, the important roles that communities play in both exacerbating and preventing child maltreatment have received attention as well. This article outlines the development of this area of scientific inquiry, describes the theoretical frameworks utilized by exis…
Sweetened beverage consumption is a risk factor for depressive symptoms among adolescents living in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Objective To investigate the relationship between sweetened beverage consumption and depressive symptoms among adolescents. Design In a cross-sectional study, adolescents were asked how often they drank soda and fruit drinks in the past 7 d. Depressive symptoms were measured using a brief adapted version of the Modified Depression Scale. Summation scores were standardized using the Z -transformation. We used multilevel multiple linear regression …
Income inequality within urban settings and depressive symptoms among adolescents
BACKGROUND: Although recent evidence has shown that area-level income inequality is related to increased risk for depression among adults, few studies have tested this association among adolescents. METHODS: We analysed the cross-sectional data from a sample of 1878 adolescents living in 38 neighbourhoods participating in the 2008 Boston Youth Survey. Using multilevel linear regression modelling, we: (1) estimated the association between neighbou…
Does Neighborhood Collective Efficacy for Families Change Over Time? The Boston Neighborhood Survey
There is an increased interest in how neighborhood social processes, such as collective efficacy, may protect mental health. Yet little is known about how stable these neighborhood processes are over time, or how to change them to influence other downstream factors. We used a population‐based, repeat cross‐sectional study of adults (n = 5135) to assess stability of collective efficacy for families in 38 Boston neighborhoods across 4 years (2006, …
The Relationship Between Neighborhood Socioeconomic Characteristics and Physical Inactivity Among Adolescents Living in Boston, Massachusetts
Objectives. We sought to determine whether the socioeconomic environment was associated with no participation in physical activity among adolescents in Boston, Massachusetts. Methods. We used cross-sectional data from 1878 urban adolescents living in 38 neighborhoods who participated in the 2008 Boston Youth Survey, a biennial survey of high school students (aged 14–19 years). We used multilevel multiple regression models to determine the associa…
Witnessing a Violent Death and Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, and Marijuana Use among Adolescents
Neighborhood-Level Factors Associated with Physical Dating Violence Perpetration
Is blood thicker than water? Social support, depression and the modifying role of ethnicity/nativity status
BACKGROUND: Social support may be particularly important in countering depression among systematically disadvantaged groups. Latino immigrants are an example of a disadvantaged population that has better than expected mental health outcomes. One explanation put forth for this pattern is strong social support from kin networks. Studies on the effect of social support on mental health often assess the quantity of social ties rather than the quality…
Neighborhood Predictors of Dating Violence Victimization and Perpetration in Young Adulthood
Objectives. We examined whether social processes of neighborhoods, such as collective efficacy, during individual's adolescent years affect the likelihood of being involved in physical dating violence during young adulthood. Methods. Using longitudinal data on 633 urban youths aged 13 to 19 years at baseline and data from their neighborhoods (collected by the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods), we ran multilevel linear regress…
Association between neighborhood safety and overweight status among urban adolescents
Data suggest that perception of neighborhood safety may be associated with overweight status among urban adolescents in certain racial/ethnic groups. Policies and programs to address neighborhood safety may also be preventive for adolescent overweight
Emotional Distress Among LGBT Youth
Ethnicity and nativity status as determinants of perceived social support
A Multilevel Analysis of Social Ties and Social Cohesion among Latinos and Their Neighborhoods
Effects of Neighborhood Resources on Aggressive and Delinquent Behaviors Among Urban Youths
Objectives. We sought to identify neighborhood-level resources associated with lower levels of aggression and delinquency among youths aged 9–15 years at baseline after accounting for risk factors and other types of resources. Methods. Data were derived from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, which focused on 2226 ethnically diverse, urban youths, their caregivers, and the 80 neighborhoods in which they resided at baseline…
Neighborhood Predictors of Dating Violence Victimization and Perpetration in Young Adulthood
Objectives. We examined whether social processes of neighborhoods, such as collective efficacy, during individual's adolescent years affect the likelihood of being involved in physical dating violence during young adulthood. Methods. Using longitudinal data on 633 urban youths aged 13 to 19 years at baseline and data from their neighborhoods (collected by the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods), we ran multilevel linear regress…
Sexual Violence Victimization History and Sexual Risk Indicators in a Community-Based Urban Cohort of “Mostly Heterosexual” and Heterosexual Young Women
Objectives. We sought to examine sexual violence victimization in childhood and sexual risk indicators in young adulthood in a primarily Latina and Black cohort of “mostly heterosexual” and heterosexual women in the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN). Methods. In 2000, a comprehensive survey that assessed sexual orientation, sexual risk indicators, and sexual abuse victimization was completed by 391 young women (aged 18…
Neighborhood-Level Factors Associated with Physical Dating Violence Perpetration
Is blood thicker than water? Social support, depression and the modifying role of ethnicity/nativity status
BACKGROUND: Social support may be particularly important in countering depression among systematically disadvantaged groups. Latino immigrants are an example of a disadvantaged population that has better than expected mental health outcomes. One explanation put forth for this pattern is strong social support from kin networks. Studies on the effect of social support on mental health often assess the quantity of social ties rather than the quality…
Refining the measurement of exposure to violence (ETV) in urban youth
Correlational analysis, classical test theory, confirmatory factor analysis, and multilevel Rasch modeling were used to refine a measure of adolescents' exposure to violence (ETV). Interpersonal violence could be distinguished from other potentially traumatic events; it was also possible to distinguish three routes of exposure (victimization, witnessing, and learning of). Correlations confirmed that ETV subscales are related to measures of aggres…
Income inequality within urban settings and depressive symptoms among adolescents
BACKGROUND: Although recent evidence has shown that area-level income inequality is related to increased risk for depression among adults, few studies have tested this association among adolescents. METHODS: We analysed the cross-sectional data from a sample of 1878 adolescents living in 38 neighbourhoods participating in the 2008 Boston Youth Survey. Using multilevel linear regression modelling, we: (1) estimated the association between neighbou…
Does Neighborhood Collective Efficacy for Families Change Over Time? The Boston Neighborhood Survey
There is an increased interest in how neighborhood social processes, such as collective efficacy, may protect mental health. Yet little is known about how stable these neighborhood processes are over time, or how to change them to influence other downstream factors. We used a population‐based, repeat cross‐sectional study of adults (n = 5135) to assess stability of collective efficacy for families in 38 Boston neighborhoods across 4 years (2006, …
What girls need
Urban-rural disparity and urban population growth
Evaluation of a Teen Dating Violence Prevention Intervention among Urban Middle-School Youth Using Youth Participatory Action Research
Predictors of Service Utilization of Young Children and Families Enrolled in a Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Promotion and Prevention Program
Engaging and Supporting Young Children and their Families in Early Childhood Mental Health Services
This study explores the role of family partners, peer professionals with lived experiences of raising a child with behavioral health needs, and their value in primary and community-care based mental health services for young children aged 0-8 years. Interviews and focus groups were conducted with staff, leadership, and caregiver participants (n = 38) from two early childhood mental health programs and analyzed using thematic analysis. Five interd…
Reliability and Validity of the Vicarious Trauma Organizational Readiness Guide ( VT ‐ ORG )
The Vicarious Trauma Organizational Readiness Guide ( VT ‐ ORG ) is an assessment of an organization's readiness to address vicarious trauma ( VT ), which is exposure to the traumatic experiences of people served. This study reports on the psychometric properties of the VT ‐ ORG . Employees of first responder agencies (e.g., law enforcement, fire, emergency services) and victim assistance agencies are at a high risk for vicarious traumatization, …
Witnessing a Violent Death and Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, and Marijuana Use among Adolescents
Juveniles and Psychiatric Institutionalization
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) can be used as a framework to examine issues regarding psychiatric institutionalization of juveniles in the United States. The current U.S. system allows children diagnosed with relatively mild, non-psychotic disorders or exhibiting delinquent behaviors to be placed in institutions. Failure to regulate treatment in these faciltities also results in abuses by the treatment providers. P…
Patterns and mental health predictors of domestic violence in the United States
A Multilevel Study of Neighborhoods and Parent-to-Child Physical Aggression
The majority of children in the United States experience parent-to-child physical aggression (PCPA), a disciplinary strategy out of favor with many experts. Several decades of research have documented a link between community characteristics and severe child maltreatment. None have taken a multilevel approach to study whether neighborhoods affect the amount of corporal punishment and/or physical abuse used by individual families. Data for this ar…
Unsafe to Play? Neighborhood Disorder and Lack of Safety Predict Reduced Physical Activity among Urban Children and Adolescents
PURPOSE: Lack of physical activity is associated with increased risk of overweight and cardiovascular disease, conditions associated with lower socioeconomic status (SES). Associations between activity levels of urban youth and limited access to safe recreation areas in their neighborhoods of residence were investigated. DESIGN: Analyses of data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, a multilevel longitudinal study of fam…
What girls need
Refining the measurement of exposure to violence (ETV) in urban youth
Correlational analysis, classical test theory, confirmatory factor analysis, and multilevel Rasch modeling were used to refine a measure of adolescents' exposure to violence (ETV). Interpersonal violence could be distinguished from other potentially traumatic events; it was also possible to distinguish three routes of exposure (victimization, witnessing, and learning of). Correlations confirmed that ETV subscales are related to measures of aggres…
Effects of Neighborhood Resources on Aggressive and Delinquent Behaviors Among Urban Youths
Objectives. We sought to identify neighborhood-level resources associated with lower levels of aggression and delinquency among youths aged 9–15 years at baseline after accounting for risk factors and other types of resources. Methods. Data were derived from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, which focused on 2226 ethnically diverse, urban youths, their caregivers, and the 80 neighborhoods in which they resided at baseline…
Sexual Violence Victimization History and Sexual Risk Indicators in a Community-Based Urban Cohort of “Mostly Heterosexual” and Heterosexual Young Women
Objectives. We sought to examine sexual violence victimization in childhood and sexual risk indicators in young adulthood in a primarily Latina and Black cohort of “mostly heterosexual” and heterosexual women in the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN). Methods. In 2000, a comprehensive survey that assessed sexual orientation, sexual risk indicators, and sexual abuse victimization was completed by 391 young women (aged 18…
Association between neighborhood safety and overweight status among urban adolescents
Data suggest that perception of neighborhood safety may be associated with overweight status among urban adolescents in certain racial/ethnic groups. Policies and programs to address neighborhood safety may also be preventive for adolescent overweight
A Multilevel Analysis of Social Ties and Social Cohesion among Latinos and Their Neighborhoods
Emotional Distress Among LGBT Youth
Ethnicity and nativity status as determinants of perceived social support
Neighborhood Predictors of Dating Violence Victimization and Perpetration in Young Adulthood
Objectives. We examined whether social processes of neighborhoods, such as collective efficacy, during individual's adolescent years affect the likelihood of being involved in physical dating violence during young adulthood. Methods. Using longitudinal data on 633 urban youths aged 13 to 19 years at baseline and data from their neighborhoods (collected by the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods), we ran multilevel linear regress…
Neighborhood-Level Factors Associated with Physical Dating Violence Perpetration
Is blood thicker than water? Social support, depression and the modifying role of ethnicity/nativity status
BACKGROUND: Social support may be particularly important in countering depression among systematically disadvantaged groups. Latino immigrants are an example of a disadvantaged population that has better than expected mental health outcomes. One explanation put forth for this pattern is strong social support from kin networks. Studies on the effect of social support on mental health often assess the quantity of social ties rather than the quality…
Witnessing a Violent Death and Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, and Marijuana Use among Adolescents
Does Neighborhood Collective Efficacy for Families Change Over Time? The Boston Neighborhood Survey
There is an increased interest in how neighborhood social processes, such as collective efficacy, may protect mental health. Yet little is known about how stable these neighborhood processes are over time, or how to change them to influence other downstream factors. We used a population‐based, repeat cross‐sectional study of adults (n = 5135) to assess stability of collective efficacy for families in 38 Boston neighborhoods across 4 years (2006, …
The Relationship Between Neighborhood Socioeconomic Characteristics and Physical Inactivity Among Adolescents Living in Boston, Massachusetts
Objectives. We sought to determine whether the socioeconomic environment was associated with no participation in physical activity among adolescents in Boston, Massachusetts. Methods. We used cross-sectional data from 1878 urban adolescents living in 38 neighborhoods who participated in the 2008 Boston Youth Survey, a biennial survey of high school students (aged 14–19 years). We used multilevel multiple regression models to determine the associa…
Neighborhood-level social processes and substantiated cases of child maltreatment
Community-Level Approaches to Child Maltreatment Prevention
Often the focus of the field of child maltreatment has concentrated on identifying and intervening on risk and protective factors at the individual and family levels; however, since the 1970s, the important roles that communities play in both exacerbating and preventing child maltreatment have received attention as well. This article outlines the development of this area of scientific inquiry, describes the theoretical frameworks utilized by exis…
Sweetened beverage consumption is a risk factor for depressive symptoms among adolescents living in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Objective To investigate the relationship between sweetened beverage consumption and depressive symptoms among adolescents. Design In a cross-sectional study, adolescents were asked how often they drank soda and fruit drinks in the past 7 d. Depressive symptoms were measured using a brief adapted version of the Modified Depression Scale. Summation scores were standardized using the Z -transformation. We used multilevel multiple linear regression …
Income inequality within urban settings and depressive symptoms among adolescents
BACKGROUND: Although recent evidence has shown that area-level income inequality is related to increased risk for depression among adults, few studies have tested this association among adolescents. METHODS: We analysed the cross-sectional data from a sample of 1878 adolescents living in 38 neighbourhoods participating in the 2008 Boston Youth Survey. Using multilevel linear regression modelling, we: (1) estimated the association between neighbou…
Enhancing Early Childhood Mental Health Primary Care Services
Objectives The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of an innovative early childhood mental health intervention, Massachusetts Project LAUNCH. Early childhood mental health clinicians and family partners (paraprofessionals with lived experience) were embedded within community pediatric medical homes. Methods A longitudinal study design was used to test the hypotheses that (1) children who received services would experience decreased…
Urban-rural disparity and urban population growth
Evaluation of a Teen Dating Violence Prevention Intervention among Urban Middle-School Youth Using Youth Participatory Action Research
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