Elizabeth C Thomas

Biographic Data

ID1738134
NAMEElizabeth C Thomas
GIVEN NAMESElizabeth C
FAMILY NAMEThomas
SIGNATURETHOMAS E C
AFFILIATIONSTemple University
ORCID0000-0001-6543-9856
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS48
TOTAL CITATIONS40
WORKS AS AUTHOR48
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1953
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • Evolving Faith

    Open AccessOfra Walter, Elizabeth C Thomas et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2026

    Faith and spirituality have long been recognized as important components of recovery from mental illness, yet little is known about how these experiences evolve over time or the extent to which individuals feel supported by mental health professionals in pursuing them. This study explored how peer support workers’ experiences with spirituality and faith change over time, how they perceive the role of spirituality in their recovery, and how suppor…

  • A Survey Study of the Workplace Experiences of Young Adult Peer Support Workers in the United States

    Open AccessHaley Payne, D Regis et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2026References: 22

    This study examined the workplace experiences of young adult peer support workers (YPSWs), including how these experiences differ by certification status and what barriers and recommendations YPSWs identify for improving their work environments. A cross-sectional survey was conducted via REDCap with 49 YPSWs aged 18-30 currently employed in a paid peer support role in the United States. Participants completed quantitative items assessing satisfac…

  • Perceptions About Research Participation Among Emerging Adults With Serious Mental Illnesses

    Open AccessElizabeth C Thomas, Margaret SmithARTICLEEmerging Adulthood2025

    Purpose: Improving recruitment and retention of emerging adults with serious mental illnesses (SMI) in research requires a deeper understanding of factors influencing their participation. This qualitative study explored the perspectives of emerging adults with SMI on research engagement. Methods: We conducted semi-structured interviews with 15 emerging adults with SMI to examine perceived barriers and facilitators to research participation, and r…

  • Occupational Therapy in the Treatment of Early Psychosis

    Open AccessIlyse Kramer, Sarah Zagorac et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2025

  • Radiocarbon dating of lake sediment using low-temperature combustion

    Open AccessDarrell S Kaufman, Jordon Bright et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2025References: 53

    The bulk organic-matter content of near-surface sediment is widely used for radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating, despite often containing organic carbon (OC) older than the depositional age. Low-temperature combustion can mitigate the influence of old OC, producing ages closer to the depositional age. We developed a simple method to determine the 14 C age of the low-temperature ( 14 C and % OC in two aliquots: one heated at 250°C and one unheated. The low…

  • Case Study Analysis of a Decision Coaching Intervention for Young Adults with Early Psychosis

    Open AccessElizabeth C Thomas, Alicia Lucksted et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2025References: 53

  • Implementation of Community Participation Practices in Coordinated Specialty Care

    Open AccessElizabeth C Thomas, David L Shern et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2025References: 35

    Community participation is critical for health, particularly during young adulthood. Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) programs for young adults with early psychosis aim to promote community participation; however, research on practices beyond those focused on employment, education, and family relationships is limited. This qualitative study explored CSC programs' community participation practices across a broad range of areas and the factors infl…

  • Novel Occupational Therapy Program (Step Up) to Facilitate the Transition from Early Intervention in Psychosis Services

    Open AccessElizabeth C Thomas, Nuriya Hefron et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2024References: 14

  • Training in Cultural Competence for Mental Health Care

    Open AccessV Raval, Baiju Gopal et al.ARTICLECulture Medicine and Psychiatry2024References: 41

    Although the need to train clinicians to provide effective mental health care to individuals from diverse backgrounds has been recognized worldwide, a bulk of what we know about training in cultural competence (CC) is based on research conducted in the United States. Research on CC in mental health training from different world populations is needed due to the context-dependent nature of CC. Focusing on India and USA, two diverse countries that p…

  • Housing and loneliness among individuals with serious mental illnesses

    Open AccessShinichi Nagata, Eugene Brusilovskiy et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…2023

    BACKGROUND: People with serious mental illnesses (SMI) have higher levels of loneliness than the general population. Furthermore, people with SMI tend to be less satisfied with their housing and tend to move more frequently. AIM: This study aims to examine relationships between housing variables (whom they live with, duration of residence, and satisfaction) and loneliness among individuals with SMI. METHODS: Data were collected from 188 adults wi…

  • Data-based individualization in mathematics to support middleschool teachers and their students with mathematics learning difficulty

    Open AccessSarah R Powell, Erica S Lembke et al.ARTICLEStudies In Educational Evaluation2021

  • Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in Rural Appalachia

    Open AccessShannon M Cain, Anne Conway et al.ARTICLESocial Work2021References: 1

    As the United States faces the repercussions of the current opioid epidemic, it is important for social workers to be able to identify risks for poor birth outcomes in infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). Although some studies have identified single risk factors, no studies have tested associations between total amount of risk (that is, cumulative risk) and birth outcomes in infants with NAS. Authors examined 318 mothers who used opio…

  • Welcoming places

    Gretchen Snethen, Victoria Jeffries et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2021

    There are many factors that influence community participation of individuals with serious mental illnesses. Research often focuses on barriers to participation. This study, however, takes a different approach, by exploring features of community locations considered welcoming by individuals with serious mental illnesses. This is important because welcoming environments are more likely to promote community participation. Using a survey approach, 75…

  • Beyond rationality

    Open AccessElizabeth C Thomas, Sarah Bauerle Ba et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2021Cited by: 1References: 62

  • Community participation factors and poor neurocognitive functioning among persons with schizophrenia

    Elizabeth C Thomas, Gretchen Snethen et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2020

    Poor neurocognitive functioning among individuals with schizophrenia is typically conceptualized as resulting from a disease process. The objective of this article is to further expand understanding of poor neurocognition beyond pathogenesis toward a perspective that also incorporates community participation factors. This article focuses on three such factors-sedentary behavior, loneliness, and poverty-that have been demonstrated to be related to…

  • Effect of background music and the cultural preference to music on adolescents’ task performance

    Open AccessAshmita Mohan, Elizabeth C Thomas et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2019

    There is a plethora of research assessesing the effect of background music on task performance; however, these results have largely been inconclusive and divided. Music is a powerful medium that possesses a lot of positive benefits. This paper addresses the gaps in the existing literature and attempts to explore the effect of background music on adolescents’ performance in a reading comprehension task. It also examines the role of culture in the …

  • Conceptualizing restorative justice for people with mental illnesses leaving prison or jail

    Elizabeth C Thomas, Audrey Bilger et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2019

    Individuals with psychiatric disabilities who are involved in the criminal justice system face a number of challenges to community integration upon release. There is a critical need to develop and evaluate interventions for these individuals that connect them to the community by enhancing naturalistic social connections and helping them to participate meaningfully in valued roles. The purposes of this article are to describe, provide a theoretica…

  • Development and Exploratory Factor Analysis of a United States’ Version of the International Survey of School Counselors’ Activities

    Open AccessKui Yuan Fan, John C Carey et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for the…2018

  • A developmental study of community participation of individuals with serious mental illnesses

    Elizabeth C Thomas, Gretchen Snethen et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2017

    Understanding age-related expectations for community participation can aid mental health providers and policy makers in the design and tailoring of age-appropriate services to better meet consumers' participation needs. This study seeks to describe and compare the amount, importance, and sufficiency of community participation in younger adult, middle-aged adult, and older adult consumers. Participants were 879 adults with serious mental illnesses…

  • The Crosstown Initiative

    Open AccessElizabeth C Thomas, Elizabeth Thomas et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Community…2015Cited by: 6References: 32

    This case study examines an arts organization at the center of an urban neighborhood revitalization effort and its contributions to creative placemaking and inclusive community building. The study documents innovative arts practices and explores their meaning for a local context, an understudied city in the Mid‐South region of the United States. It builds on the research team’s ongoing work as teachers, students, and scholars in partnership with …

  • Community Child Psychiatric Medication Experiences Measured by an Internet-Based, Prospective Parent Survey of Retail Pharmacy Customers

    Open AccessRobert J Hilt, Robert Hilt et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2013References: 11

  • Imagining Participatory Action Research in Collaboration with Children

    Open AccessRegina Day Langhout, Elizabeth C Thomas et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Community…2010Cited by: 27References: 22

    For decades, social science researchers have been studying programs, services, and settings that are explicitly designed to have an influence on children (e.g., mental health services for children, school classrooms, after school programs, families, neighborhoods). Researchers who are concerned with the contexts in which children develop, social issues that influence children, and/or social justice generally define and evaluate a problem related …

  • The relationship between personal and collective identity

    Open AccessEric S Mankowski, Elizabeth C Thomas et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology2000

  • The relationship between personal and collective identity

    Open AccessEric S Mankowski, Elizabeth C Thomas et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology2000References: 11

    Analyzed the community narrative of a student religious community using participant observation, structured interviews, and document analysis. Themes of the narrative included the value of accepting others' differences as diversity, the value of creating and building places where people feel “at home,” the importance of personal growth through asking open and honest questions, and healing past hurt. Social organization and processes in the campus…

  • An intervention program to build competencies in adolescent parents

    Open AccessChristine Butler, Annette U Rickel et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Primary Prevention1993