Susan G Millstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 204696 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan G Millstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan G |
| FAMILY NAME | Millstein |
| SIGNATURE | MILLSTEIN S G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, San Francisco |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 128 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Fertility Treatment Response: Is It Better to Be More Optimistic or Less Pessimistic
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prospective relation between dispositional traits of optimism and pessimism and in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment failure among women seeking medical intervention for infertility. METHODS: Among 198 women (aged 24-45 years, mean [standard deviation] = 35.1 [4.1] years; white, 77%), the outcome of each participant's first IVF treatment cycle was examined. Treatment outcome was classified as being successful (versus …
Developing an Acceptability Assessment of Preventive Dental Treatments
The acceptability instrument described is reliable and valid and may be useful in program planning efforts to identify and increase the utilization of preferred ECC preventive treatments for target populations
The measurement of childbearing motivation in couples considering the use of assisted reproductive technology
Relatively little is known about the motivational antecedents to the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART). In this paper we measure the fertility motivations of infertile couples who are considering the use of ART, using an established instrument, the Childbearing Questionnaire (CBQ). Our sample consists of 214 men and 216 women who were interviewed at home after an initial screening for ART but before making a final decision. We conduct…
Greater Expectations: Adolescents' Positive Motivations for Sex
Adolescents view intimacy, sexual pleasure and social status as important goals in a relationship. Many have strong positive expectations that sex would satisfy these goals. Prevention programs and providers should address the risks of sex in the context of expected benefits
Greater Expectations: Adolescents' Positive Motivations for Sex
CONTEXT: Effective STD and pregnancy prevention efforts should benefit from knowledge of what motivates adolescents to have sex. Positive motivations, and how they differ by gender and sexual experience, are poorly understood. METHODS: A sample of 637 ninth graders were asked about their relationship goals, expectations of the degree to which sex would satisfy these goals and sexual experience. Three scales measured adolescents' goals for intimac…
Perceived Risk of Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infection Among Sexually Experienced Young Adults In the United States
CONTEXT: Understanding young adults' perceived risk of chlamydial and gonococcal infection can inform interventions to reduce the prevalence of these sexually transmitted diseases.METHODS: Bivariate and multivariate analyses, using data from Wave 3 of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (2001-2002), were conducted to examine relationships between perceived risk and selected characteristics in two groups: a nationally representati…
Perceived Risk of Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infection Among Sexually Experienced Young Adults In the United States
Interventions to increase the accuracy of young adults' risk perceptions may influence sexual and health care-seeking behaviors in a way that will reduce rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea
Adolescents Discriminate between Types of Smokers and Related Risks: Evidence from Nonsmokers
Many studies concerning cigarette smoking and smoking-related outcomes among adolescents use categories such as “casual” or “regular” smoker to define different types of smokers. It is not clear whether adolescents themselves differentiate between different types of smokers. The present study sought to examine whether and how adolescents discriminate between categories of smokers and how these discriminations engender different perceptions of ris…
Prevention opportunities in health care settings
Psychologists have an opportunity to offer their expertise at a time when health care settings are beginning to recognize the importance of behaviorally based interventions for improving health and health care. The authors review the changing patterns of health and illness that have led to an increased interest in the role of patient and provider behavior and discuss the many advantages of using health care settings as prevention sites. Examples …
The Trade-Off between Hormonal Contraceptives and Condoms among Adolescents
Adolescents trade off between hormonal contraceptives and condoms according to partner type and perceived risks. Adolescents' dual-method use may improve if providers tailor counseling to adolescents' perceived risk of STDs and pregnancy, and if they address prevention of both as a related decision
Judgments about Risk and Perceived Invulnerability in Adolescents and Young Adults
This study examined age differences in risk judgments and perceptions of invulnerability, by surveying 577 adolescents (grades 5, 7, and 9) and young adults (ages 20 to 30 years) for their judgments concerning natural hazards and behavior–linked risks. Adolescents were less likely than were young adults to see themselves as invulnerable, and only a small minority of adolescents evidenced such perceptions. Moreover, individuals’ perceptions about …
What Leads to Sex? Adolescent Preferred Partners and Reasons for Sex
83 African-American and White male and female adolescents, ages 16-20 years old, were asked to list preferred partner qualities and reasons to have or not have sex as measures of their perceptions of antecedents of sex. High frequency items were placed on cards and sorted separately by an additional four gender and racial subsamples (n = 79). Data were analyzed using multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis. Health-related antecedents to sex…
Sociocultural Beliefs Related to Sex among Mexican American Adolescents
This exploratory study examines the cultural content of two domains related to antecedents of sexual behavior among Mexican American adolescents: preferred partner qualities and reasons to have or not have sex. Domain analysis, a qualitative research methodology drawn from anthropology, was employed. The methodology involved two phases. First, male andfemale adolescents listed positive and negative items in each of these two domains; second, 16 m…
Fidelity Management: African-American Adolescents' Attempts to Control the Sexual Behavior of their Partners
This qualitative study examined how adolescents conceptualize sexual behavior. Open-ended interviews about sex were conducted with a sample of 21 male and 18 female African- American adolescents. Topics related to health risk virtually never emerged in their responses. The topic of partner infidelity and concerns about control of infidelity, on the other hand, were mentioned extensively. Informants described a cycle in which commitment to a partn…
The Gamesmanship of Sex: A Model Based on African American Adolescent Accounts
This article examines adolescent understanding of the social context of sexual behavior. Using grounded theory to interpret interviews with 39 African American male and female adolescents, the article builds a model of sex-related behavior as a set of interrelated games. A courtship game involves communication of sexual or romantic interest and, over time, formation of a romantic relationship. A duplicity game draws on conventions of a courtship …
Screening for adolescent smoking among primary care physicians in California
OBJECTIVES: This study determined how often primary care physicians ask adolescents about smoking. METHODS: We surveyed a stratified random sample of community-based, board-certified California physicians, using a mailed questionnaire. RESULTS: Overall, physicians (n = 343; 77% response rate) screened younger adolescents for regular smoking during 71.4% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 67.9, 74.9) of routine physical exams and older adolescents du…
Protecting adolescents from Aids
There is an emergency need for AIDS prevention efforts among adolescents, but prevention campaigns must do more than merely provide health information
Adolescent health: Challenges for behavioral scientists
Clearly, the role of behavioral scientists in adolescent health is not limited to service delivery. They also have a role to play via their contributions to basic knowledge of adolescent health and development, their involvement with the design and evaluation of health systems, their efforts to design and evaluate interventions to reduce adolescent morbidity and mortality, and their contributions to adolescent health policy. The once popular view…
Adolescent health: Challenges for behavioral scientists
Adolescent Egocentrism and Feelings of Invulnerability: Are they Related
This study examined the relationship between adolescent egocentrism and perceptions of risk in a sample of 458 middle school adolescents. Enright's Adolescent Egocentrism Scale (AES) and Elkind's Imaginary Audience Scale (IAS) were used to assess egocentrism. Analyses revealed unexpected findings regarding the relationship of the two egocentrism scales to risk perception. For females, high scores on the AES were associated with perceptions of hig…
Acceptability and Reliability of Sensitive Information Collected via Computer Interview
The current study examined response bias in 108 female adolescents randomly assigned to one of three groups: (1) interactive computer interview, (2) face-to-face interview, or (3) self-administered questionnaire. Subjects interviewed by computer enjoyed the survey more than subjects in other groups; subjects completing questionnaires gave the least positive evaluations (p
Emerging patterns of tampon use in the adolescent female: The impact of toxic shock syndrome
From November 1980 through January 1981, we queried 714 post menarchal adolescents (ages 12 to 19) about menstrual product use at menarche (T1), during summer 1980 (T2), at last menstrual period (T3), and about intended product for next menstrual period (T4). The percentage of adolescents reporting use of tampons at each point in time were: T1, 3.1 per cent; T2, 24.1 per cent; T3 (following the media coverage of toxic shock syndrome [TSS]), 19.3 …
Fidelity Management: African-American Adolescents' Attempts to Control the Sexual Behavior of their Partners
This qualitative study examined how adolescents conceptualize sexual behavior. Open-ended interviews about sex were conducted with a sample of 21 male and 18 female African- American adolescents. Topics related to health risk virtually never emerged in their responses. The topic of partner infidelity and concerns about control of infidelity, on the other hand, were mentioned extensively. Informants described a cycle in which commitment to a partn…
The Gamesmanship of Sex: A Model Based on African American Adolescent Accounts
This article examines adolescent understanding of the social context of sexual behavior. Using grounded theory to interpret interviews with 39 African American male and female adolescents, the article builds a model of sex-related behavior as a set of interrelated games. A courtship game involves communication of sexual or romantic interest and, over time, formation of a romantic relationship. A duplicity game draws on conventions of a courtship …
The Trade-Off between Hormonal Contraceptives and Condoms among Adolescents
Adolescents trade off between hormonal contraceptives and condoms according to partner type and perceived risks. Adolescents' dual-method use may improve if providers tailor counseling to adolescents' perceived risk of STDs and pregnancy, and if they address prevention of both as a related decision
Judgments about Risk and Perceived Invulnerability in Adolescents and Young Adults
This study examined age differences in risk judgments and perceptions of invulnerability, by surveying 577 adolescents (grades 5, 7, and 9) and young adults (ages 20 to 30 years) for their judgments concerning natural hazards and behavior–linked risks. Adolescents were less likely than were young adults to see themselves as invulnerable, and only a small minority of adolescents evidenced such perceptions. Moreover, individuals’ perceptions about …
Greater Expectations: Adolescents' Positive Motivations for Sex
Adolescents view intimacy, sexual pleasure and social status as important goals in a relationship. Many have strong positive expectations that sex would satisfy these goals. Prevention programs and providers should address the risks of sex in the context of expected benefits
What Leads to Sex? Adolescent Preferred Partners and Reasons for Sex
83 African-American and White male and female adolescents, ages 16-20 years old, were asked to list preferred partner qualities and reasons to have or not have sex as measures of their perceptions of antecedents of sex. High frequency items were placed on cards and sorted separately by an additional four gender and racial subsamples (n = 79). Data were analyzed using multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis. Health-related antecedents to sex…
Sociocultural Beliefs Related to Sex among Mexican American Adolescents
This exploratory study examines the cultural content of two domains related to antecedents of sexual behavior among Mexican American adolescents: preferred partner qualities and reasons to have or not have sex. Domain analysis, a qualitative research methodology drawn from anthropology, was employed. The methodology involved two phases. First, male andfemale adolescents listed positive and negative items in each of these two domains; second, 16 m…
Perceived Risk of Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infection Among Sexually Experienced Young Adults In the United States
Interventions to increase the accuracy of young adults' risk perceptions may influence sexual and health care-seeking behaviors in a way that will reduce rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea
Prevention opportunities in health care settings
Psychologists have an opportunity to offer their expertise at a time when health care settings are beginning to recognize the importance of behaviorally based interventions for improving health and health care. The authors review the changing patterns of health and illness that have led to an increased interest in the role of patient and provider behavior and discuss the many advantages of using health care settings as prevention sites. Examples …
Screening for adolescent smoking among primary care physicians in California
OBJECTIVES: This study determined how often primary care physicians ask adolescents about smoking. METHODS: We surveyed a stratified random sample of community-based, board-certified California physicians, using a mailed questionnaire. RESULTS: Overall, physicians (n = 343; 77% response rate) screened younger adolescents for regular smoking during 71.4% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 67.9, 74.9) of routine physical exams and older adolescents du…
The measurement of childbearing motivation in couples considering the use of assisted reproductive technology
Relatively little is known about the motivational antecedents to the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART). In this paper we measure the fertility motivations of infertile couples who are considering the use of ART, using an established instrument, the Childbearing Questionnaire (CBQ). Our sample consists of 214 men and 216 women who were interviewed at home after an initial screening for ART but before making a final decision. We conduct…
Adolescents Discriminate between Types of Smokers and Related Risks: Evidence from Nonsmokers
Many studies concerning cigarette smoking and smoking-related outcomes among adolescents use categories such as “casual” or “regular” smoker to define different types of smokers. It is not clear whether adolescents themselves differentiate between different types of smokers. The present study sought to examine whether and how adolescents discriminate between categories of smokers and how these discriminations engender different perceptions of ris…
Adolescent Egocentrism and Feelings of Invulnerability: Are they Related
This study examined the relationship between adolescent egocentrism and perceptions of risk in a sample of 458 middle school adolescents. Enright's Adolescent Egocentrism Scale (AES) and Elkind's Imaginary Audience Scale (IAS) were used to assess egocentrism. Analyses revealed unexpected findings regarding the relationship of the two egocentrism scales to risk perception. For females, high scores on the AES were associated with perceptions of hig…
Emerging patterns of tampon use in the adolescent female: The impact of toxic shock syndrome
From November 1980 through January 1981, we queried 714 post menarchal adolescents (ages 12 to 19) about menstrual product use at menarche (T1), during summer 1980 (T2), at last menstrual period (T3), and about intended product for next menstrual period (T4). The percentage of adolescents reporting use of tampons at each point in time were: T1, 3.1 per cent; T2, 24.1 per cent; T3 (following the media coverage of toxic shock syndrome [TSS]), 19.3 …
Acceptability and Reliability of Sensitive Information Collected via Computer Interview
The current study examined response bias in 108 female adolescents randomly assigned to one of three groups: (1) interactive computer interview, (2) face-to-face interview, or (3) self-administered questionnaire. Subjects interviewed by computer enjoyed the survey more than subjects in other groups; subjects completing questionnaires gave the least positive evaluations (p
Adolescent health: Challenges for behavioral scientists
Clearly, the role of behavioral scientists in adolescent health is not limited to service delivery. They also have a role to play via their contributions to basic knowledge of adolescent health and development, their involvement with the design and evaluation of health systems, their efforts to design and evaluate interventions to reduce adolescent morbidity and mortality, and their contributions to adolescent health policy. The once popular view…
Adolescent health: Challenges for behavioral scientists
Adolescent Egocentrism and Feelings of Invulnerability: Are they Related
This study examined the relationship between adolescent egocentrism and perceptions of risk in a sample of 458 middle school adolescents. Enright's Adolescent Egocentrism Scale (AES) and Elkind's Imaginary Audience Scale (IAS) were used to assess egocentrism. Analyses revealed unexpected findings regarding the relationship of the two egocentrism scales to risk perception. For females, high scores on the AES were associated with perceptions of hig…
Protecting adolescents from Aids
There is an emergency need for AIDS prevention efforts among adolescents, but prevention campaigns must do more than merely provide health information
Screening for adolescent smoking among primary care physicians in California
OBJECTIVES: This study determined how often primary care physicians ask adolescents about smoking. METHODS: We surveyed a stratified random sample of community-based, board-certified California physicians, using a mailed questionnaire. RESULTS: Overall, physicians (n = 343; 77% response rate) screened younger adolescents for regular smoking during 71.4% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 67.9, 74.9) of routine physical exams and older adolescents du…
Sociocultural Beliefs Related to Sex among Mexican American Adolescents
This exploratory study examines the cultural content of two domains related to antecedents of sexual behavior among Mexican American adolescents: preferred partner qualities and reasons to have or not have sex. Domain analysis, a qualitative research methodology drawn from anthropology, was employed. The methodology involved two phases. First, male andfemale adolescents listed positive and negative items in each of these two domains; second, 16 m…
Fidelity Management: African-American Adolescents' Attempts to Control the Sexual Behavior of their Partners
This qualitative study examined how adolescents conceptualize sexual behavior. Open-ended interviews about sex were conducted with a sample of 21 male and 18 female African- American adolescents. Topics related to health risk virtually never emerged in their responses. The topic of partner infidelity and concerns about control of infidelity, on the other hand, were mentioned extensively. Informants described a cycle in which commitment to a partn…
The Gamesmanship of Sex: A Model Based on African American Adolescent Accounts
This article examines adolescent understanding of the social context of sexual behavior. Using grounded theory to interpret interviews with 39 African American male and female adolescents, the article builds a model of sex-related behavior as a set of interrelated games. A courtship game involves communication of sexual or romantic interest and, over time, formation of a romantic relationship. A duplicity game draws on conventions of a courtship …
What Leads to Sex? Adolescent Preferred Partners and Reasons for Sex
83 African-American and White male and female adolescents, ages 16-20 years old, were asked to list preferred partner qualities and reasons to have or not have sex as measures of their perceptions of antecedents of sex. High frequency items were placed on cards and sorted separately by an additional four gender and racial subsamples (n = 79). Data were analyzed using multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis. Health-related antecedents to sex…
The Trade-Off between Hormonal Contraceptives and Condoms among Adolescents
Adolescents trade off between hormonal contraceptives and condoms according to partner type and perceived risks. Adolescents' dual-method use may improve if providers tailor counseling to adolescents' perceived risk of STDs and pregnancy, and if they address prevention of both as a related decision
Judgments about Risk and Perceived Invulnerability in Adolescents and Young Adults
This study examined age differences in risk judgments and perceptions of invulnerability, by surveying 577 adolescents (grades 5, 7, and 9) and young adults (ages 20 to 30 years) for their judgments concerning natural hazards and behavior–linked risks. Adolescents were less likely than were young adults to see themselves as invulnerable, and only a small minority of adolescents evidenced such perceptions. Moreover, individuals’ perceptions about …
Adolescents Discriminate between Types of Smokers and Related Risks: Evidence from Nonsmokers
Many studies concerning cigarette smoking and smoking-related outcomes among adolescents use categories such as “casual” or “regular” smoker to define different types of smokers. It is not clear whether adolescents themselves differentiate between different types of smokers. The present study sought to examine whether and how adolescents discriminate between categories of smokers and how these discriminations engender different perceptions of ris…
Prevention opportunities in health care settings
Psychologists have an opportunity to offer their expertise at a time when health care settings are beginning to recognize the importance of behaviorally based interventions for improving health and health care. The authors review the changing patterns of health and illness that have led to an increased interest in the role of patient and provider behavior and discuss the many advantages of using health care settings as prevention sites. Examples …
Perceived Risk of Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infection Among Sexually Experienced Young Adults In the United States
CONTEXT: Understanding young adults' perceived risk of chlamydial and gonococcal infection can inform interventions to reduce the prevalence of these sexually transmitted diseases.METHODS: Bivariate and multivariate analyses, using data from Wave 3 of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (2001-2002), were conducted to examine relationships between perceived risk and selected characteristics in two groups: a nationally representati…
Perceived Risk of Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infection Among Sexually Experienced Young Adults In the United States
Interventions to increase the accuracy of young adults' risk perceptions may influence sexual and health care-seeking behaviors in a way that will reduce rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea
Greater Expectations: Adolescents' Positive Motivations for Sex
Adolescents view intimacy, sexual pleasure and social status as important goals in a relationship. Many have strong positive expectations that sex would satisfy these goals. Prevention programs and providers should address the risks of sex in the context of expected benefits
Greater Expectations: Adolescents' Positive Motivations for Sex
CONTEXT: Effective STD and pregnancy prevention efforts should benefit from knowledge of what motivates adolescents to have sex. Positive motivations, and how they differ by gender and sexual experience, are poorly understood. METHODS: A sample of 637 ninth graders were asked about their relationship goals, expectations of the degree to which sex would satisfy these goals and sexual experience. Three scales measured adolescents' goals for intimac…
Developing an Acceptability Assessment of Preventive Dental Treatments
The acceptability instrument described is reliable and valid and may be useful in program planning efforts to identify and increase the utilization of preferred ECC preventive treatments for target populations
The measurement of childbearing motivation in couples considering the use of assisted reproductive technology
Relatively little is known about the motivational antecedents to the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART). In this paper we measure the fertility motivations of infertile couples who are considering the use of ART, using an established instrument, the Childbearing Questionnaire (CBQ). Our sample consists of 214 men and 216 women who were interviewed at home after an initial screening for ART but before making a final decision. We conduct…
Fertility Treatment Response: Is It Better to Be More Optimistic or Less Pessimistic
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prospective relation between dispositional traits of optimism and pessimism and in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment failure among women seeking medical intervention for infertility. METHODS: Among 198 women (aged 24-45 years, mean [standard deviation] = 35.1 [4.1] years; white, 77%), the outcome of each participant's first IVF treatment cycle was examined. Treatment outcome was classified as being successful (versus …
Psychology (16 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (11 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Psychological intervention (5 works)