Arlene Rubin Stiffman
Biographic Data
| ID | 217829 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arlene Rubin Stiffman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arlene Rubin |
| FAMILY NAME | Stiffman |
| SIGNATURE | STIFFMAN A R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 94 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Reflections on a proposed theory of reservation-dwelling American Indian alcohol use: Comment on Spillane and Smith (2007)
In their recent article, N. Spillane and G. Smith suggested that reservation-dwelling American Indians have higher rates of problem drinking than do either non-American Indians or those American Indians living in nonreservation settings. These authors further argued that problematic alcohol use patterns in reservation communities are due to the lack of contingencies between drinking and "standard life reinforcers" (SLRs), such as employment, hous…
Child Welfare Workers' Connectivity to Resources and Youth's Receipt of Services
Youth involved in the child welfare system are at high risk for mental illness, substance abuse, and other behavioral health issues, which child welfare workers are expected to address through referrals. Child welfare workers (N=27) who participated in Project IMPROVE (Intervention for Multisector Provider Enhancement) reported on services they provided to youth (N=307) in their caseloads. Using survey and administrative data, this paper examines…
They Might Think I Was Crazy”: Young American Indians’ Reasons for Not Seeking Help When Suicidal
It is well known that many suicidal young people avoid asking for help; however, the reasons why are less understood. A sample of 101 American Indians (age 15-21 years) who had thought about or attempted suicide was asked open-ended questions about barriers to seeking formal and informal help while suicidal. The 74 participants who avoided at least one type of help most commonly reported internal factors, such as embarrassment, lack of problem re…
Unraveling Cultural Threads: A Qualitative Study of Culture and Ethnic Identity Among Urban Southwestern American Indian Youth Parents and Elders
Field Research with Underserved Minorities: The Ideal and the Real
Building a Model to Understand Youth Service Access: The Gateway Provider Model
Mental Health Problems and Sexual Abuse Among Adolescents in Foster Care: Relationship to HIV Risk Behaviors and Intentions
Measuring Neighborhood and School Environments Perceptual and Aggregate Approaches
This paper describes scales measuring perceptions of neighborhood and school quality. The scales are short and easy to administer, and easily understood by respondents. The measure of neighborhood quality (the NegNeb) has high reliability (alpha = .81), correlates with census data, shows sensitivity to change in neighborhood quality, and discriminates among urban neighborhoods. The measure of school quality (the NegEd) correlates to an index of a…
Impact of environment on adolescent mental health and behavior: Structural equation modeling
This study uses structural equation models to describe how objective neighborhood, perceived neighborhood, and environmental support predict mental health; 792 adolescents responded to highly structured interviews. The effect of objective environment on mental health was mediated through its influence on perceived neighborhood. Environmental support mitigated negative perceptions of environment and the effect of perceived environment on mental he…
Violence among urban African American youths: An analysis of environmental and behavioral risk factors
This study investigated environmental and behavioral risk factors as predictors of involvement in violent behavior among African American youths. Data from 684 African American youths ages 14 to 17, who participated in interviews by the Youth Services Project in St. Louis, Missouri, were used in these analyses. Forty percent of the variance in African American youths' involvement in violent behavior was predicted by the environmental risk factors…
The association of physical and sexual abuse with HIV risk behaviors in adolescence and young adulthood: Implications for public health
Predictive Modeling of Change in Depressive Disorder and Counts of Depressive Symptoms in Urban Youths
A longitudinal multivariate model examined data from a sample of 2,415 adolescents residing in 10 cities to see if both depressive symptoms and diagnosis of depressive disorder change over time in association with the same salient events. The model posits that risk variables (e.g., stressful circumstances and traumatic events), protective variables (e.g., social relationships), and a Risk × Protective interaction statistically predict change in d…
Pregnancies, Childrearing, and Mental Health Problems in Adolescents
Comprehensive health care for high-risk adolescents: An evaluation study
This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a large scale program to improve health care for high-risk adolescents. Seven clinics, funded to provide comprehensive primary care to adolescents, were compared to three non-funded clinics. The majority of the 2,788 adolescent patients sampled in these clinics were female (78 percent) and Black (71 percent). Each patient was initially interviewed at the time of a clinic visit and reintervi…
Children at Risk: In the Web of Parental Mental Illness
Parental Mental Illness, Family Living Arrangements, and Child Behavior
The association between family living arrangements and children's behavior problems is examined in 306 children with mentally ill parents. Children living with alternative families (with adoptive or foster parents or with other relatives) display fewer behavior problems than children living with two biological parents, a single biological parent, or a biological and a stepparent. The proportion of mentally ill family members and the degree of mot…
Adolescent sexual activity and pregnancy: Socioenvironmental problems, physical health, and mental health
A multivariate risk model for childhood behavior problems
In a study of 306 children whose parents have a mental illness, the relationship between coping skills and environmental assets and deficits determined the degree of behavior problems among these high-risk children. Two environmental stressors (proportion of mentally ill family members and mother-child discord), two coping skills (activity competence and school competence), and an interaction (between proportion of mentally ill family members and…
Children's activities and their behavior: Are activities worth manipulating
A Brief Measure of Children's Behavior Problems: The Behavior Rating Index for Children
This article reports the evaluation of the Behavior Rating Index for Children, a 13-item summated category partition scale that provides a prothetic measure of children's behavior problems
"Traditional" Community Agencies and the Prevention of Mental Illness
[This paper examines some of the unique problems encountered by developing nations and the impact of such problems on the provision of preventive mental health services for children and youths. Several prerequisites for effective program delivery are reviewed and synthesized in order to formulate the broad outlines of a potential prevention model for developing nations. A brief analysis of the GAIN (Group Activities for Individual Needs) Program …
Measuring Neighborhood and School Environments Perceptual and Aggregate Approaches
This paper describes scales measuring perceptions of neighborhood and school quality. The scales are short and easy to administer, and easily understood by respondents. The measure of neighborhood quality (the NegNeb) has high reliability (alpha = .81), correlates with census data, shows sensitivity to change in neighborhood quality, and discriminates among urban neighborhoods. The measure of school quality (the NegEd) correlates to an index of a…
They Might Think I Was Crazy”: Young American Indians’ Reasons for Not Seeking Help When Suicidal
It is well known that many suicidal young people avoid asking for help; however, the reasons why are less understood. A sample of 101 American Indians (age 15-21 years) who had thought about or attempted suicide was asked open-ended questions about barriers to seeking formal and informal help while suicidal. The 74 participants who avoided at least one type of help most commonly reported internal factors, such as embarrassment, lack of problem re…
Unraveling Cultural Threads: A Qualitative Study of Culture and Ethnic Identity Among Urban Southwestern American Indian Youth Parents and Elders
A Brief Measure of Children's Behavior Problems: The Behavior Rating Index for Children
This article reports the evaluation of the Behavior Rating Index for Children, a 13-item summated category partition scale that provides a prothetic measure of children's behavior problems
Child Welfare Workers' Connectivity to Resources and Youth's Receipt of Services
Youth involved in the child welfare system are at high risk for mental illness, substance abuse, and other behavioral health issues, which child welfare workers are expected to address through referrals. Child welfare workers (N=27) who participated in Project IMPROVE (Intervention for Multisector Provider Enhancement) reported on services they provided to youth (N=307) in their caseloads. Using survey and administrative data, this paper examines…
Violence among urban African American youths: An analysis of environmental and behavioral risk factors
This study investigated environmental and behavioral risk factors as predictors of involvement in violent behavior among African American youths. Data from 684 African American youths ages 14 to 17, who participated in interviews by the Youth Services Project in St. Louis, Missouri, were used in these analyses. Forty percent of the variance in African American youths' involvement in violent behavior was predicted by the environmental risk factors…
Predictive Modeling of Change in Depressive Disorder and Counts of Depressive Symptoms in Urban Youths
A longitudinal multivariate model examined data from a sample of 2,415 adolescents residing in 10 cities to see if both depressive symptoms and diagnosis of depressive disorder change over time in association with the same salient events. The model posits that risk variables (e.g., stressful circumstances and traumatic events), protective variables (e.g., social relationships), and a Risk × Protective interaction statistically predict change in d…
Adolescent sexual activity and pregnancy: Socioenvironmental problems, physical health, and mental health
Pregnancies, Childrearing, and Mental Health Problems in Adolescents
Children's activities and their behavior: Are activities worth manipulating
A Brief Measure of Children's Behavior Problems: The Behavior Rating Index for Children
This article reports the evaluation of the Behavior Rating Index for Children, a 13-item summated category partition scale that provides a prothetic measure of children's behavior problems
"Traditional" Community Agencies and the Prevention of Mental Illness
[This paper examines some of the unique problems encountered by developing nations and the impact of such problems on the provision of preventive mental health services for children and youths. Several prerequisites for effective program delivery are reviewed and synthesized in order to formulate the broad outlines of a potential prevention model for developing nations. A brief analysis of the GAIN (Group Activities for Individual Needs) Program …
A multivariate risk model for childhood behavior problems
In a study of 306 children whose parents have a mental illness, the relationship between coping skills and environmental assets and deficits determined the degree of behavior problems among these high-risk children. Two environmental stressors (proportion of mentally ill family members and mother-child discord), two coping skills (activity competence and school competence), and an interaction (between proportion of mentally ill family members and…
Parental Mental Illness, Family Living Arrangements, and Child Behavior
The association between family living arrangements and children's behavior problems is examined in 306 children with mentally ill parents. Children living with alternative families (with adoptive or foster parents or with other relatives) display fewer behavior problems than children living with two biological parents, a single biological parent, or a biological and a stepparent. The proportion of mentally ill family members and the degree of mot…
Adolescent sexual activity and pregnancy: Socioenvironmental problems, physical health, and mental health
Children at Risk: In the Web of Parental Mental Illness
Comprehensive health care for high-risk adolescents: An evaluation study
This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a large scale program to improve health care for high-risk adolescents. Seven clinics, funded to provide comprehensive primary care to adolescents, were compared to three non-funded clinics. The majority of the 2,788 adolescent patients sampled in these clinics were female (78 percent) and Black (71 percent). Each patient was initially interviewed at the time of a clinic visit and reintervi…
Pregnancies, Childrearing, and Mental Health Problems in Adolescents
Predictive Modeling of Change in Depressive Disorder and Counts of Depressive Symptoms in Urban Youths
A longitudinal multivariate model examined data from a sample of 2,415 adolescents residing in 10 cities to see if both depressive symptoms and diagnosis of depressive disorder change over time in association with the same salient events. The model posits that risk variables (e.g., stressful circumstances and traumatic events), protective variables (e.g., social relationships), and a Risk × Protective interaction statistically predict change in d…
The association of physical and sexual abuse with HIV risk behaviors in adolescence and young adulthood: Implications for public health
Violence among urban African American youths: An analysis of environmental and behavioral risk factors
This study investigated environmental and behavioral risk factors as predictors of involvement in violent behavior among African American youths. Data from 684 African American youths ages 14 to 17, who participated in interviews by the Youth Services Project in St. Louis, Missouri, were used in these analyses. Forty percent of the variance in African American youths' involvement in violent behavior was predicted by the environmental risk factors…
Impact of environment on adolescent mental health and behavior: Structural equation modeling
This study uses structural equation models to describe how objective neighborhood, perceived neighborhood, and environmental support predict mental health; 792 adolescents responded to highly structured interviews. The effect of objective environment on mental health was mediated through its influence on perceived neighborhood. Environmental support mitigated negative perceptions of environment and the effect of perceived environment on mental he…
Measuring Neighborhood and School Environments Perceptual and Aggregate Approaches
This paper describes scales measuring perceptions of neighborhood and school quality. The scales are short and easy to administer, and easily understood by respondents. The measure of neighborhood quality (the NegNeb) has high reliability (alpha = .81), correlates with census data, shows sensitivity to change in neighborhood quality, and discriminates among urban neighborhoods. The measure of school quality (the NegEd) correlates to an index of a…
Mental Health Problems and Sexual Abuse Among Adolescents in Foster Care: Relationship to HIV Risk Behaviors and Intentions
Building a Model to Understand Youth Service Access: The Gateway Provider Model
Field Research with Underserved Minorities: The Ideal and the Real
They Might Think I Was Crazy”: Young American Indians’ Reasons for Not Seeking Help When Suicidal
It is well known that many suicidal young people avoid asking for help; however, the reasons why are less understood. A sample of 101 American Indians (age 15-21 years) who had thought about or attempted suicide was asked open-ended questions about barriers to seeking formal and informal help while suicidal. The 74 participants who avoided at least one type of help most commonly reported internal factors, such as embarrassment, lack of problem re…
Unraveling Cultural Threads: A Qualitative Study of Culture and Ethnic Identity Among Urban Southwestern American Indian Youth Parents and Elders
Reflections on a proposed theory of reservation-dwelling American Indian alcohol use: Comment on Spillane and Smith (2007)
In their recent article, N. Spillane and G. Smith suggested that reservation-dwelling American Indians have higher rates of problem drinking than do either non-American Indians or those American Indians living in nonreservation settings. These authors further argued that problematic alcohol use patterns in reservation communities are due to the lack of contingencies between drinking and "standard life reinforcers" (SLRs), such as employment, hous…
Child Welfare Workers' Connectivity to Resources and Youth's Receipt of Services
Youth involved in the child welfare system are at high risk for mental illness, substance abuse, and other behavioral health issues, which child welfare workers are expected to address through referrals. Child welfare workers (N=27) who participated in Project IMPROVE (Intervention for Multisector Provider Enhancement) reported on services they provided to youth (N=307) in their caseloads. Using survey and administrative data, this paper examines…
Psychology (19 works) · Psychiatry (14 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Mental health (12 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (5 works) · Mental illness (5 works)