Paul B Perrin
Biographic Data
| ID | 1736238 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul B Perrin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul B |
| FAMILY NAME | Perrin |
| SIGNATURE | PERRIN P B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2070-215X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 63 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 63 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1950 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Identifying mechanisms of posttraumatic growth and recovery following moderate–severe traumatic brain injury
Results demonstrate the need to incorporate sociocognitive processes absent in rehabilitation frameworks to account for the scientific development of psychosocial growth and healing in the context of TBI. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
Direct and vicarious exposure to healthcare discrimination and erasure among transgender and gender independent individuals
Oh Baby! A Content Analysis of Contraception Pins on Pinterest
BACKGROUND: Social media platforms have become a popular source for health information despite concerns about the quality of content shared. We examined how oral contraceptive pills and intrauterine devices are framed on the platform Pinterest using the Health Belief Model (HBM), as well as how fertility awareness methods are portrayed as an alternative to hormonal contraception. METHODS: We collected pins in February 2021 using searches for birt…
Peripartum Traumas and Mental Health Outcomes in a Low-Income Sample of Nicu Mothers
Postpartum depression (PPD), postpartum anxiety (PPA), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among birthing people have increased substantially, contributing to adverse maternal/infant dyad outcomes, with a high prevalence in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Despite calls for trauma-informed care in the NICU and high rates of post-traumatic stress, little research has examined the rates of or the relationships between peripartum mood …
Barriers and Facilitators to Psychologists’ Telepsychology Uptake during the Beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the delivery of psychological services as many psychologists adopted telepsychology for the first time or dramatically increased their use of it. The current study examined qualitative and quantitative data provided by 2619 practicing psychologists to identify variables facilitating and impeding the adoption of telepsychology in the U.S. at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The top five reported barriers we…
Group-Based Patterns of Life Satisfaction and Functional Independence over the 10 Years after Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults
Functional independence and life satisfaction generally accompany one another over time in older adults, although this does not always occur, as life satisfaction can still be low in a subgroup of older individuals after TBI with higher functioning. These findings contribute to a better understanding of post-TBI recovery patterns in older adults over time that may inform treatment considerations to improve age-related discrepancies in rehabilitat…
The Covid‐19 Pandemic’s Influence on Family Systems Therapists’ Provision of Teletherapy
The COVID‐19 pandemic has altered life globally like no other event in modern history, and psychological service changes to meet the resultant impacts on families have not been assessed in the empirical literature. The purpose of the current study was to examine whether family systems therapists increased their teletherapy use during the pandemic relative to prepandemic usage, and whether projected postpandemic rates would remain at the same leve…
The relational regulation of within‐person variation in personality expression
There is renewed interest in how people express different levels of personality across situations or times (within‐person variation). However, within‐person studies typically do not focus on the specific relationship partners that are linked to the expression of personality. To remedy this, we applied relational regulation theory (RRT) to the study of within‐person variation. RRT states that specific relationship partners are important social con…
Caregiver Characteristics of Adults with Acute Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States and Latin America
Objectives: To compare characteristics of caregivers of adults with acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the U.S. and Latin America (Mexico and Colombia). Design: Secondary data analysis of two cohorts. Cohort 1: English-speaking caregivers of adults with TBI in the U.S. (n = 80). Cohort 2: Spanish-speaking caregivers of adults with TBI in Mexico or Colombia (n = 109). Results: Similarities between the U.S. and Latin American caregiver groups, r…
Predictors of Vaccine Hesitancy among Health Care Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Most studies of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among health care workers (HCWs) have been descriptive, few have tested models to predict hesitancy, and none have examined the possible relationship between HCWs' distress and vaccine hesitancy. This study examined predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, including HCWs' distress after taking into account HCW sex, doctoral-level status, race, age, and exposure to COVID-19. Further, it examined specific…
Between Healthcare Practitioners and Clergy
Evangelical Christians are among the most hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine. This study examined the extent to which COVID-19 vaccination uptake among Evangelicals is explained by demographic characteristics, Health Belief Model constructs, and faith-based support factors. Survey research firm Qualtrics recruited 531 U.S. adults and conducted a survey to explore predictors of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among people who self-identified as Evangeli…
Exposure to Childhood Healthcare Discrimination and Healthcare Avoidance among Transgender and Gender Independent Adults during a Global Pandemic
Transgender and gender-independent individuals (TGI) encounter myriad barriers to accessing affirming healthcare. Healthcare discrimination and erasure exposure among TGI individuals is vital to understanding healthcare accessibility, utilization behaviors, and health disparities in this population. Exposure to gender identity-related healthcare discrimination and erasure in childhood may contribute to TGI adults' healthcare utilization behaviors…
Spanish Translation and Psychometric Validation of a Measure of Acculturative Stress among Latinx Immigrants in the USA
The findings from the study contribute to the literature a brief and valid assessment of acculturative stress in Spanish-speaking immigrants. The RASI Spanish short form holds promise to stimulate research on the unique adversities experienced by Latinx immigrants
Moderate, Little, or No Improvements in Neurobehavioral Symptoms among Individuals with Long Covid
(1) Background: Some people with COVID-19 develop a series of symptoms that last for several months after infection, known as Long COVID. Although these symptoms interfere with people's daily functioning and quality of life, few studies have focused on neurobehavioral symptoms and the risk factors associated with their development; (2) Methods: 1001 adults from 34 countries who had previously tested positive for COVID-19 completed the Neurobehavi…
Network Analysis of Neurobehavioral Symptom Patterns in an International Sample of Spanish-Speakers with a History of Covid-19 and Controls
(1) Background: Psychometric network analysis provides a novel statistical approach allowing researchers to model clusters of related symptoms as a dynamic system. This study applied network analysis to investigate the patterns of somatic, cognitive, and affective neurobehavioral symptoms in an international sample of Spanish-speaking individuals with a history of COVID-19 positivity and non-COVID controls; (2) methods: the sample (n = 1093) incl…
Trauma-Related Distress During the Covid-19 Pandemic In 59 Countries
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended life like few other events in modern history, with differential impacts on varying population groups. This study examined trauma-related distress among 6,882 adults ages 18 to 94 years old in 59 countries during April to May 2020. More than two-thirds of participants reported clinically significant trauma-related distress. Increased distress was associated with unemployment; identifying as transgender, nonbinary,…
Moderating influence of social support on the relations between discrimination and health via depression in Latinx immigrants
The purpose of this study was to examine the relations among discrimination, depression, and health among a sample of diverse Latinx immigrants. A secondary aim was to examine whether direct and indirect effects among these variables were moderated by social support. A sample of 204 Latinx immigrants completed questionnaires in community centers, health clinics, and retail establishments. Depression was found to mediate the effect of discriminati…
Religiosity, Religious Fundamentalism, Heterosexism, and Support for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights
Support for lesbian and gay (LG) civil rights has increased in recent decades, but heterosexism is still prevalent, particularly among highly religious populations. Evidence suggests, however, that it may not be affiliation, but rather conviction in one's beliefs that relates to prejudicial attitudes. The aims of this study were to examine the relationships among religiosity, heterosexism, and level of support for LG civil rights, as well as pote…
Willingness to get the Covid-19 vaccine with and without emergency use authorization
Stay Socially Distant and Wash Your Hands
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly spread around the world, and since currently no treatments that are safe and effective for large groups of people nor a vaccine are available, the best way to prevent the illness is to avoid being exposed to the virus causing it. The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive effects of both demographic and psychosocial factors originating with the Health Belief Model on reported intent to ad…
Is Helping Really Helping? Health-Related Quality of Life after TBI Predicting Caregiver Depression Symptom Trajectories in Latin America
Previous research connecting health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and caregiver mental health has primarily been conducted cross-sectionally in the U.S. and Western Europe. This study, therefore, examined how HRQoL in individuals immediately after their TBI predicts longitudinal caregiver depression symptom trajectories in Latin America. A sample of 109 patients with an acute TBI and 109 caregivers (t…
A Study of Older Adults’ Mental Health across 33 Countries during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Despite older adults' extremely high vulnerability to COVID-19 complications and death, few studies have examined how personal characteristics and the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted the mental health of older adults at the global level. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among demographics, COVID-19 life impacts, and depression and anxiety in adults aged 60 and older from 33 countries. A sample of 823 older adults aged 60…
Changes in Physician Telemedicine Use during Covid-19
Telemedicine use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but uptake was uneven and future use is uncertain. This study, then, examined the ability of personal and environmental variables to predict telemedicine adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 230 physicians practicing in the U.S. completed questions concerning personal and environmental characteristics, as well as telemedicine use at three time points: pre-pandemic, during the p…
Influence of social support on the relation between stigma and mental health in individuals with burn injuries
A Multi-Site Study of Traumatic Brain Injury in Mexico and Colombia
Latin America has high rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI), yet reduced mental and physical health outcomes due to limited rehabilitation services. To understand the psychosocial adjustment process in TBI patients in Latin America, the incorporation of cultural values including family-based variables is imperative. The current study examined relations among healthy family dynamics, coping, and mental and physical health related quality of life …
The buffering role of social support on the associations among discrimination, mental health, and suicidality in a transgender sample
Helping trans individuals cope with harassment and rejection, particularly by drawing on social support, may promote better mental health, which could help reduce suicidality in this population
Moderating influence of social support on the relations between discrimination and health via depression in Latinx immigrants
The purpose of this study was to examine the relations among discrimination, depression, and health among a sample of diverse Latinx immigrants. A secondary aim was to examine whether direct and indirect effects among these variables were moderated by social support. A sample of 204 Latinx immigrants completed questionnaires in community centers, health clinics, and retail establishments. Depression was found to mediate the effect of discriminati…
Discrimination, mental health, and body image among transgender and gender-non-binary individuals
The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationships among discrimination, mental health, and body image in a national sample of transgender adults. Participants ( N = 78) identified as transgender, genderqueer, or other gender non-binary identities and were recruited via a national online survey. Harassment/rejection, work/school, and other discrimination explained10.4% of the variance in body appreciation, while satisfaction with l…
My Place or Yours
Aligning Mars and Venus
Humanistic Psychology’s Social Justice Philosophy
Racism has held a prominent place in much of psychology discourse, but humanistic psychology may not yet have realized its full potential to contribute in meaningful ways to dialogues about racism. The purpose of this article is to help direct racism and social justice issues to the forefront of humanistic psychology, outlining ways in which humanistic psychologists can draw on their historical values and strengths to develop individual-level and…
Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Perpetration Among Sexual Minority Women
This study explored patterns of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization and perpetration in 150 sexual minority women (SMW): 25.3% had been sexually victimized, 34% physically victimized, 76% psychologically victimized, and 29.3% suffered an IPV-related injury. A latent class analysis found four behavioral patterns: (1) minor-only psychological perpetration and victimization; (2) no IPV; (3) minor-severe psychological, physical assault, and…
Social Perceptions of Religiosity
Researchers have provided much evidence in support of a religious halo effect—the tendency for people to evaluate a religious target more favorably than a nonreligious counterpart. This experimental study (N = 361 U.S. adults) extended previous work beyond the dichotomy of religious versus nonreligious by varying a fictional target's degree of belief. Only religious participants exhibited a nonspecific pro-religious bias consistent with the relig…
Reciprocal Effects Between Loneliness and Sleep Disturbance in Older Americans
Objectives: To model the relationship between loneliness and sleep disturbance over time. Method : Data came from the Health and Retirement Study (2006, 2010, 2014 waves; age ≥ 65 years; n = 5,067). Loneliness was measured via the Hughes Loneliness Scale and sleep disturbance via a four-item scale assessing sleep and restedness. Cross-lagged panel modeling (path analysis) was used to jointly examine reciprocal effects between loneliness and sleep…
Themes in Heterosexuals’ Responses When Challenging LGBT Prejudice
Religiosity, Religious Fundamentalism, Heterosexism, and Support for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights
Support for lesbian and gay (LG) civil rights has increased in recent decades, but heterosexism is still prevalent, particularly among highly religious populations. Evidence suggests, however, that it may not be affiliation, but rather conviction in one's beliefs that relates to prejudicial attitudes. The aims of this study were to examine the relationships among religiosity, heterosexism, and level of support for LG civil rights, as well as pote…
Structural Equation Model Predicting LGB Ally Behaviors in Heterosexuals
Moderating influence of enculturation on the relations between minority stressors and physical health via anxiety in Latinx immigrants
Psychologists and allied health care providers are recommended to assess for the impact of minority stressors on anxiety and physical health when providing care to Latinx immigrants. Future intervention research targeting Latinx mental and physical health can consider ways to include innate cultural strengths like enculturation and partner with Latinx cultural centers, churches, and local communities to make enculturation more salient. (PsycInfo …
Setting Our Sails
Counseling psychology has a documented ability to adapt to the winds of societal, market, and professional change. Adjusting our sails to the winds of integrated care will require realizing that (a) the value systems and approaches that define our field compel us to become more involved in the movement and (b) we have the requisite expertise to do so. This article echoes the others in this Major Contribution highlighting the importance of interpr…
Direct and vicarious exposure to healthcare discrimination and erasure among transgender and gender independent individuals
Trauma-Related Distress During the Covid-19 Pandemic In 59 Countries
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended life like few other events in modern history, with differential impacts on varying population groups. This study examined trauma-related distress among 6,882 adults ages 18 to 94 years old in 59 countries during April to May 2020. More than two-thirds of participants reported clinically significant trauma-related distress. Increased distress was associated with unemployment; identifying as transgender, nonbinary,…
Isolation, Not Loneliness or Cynical Hostility, Predicts Cognitive Decline in Older Americans
Objective: To jointly examine isolation, loneliness, and cynical hostility as risk factors for cognitive decline in older adults. Method: Data came from the 2006 to 2012 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a longitudinal study of U.S. older adults (age ⩾ 65 years, n = 6,654). Measures included frequency of contact with social network (objective isolation), the Hughes Loneliness Scale (loneliness), a modified version of the Cook-Medley…
A Latent Class Analytic Approach to Identifying Structures of Classist Ideology from World-View Orientations
This study identified clusterings of individuals based on worldview orientations including epistemological style, right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance, and religious fundamentalism. The groups were compared on classist attitudes. U.S. participants (N = 272) completed a 2015 online survey. The latent class analysis’s fit indices supported a three-group solution, including moderates (40%), progressives (35.8%), and traditionalists (25.2%).…
Differential Effects of the US Supreme Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Decision on National Support for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Civil Rights and Sexual Prejudice
Use of the Internet to Meet Sexual Partners, Sexual Risk Behavior, and Mental Health in Transgender Adults
Mediation of family dynamics, personal strengths, and mental health in dementia caregivers
Adolescent drinking in Spain
Voices from the Post-Katrina Ninth Ward
We five graduate-student counselors and one professor provided social support to African- American residents in New Orleans post-Katrina Ninth Ward. We describe residents narratives, our reactions to our own privileges made salient, our personal growth, and post-Katrina social injustice. We then suggest ways for individuals to contribute to disaster relief/social justice
L'alcoolisme. Problemes medico-sociaux. Problemes economiques
Sante publique et securite dans les urgences complexes
In emergency situations, a basic public health framework consists of ensuring food and water security, sanitation, access to basic medical care, including mass vaccinations, and disease prevention
My Place or Yours
Voices from the Post-Katrina Ninth Ward
We five graduate-student counselors and one professor provided social support to African- American residents in New Orleans post-Katrina Ninth Ward. We describe residents narratives, our reactions to our own privileges made salient, our personal growth, and post-Katrina social injustice. We then suggest ways for individuals to contribute to disaster relief/social justice
Development, validation, and confirmatory factor analysis of the Father Hunger Scale
Aligning Mars and Venus
Humanistic Psychology’s Social Justice Philosophy
Racism has held a prominent place in much of psychology discourse, but humanistic psychology may not yet have realized its full potential to contribute in meaningful ways to dialogues about racism. The purpose of this article is to help direct racism and social justice issues to the forefront of humanistic psychology, outlining ways in which humanistic psychologists can draw on their historical values and strengths to develop individual-level and…
A Model of Internalized Stigma and Its Effects on People With Mental Illness
OBJECTIVES: The investigators aimed to examine the prevalence of internalized stigma among individuals with serious mental illness and to construct and test a hypothesized model of the interrelationships among internalized stigma, self-concept, and psychiatric symptoms. METHODS: One hundred individuals, most of whom were African American and had a diagnosis of serious mental illness, were receiving mental health services from one of three communi…
Themes in Heterosexuals’ Responses When Challenging LGBT Prejudice
Social Perceptions of Religiosity
Researchers have provided much evidence in support of a religious halo effect—the tendency for people to evaluate a religious target more favorably than a nonreligious counterpart. This experimental study (N = 361 U.S. adults) extended previous work beyond the dichotomy of religious versus nonreligious by varying a fictional target's degree of belief. Only religious participants exhibited a nonspecific pro-religious bias consistent with the relig…
Comparing health-related quality of life and psychological well-being between Mexican MS caregivers and controls
The relationship between social support and suicide risk in a national sample of ethnically diverse sexual minority women
This study examined the relationship between three types of social support and suicidal ideation and lifetime attempts among a national sample of ethnically diverse sexual minority women (SMW). Participants ( N = 150) completed measures of social support and suicidal ideation/attempts. After controlling for socioeconomic status, social support explained 12.3% of the variance in past suicidal ideation and 10.7% in lifetime suicide attempts. Social…
Coping styles and suicide in racially and ethnically diverse lesbian, bisexual, and queer women
The purpose of the current study was to examine whether coping strategies are associated with past suicidal ideation and history of suicide attempts among sexual minority women (SMW). Participants were 150 racially and ethnically diverse lesbian, bisexual, queer, or "other" nonheterosexual-identified cisgender women who were recruited as part of a national online survey on the experiences of SMW. Simultaneous multiple regressions suggested that c…
Adolescent drinking in Spain
Discrimination, mental health, and suicidal ideation among LGBTQ people of color.
Discrimination based on race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity has been linked to many negative psychological and physical health outcomes in previous research, including increased suicidal ideation. Two hundred lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people of color (POC) were surveyed on their experiences of LGBTQ-based discrimination, racism, mental health (depression, anxiety, satisfaction with life), and suici…
Beyond Strain
INTRODUCTION: Life expectancy is increasing in Latin America resulting in the need for more family caregivers for older adults with dementia. The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationships between personal strengths (optimism, sense of coherence [SOC], and resilience) and the mental health of dementia caregivers from Latin America. METHOD: Primary family dementia caregivers (n = 127) were identified via convenience sampling at …
Do ableism and ageism predict college students’ willingness to provide care for a family member with a chronic health condition
Can community consciousness be a bad thing? A moderated mediation analysis of heterosexism, mental health and body appreciation in sexual minority men
This study examined the connections between heterosexism, mental health, body appreciation and community consciousness in sexual minority men (SMM). Participants (n = 89) completed a national online survey. Simultaneous multiple regressions found that heterosexism explained 9.4% of the variance in body appreciation and 25.8% of the variance in mental health; mental health accounted for 28.0% of the variance in body appreciation. Within these mode…
Translating psychological science
In her presidential address, N. J. Kaslow (see record 2015-33530-002) argued that psychologists have a responsibility to translate psychological science to the public and identifies various platforms for doing so. In this comment on her article, I advocate that psychology as a field immediately heed her call in the area of psychological science highlighting the media's contribution to contagion in mass shootings. I point out the psychological sci…
The buffering role of social support on the associations among discrimination, mental health, and suicidality in a transgender sample
Helping trans individuals cope with harassment and rejection, particularly by drawing on social support, may promote better mental health, which could help reduce suicidality in this population
Use of the Internet to Meet Sexual Partners, Sexual Risk Behavior, and Mental Health in Transgender Adults
Mediation of family dynamics, personal strengths, and mental health in dementia caregivers
Commentary
A substantial gap remains between what we know about type 2 diabetes prevention and our ability to apply that knowledge in socially disadvantaged populations at highest risk. This gap results, in part, from a lack of integration between epidemiologic science and social psychology theory, particularly regarding the intersections of stress, self-regulatory health behaviors, and the biological mechanisms underlying the development of diabetes. In th…
Sexual Behavior in Sexual Minority Women and Connections with Discrimination
Differential Effects of the US Supreme Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Decision on National Support for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Civil Rights and Sexual Prejudice
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