K J Michalska
Biographic Data
| ID | 221089 |
|---|---|
| NAME | K J Michalska |
| GIVEN NAMES | K J |
| FAMILY NAME | Michalska |
| SIGNATURE | MICHALSKA K J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Riverside |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4830-5036 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The spread of fear
Ethno-Racial Disparities in Covid-Related Stress and Mental Health Problems
Bridging the stress process model and fundamental cause theory (FCT), this study investigated the application of a novel multi-domain stress measure in explaining ethno-racial mental health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from an online survey (N = 2308), we tested whether disproportionate exposure to COVID-related discrimination or COVID-related stressful life events explained ethno-racial disparities in anxiety and depressi…
A latent profile analysis of ethnic‐racial socialization strategies among Latinx families experiencing discrimination
Among Latinx families in the United States, experiences of ethnic‐racial discrimination frequently predict elevated anxiety symptoms. In response to these experiences, Latinx caregivers employ a variety of ethnic‐racial socialization strategies to help their children understand and practice responding to discriminatory treatment. Whether specific socialization strategies are more protective for mental health than others remains unclear. The curre…
A Multi-Component Model of Emotion Response Convergence
A central tenet in emotion research is that emotional reactivity involves convergent changes across subjective, behavioral, autonomic, and more recently neural, response systems. This has led to a model where convergence across multiple response systems facilitates an individual's emotional responses to environmental stressors. However, empirical support for this model is mixed and limited work examines whether psychobiological convergence during…
Caregiver experienced racism, acculturative stress, and political hostility predict anxiety in Latinx families residing in the United States
The results of this study highlight the role of racism, acculturative stress, and political hostility in escalating anxiety symptoms in Latinx families and identify cultural stress as a factor that likely contributes to the high rates of anxiety in Latina girls during a key developmental period. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Ethnic–Racial Discrimination Exposure and Anxiety in Latina Girls
Ethnic–racial discrimination, the differential treatment of individuals based on ethnic or racial group membership, predicts poor mental health outcomes such as anxiety. This is supported by long-standing theories on the social determinants of health and minority stress. However, these theories are rarely expanded to neurobiological sciences, limiting our understanding of mechanisms underlying observed associations. One potential neurobiological …
How Parental Support Affects Latina Girls During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The current study focuses on a sample of low- to middle-income school-age Latina girls and their parents and examines how children's distress proneness interacts with parental empathic accuracy and posttraumatic growth in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to predict children's empathy and prosocial behavior toward unknown others. Approximately 2-3 months into state-mandated stay-at-home orders, 55 parent-daughter dyads were recruited to participa…
Shared Cultural Values Influence Mental Health Help-Seeking Behaviors in Asian and Latinx College Students
The current study sought to understand the influence of cultural values on mental health attitudes and help-seeking behaviors in college students of diverse ethnic backgrounds. Asian and Latinx college students ( N = 159) completed an online survey in which they reported on their adherence to cultural values as measured by ethnicity-specific cultural values and general attitudes towards mental health. Factor analysis revealed two common factors o…
Longitudinal Change in Adolescent Depression and Anxiety Symptoms from before to during the Covid ‐19 Pandemic
This study aimed to examine changes in depression and anxiety symptoms from before to during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in a sample of 1,339 adolescents (9-18 years old, 59% female) from three countries. We also examined if age, race/ethnicity, disease burden, or strictness of government restrictions moderated change in symptoms. Data from 12 longitudinal studies (10 U.S., 1 Netherlands, 1 Peru) were combined. Linear mixed effect…
Social skills moderate the time‐varying association between aggression and peer rejection among children with and without ADHD
Although childhood aggression is typically associated with peer rejection, some children concurrently employ coercive and socially skilled behavior and successfully avoid negative peer outcomes. However, research on children's dual use of coercive and social behavior has largely employed cross‐sectional designs with nonclinical populations and, as a result, little is known about the covariation of aggression with social skills, particularly among…
Anticipatory Effects on Perceived Pain
OBJECTIVE: Naturalistic studies suggest that expectation of adverse experiences such as pain exerts particularly strong effects on anxious youth. In healthy adults, expectation influences the experience of pain. The current study uses experimental methods to compare the effects of expectation on pain among adults, healthy youth, and youth with an anxiety disorder. METHODS: Twenty-three healthy adults, 20 healthy youth, and 20 youth with an anxiet…
Longitudinal Change in Adolescent Depression and Anxiety Symptoms from before to during the Covid ‐19 Pandemic
This study aimed to examine changes in depression and anxiety symptoms from before to during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in a sample of 1,339 adolescents (9-18 years old, 59% female) from three countries. We also examined if age, race/ethnicity, disease burden, or strictness of government restrictions moderated change in symptoms. Data from 12 longitudinal studies (10 U.S., 1 Netherlands, 1 Peru) were combined. Linear mixed effect…
Social skills moderate the time‐varying association between aggression and peer rejection among children with and without ADHD
Although childhood aggression is typically associated with peer rejection, some children concurrently employ coercive and socially skilled behavior and successfully avoid negative peer outcomes. However, research on children's dual use of coercive and social behavior has largely employed cross‐sectional designs with nonclinical populations and, as a result, little is known about the covariation of aggression with social skills, particularly among…
Caregiver experienced racism, acculturative stress, and political hostility predict anxiety in Latinx families residing in the United States
The results of this study highlight the role of racism, acculturative stress, and political hostility in escalating anxiety symptoms in Latinx families and identify cultural stress as a factor that likely contributes to the high rates of anxiety in Latina girls during a key developmental period. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Ethnic–Racial Discrimination Exposure and Anxiety in Latina Girls
Ethnic–racial discrimination, the differential treatment of individuals based on ethnic or racial group membership, predicts poor mental health outcomes such as anxiety. This is supported by long-standing theories on the social determinants of health and minority stress. However, these theories are rarely expanded to neurobiological sciences, limiting our understanding of mechanisms underlying observed associations. One potential neurobiological …
Anticipatory Effects on Perceived Pain
OBJECTIVE: Naturalistic studies suggest that expectation of adverse experiences such as pain exerts particularly strong effects on anxious youth. In healthy adults, expectation influences the experience of pain. The current study uses experimental methods to compare the effects of expectation on pain among adults, healthy youth, and youth with an anxiety disorder. METHODS: Twenty-three healthy adults, 20 healthy youth, and 20 youth with an anxiet…
Social skills moderate the time‐varying association between aggression and peer rejection among children with and without ADHD
Although childhood aggression is typically associated with peer rejection, some children concurrently employ coercive and socially skilled behavior and successfully avoid negative peer outcomes. However, research on children's dual use of coercive and social behavior has largely employed cross‐sectional designs with nonclinical populations and, as a result, little is known about the covariation of aggression with social skills, particularly among…
Shared Cultural Values Influence Mental Health Help-Seeking Behaviors in Asian and Latinx College Students
The current study sought to understand the influence of cultural values on mental health attitudes and help-seeking behaviors in college students of diverse ethnic backgrounds. Asian and Latinx college students ( N = 159) completed an online survey in which they reported on their adherence to cultural values as measured by ethnicity-specific cultural values and general attitudes towards mental health. Factor analysis revealed two common factors o…
Longitudinal Change in Adolescent Depression and Anxiety Symptoms from before to during the Covid ‐19 Pandemic
This study aimed to examine changes in depression and anxiety symptoms from before to during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in a sample of 1,339 adolescents (9-18 years old, 59% female) from three countries. We also examined if age, race/ethnicity, disease burden, or strictness of government restrictions moderated change in symptoms. Data from 12 longitudinal studies (10 U.S., 1 Netherlands, 1 Peru) were combined. Linear mixed effect…
How Parental Support Affects Latina Girls During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The current study focuses on a sample of low- to middle-income school-age Latina girls and their parents and examines how children's distress proneness interacts with parental empathic accuracy and posttraumatic growth in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to predict children's empathy and prosocial behavior toward unknown others. Approximately 2-3 months into state-mandated stay-at-home orders, 55 parent-daughter dyads were recruited to participa…
Caregiver experienced racism, acculturative stress, and political hostility predict anxiety in Latinx families residing in the United States
The results of this study highlight the role of racism, acculturative stress, and political hostility in escalating anxiety symptoms in Latinx families and identify cultural stress as a factor that likely contributes to the high rates of anxiety in Latina girls during a key developmental period. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Ethnic–Racial Discrimination Exposure and Anxiety in Latina Girls
Ethnic–racial discrimination, the differential treatment of individuals based on ethnic or racial group membership, predicts poor mental health outcomes such as anxiety. This is supported by long-standing theories on the social determinants of health and minority stress. However, these theories are rarely expanded to neurobiological sciences, limiting our understanding of mechanisms underlying observed associations. One potential neurobiological …
A Multi-Component Model of Emotion Response Convergence
A central tenet in emotion research is that emotional reactivity involves convergent changes across subjective, behavioral, autonomic, and more recently neural, response systems. This has led to a model where convergence across multiple response systems facilitates an individual's emotional responses to environmental stressors. However, empirical support for this model is mixed and limited work examines whether psychobiological convergence during…
The spread of fear
Ethno-Racial Disparities in Covid-Related Stress and Mental Health Problems
Bridging the stress process model and fundamental cause theory (FCT), this study investigated the application of a novel multi-domain stress measure in explaining ethno-racial mental health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from an online survey (N = 2308), we tested whether disproportionate exposure to COVID-related discrimination or COVID-related stressful life events explained ethno-racial disparities in anxiety and depressi…
A latent profile analysis of ethnic‐racial socialization strategies among Latinx families experiencing discrimination
Among Latinx families in the United States, experiences of ethnic‐racial discrimination frequently predict elevated anxiety symptoms. In response to these experiences, Latinx caregivers employ a variety of ethnic‐racial socialization strategies to help their children understand and practice responding to discriminatory treatment. Whether specific socialization strategies are more protective for mental health than others remains unclear. The curre…
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Anxiety (5 works) · Mental health (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (2 works)