Rachel C Garthe
Biographic Data
| ID | 250456 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel C Garthe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel C |
| FAMILY NAME | Garthe |
| SIGNATURE | GARTHE R C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4954-0484 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 38 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 38 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Navigating the complexities of help-seeking: Amplifying the voices of marginalized survivors of intimate partner violence
Survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) may seek formal support across systems of care; however, those with marginalized identities, and from rural communities, may also experience more barriers while seeking help. The current study highlights findings from 13 focus groups in a needs assessment of domestic violence services in Illinois. Participants included 46 survivors of IPV who accessed formal supports in urban and rural communities; the…
A Systematic Review of Protective and Promotive Factors across the Social-Ecological Model in Relation to Adolescent Dating Violence
Experiencing adolescent dating violence (ADV) can have serious short- and long-term consequences. To date, most studies focus on risk factors of ADV; however, summarizing research on protective and promotive factors can provide critical information for intervention and prevention practices that foster healthy adolescent relationships. In the literature, many researchers conceptualize both promotive and protective factors broadly as “protective fa…
Depression and the Neighborhood Experience of Black and Latine Adults
Black and Latine adults living in high-burden urban neighborhoods are at risk for experiencing poor mental health and physical health outcomes. The current study examined the associations between neighborhood concentrated disadvantage and perceptions of neighborhood social cohesion to depressive symptoms, via perceived fear of neighborhood crime. Participants included 585 adults (87% female; 54% Black and 46% Latine) who were parents or caregiver…
Exposure to Violence Within Dating, Peer, and Community Contexts Among African American and Hispanic/Latine Adolescents in High-Burden, Urban Communities
The Role of Attachment Insecurity in the Intergenerational Transmission of Violence
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40653-025-00766-2
Posttraumatic Growth Among Adult Female Sexual Assault Survivors
This study examined longitudinal trajectories of posttraumatic growth (PTG) among 228 adult female sexual assault survivors using growth mixture modeling. Three distinct PTG trajectories were identified across four time points over 9 months: High-Stable (35%), Moderate-Stable (41%), and Low-Stable (24%). None of the trajectories showed significant growth or decline over time. These findings suggest that PTG may plateau following sexual assault. T…
Promotive Factors Within Neighborhood, Family, and School Contexts for Adolescents Living in an Urban, High-Burden Community
Adverse outcomes associated with living in urban, high-burden communities can be reduced by strengthening promotive factors-processes that promote positive development or resilience. Utilizing the social development strategy, we examined promotive factors (perceptions of safety, attachment, rewards and opportunities for prosocial involvement) across neighborhood, family, and school, in relation to mental health and violence outcomes. Participants…
Problematic Social Media Use and Conflict, Social Stress, and Cyber-Victimization Among Early Adolescents
Intimate Partner Violence Among Bisexual-Spectrum Cisgender Undergraduate Women and Their Heterosexual Counterparts: A Preliminary Investigation
This study examined intimate partner violence (IPV) and identity abuse (i.e., partner violence targeting someone's sexual orientation) among bisexual-spectrum and heterosexual cisgender undergraduate women in relation to their mental health and academic adjustment. Participants were first- and second-year bisexual-spectrum (n = 81) and heterosexual (n = 243) undergraduate cisgender women at a large, public university in the Midwest. IPV was preva…
An examination of recidivism outcomes for a novel prosecutor-led gun diversion program
Perils and Possibilities: Sexual Violence Preventionists’ Perspectives on Gathering Community Input on Prevention Practice
There is relatively little research unpacking provider processes or tensions (e.g., leadership decision-making) when attempting to gather and incorporate community feedback into gender-based violence work. Across focus groups with 18 sexual violence preventionists, we explored experiences collecting information and perspectives from or with community members; barriers, and facilitators; and how they navigate possibilities of community-informed se…
Appreciating the Complexity of Local Gender-Based Violence Needs Assessments: Some Key Considerations and Tensions in Context
Needs assessments can be a pragmatic method to shape interventions addressing gender-based violence. They are complex endeavors even—or especially—at the local level (e.g., rape crisis centers, domestic violence shelters). Focusing on the US context, we highlight examples of the ways needs assessments can support the gender-based violence movement, and key tensions and considerations within needs assessment practice. We explore decisions that pra…
Crime-First Labels and Public Attitudes Toward Adolescent Girls in the Juvenile Legal System
Purpose: This study delves into the effects of labels, specifically crime-first language, on public attitudes toward adolescent girls within the juvenile legal system. Examining fictional vignettes depicting family conflict, the research explores whether the use of language influences the endorsement of punitive responses and if this effect varies across racial and ethnic lines. Method: A large online, statewide sample of adults ( n = 1,791) was …
Racial Differences in Suicidal Behaviors and Post-Suicide Attempt Treatment: A Latent Class Analysis of Incarcerated Men's Experiences
Processes underlying Mexican adolescents’ sexual behaviors and intentions: Examining the roles of familial cultural values and parental monitoring
Findings highlight the relevance of caregivers and cultural values in Mexican adolescents' sexual health. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Women's Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence While Incarcerated: The Measurement Structure, Reliability, and Validity of a Novel Instrument
While incarcerated, women may continue to experience intimate partner violence (IPV), perpetrated by partners who reside in the outside community. Power and control dynamics of abusive relationships may intensify as the abuser exploits their partners' incarceration. The current study assessed IPV experiences of 832 incarcerated women (50% white, 76% mothers), testing a novel instrument. Results validated a two-factor structure: (a) general abuse …
Incivility and interpersonal harm in organizational context: A qualitative exploration of values in STEM training programs
This study investigates science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) PhD students' perceptions of organizational values and incivility. Interviews with 26 STEM PhD students elicited examples of and perceptions surrounding incivility and related harms. Productivity, prestige, expertise, objectivity, self-sufficiency, and collaboration values were identified. Each included aspects deemed useful (e.g., productivity fueling discovery; expertise …
Cyber-Victimization and Mental Health Concerns among Middle School Students Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Victimization and Mental Health Symptoms Among Recently Incarcerated Women: The Roles of Homelessness Prior to Incarceration and Community-Based Social Support
The Implications of Executive Functioning on Community Adversity and Violence and Mental Health Outcomes
Exposure to community adversities and violence can be associated with a cascade of neurocognitive, mental health, and behavioral challenges among urban adolescents. Influenced by the bio-ecological framework, this study examines if problems with executive functioning (EF) exacerbate the relation between exposure to community adversity and violence and internalizing symptoms (e.g., depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms) and externalizing behav…
Grade-level differences of peer and dating victimization among transgender, gender expansive, female, and male adolescents
Rachel C. Garthea*, Agnes Riegerb, Jacob Goffnettc* , Amandeep Kaurd, Jesus N. Sarol Jr.d, Allyson M. Blackburnb , Shongha Kima, Jane Herethe & Angie C. Kennedyfa School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USAb Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USAc School of Social Work, University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USAd Illinois Biosta…
Examining Patterns of Interpersonal Violence, Structural and Social Exclusion, Resilience, and Arrest among Young Transgender Women
Young transgender women aged 16–29 years experience high rates of carceral involvement, warranting greater inclusion of this community within decarceration research and practice. The present study investigates patterns of violence, exclusion, resilience, and arrest among a sample of 298 transgender women aged 16–29 years in Chicago, Illinois, and Boston, MA. Women in the sample reported high rates of arrest, violence, and exclusion. Latent class …
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on gender-based violence in the United States: Framework and policy recommendations
The pandemic has uprooted life in a way that impacts GBV prevention and response. Yet, this is also an opportunity to define a new way forward rather than return to "business as usual"; psychologists should strive to improve social services by utilizing the SEM and intersectionality. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Motivation to Move Out of the Community as a Moderator of Bullying Victimization and Delinquent Behavior: Comparing Non-Heterosexual/Cisgender and Heterosexual African American Adolescents in Chicago’…
A growing body of research documents that bullying victimization is associated with delinquent behavior. There is an increasing need to better illuminate the factors that might moderate this relationship. This study examined whether the motivation to move out of low-resourced neighborhoods and sexual orientation/gender identity moderated the relationship between bullying victimization and delinquent behavior among a sample of 450 heterosexual and…
Father Involvement in the First Year After Prison: Considerations for Social Work
Purpose: Paternal incarceration poses significant concerns for fathers and their children. Despite the known negative consequences, little is understood about father involvement after prison. This study aims to further understanding of fatherhood following incarceration to inform future intervention strategies. Method: Using data from the Urban Institute’s Returning Home: Understanding the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry Study ( N = 326), we condu…
Longitudinal Relations Between Adolescent and Parental Behaviors, Parental Knowledge, and Internalizing Behaviors Among Urban Adolescents
Weathering Probation and Parole: The Protective Role of Social Support on Black Women's Recent Stressful Events and Depressive Symptoms
Despite an overrepresentation of Black women in the criminal justice system, Black women's mental health at the precarious intersection of race, gender, and community-based correctional supervision has been underresearched. Building on weathering theory, this study conceptualized criminal justice involvement as a social inequality that negatively affects Black women's mental health. This study investigated the relationships between recent stresso…
Neighborhood Concentrated Disadvantage and Dating Violence among Urban Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Neighborhood Social Processes
The link between relationship violence and aspects of neighborhood concentrated disadvantage (e.g., percent of unemployed adults, percent of families below poverty level), has been established. However, the literature examining neighborhood social processes, including informal social control and social cohesion, in relation to adolescent dating violence has shown mixed results with a limited theoretical foundation and methodology. Using a social …
Longitudinal Associations Between Maternal Solicitation, Perceived Maternal Acceptance, Adolescent Self-Disclosure, and Adolescent Externalizing Behaviors
The current study examined prospective associations between maternal solicitation and acceptance, adolescent self-disclosure, and adolescent externalizing behaviors. Participants included 357 urban adolescents (46% male; 92% African American) and their maternal caregivers. Participants provided data annually (three waves across 2-year time frame). Results of a three-wave longitudinal path model demonstrated that adolescent self-disclosure was rel…
The Family Context and Adolescent Dating Violence: A Latent Class Analysis of Family Relationships and Parenting Behaviors
Young transgender women survivors of intimate partner violence: A latent class analysis of protective processes
Research is critically needed to understand protective processes that may lessen the impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) on negative outcomes for transgender individuals. The current study utilized a latent class analysis to identify combinations of protective processes (i.e., collective self-esteem and social support) in relation to internalizing mental health symptoms among young transgender women (YTW) survivors of IPV. Data from Project…
Longitudinal Relations between Beliefs Supporting Aggression,Anger Regulation, and Dating Aggression among Early Adolescents
Processes underlying Mexican adolescents’ sexual behaviors and intentions: Examining the roles of familial cultural values and parental monitoring
Findings highlight the relevance of caregivers and cultural values in Mexican adolescents' sexual health. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Intimate Partner Violence Among Bisexual-Spectrum Cisgender Undergraduate Women and Their Heterosexual Counterparts: A Preliminary Investigation
This study examined intimate partner violence (IPV) and identity abuse (i.e., partner violence targeting someone's sexual orientation) among bisexual-spectrum and heterosexual cisgender undergraduate women in relation to their mental health and academic adjustment. Participants were first- and second-year bisexual-spectrum (n = 81) and heterosexual (n = 243) undergraduate cisgender women at a large, public university in the Midwest. IPV was preva…
Cyber-Victimization and Mental Health Concerns among Middle School Students Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The Implications of Executive Functioning on Community Adversity and Violence and Mental Health Outcomes
Exposure to community adversities and violence can be associated with a cascade of neurocognitive, mental health, and behavioral challenges among urban adolescents. Influenced by the bio-ecological framework, this study examines if problems with executive functioning (EF) exacerbate the relation between exposure to community adversity and violence and internalizing symptoms (e.g., depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms) and externalizing behav…
Father Involvement in the First Year After Prison: Considerations for Social Work
Purpose: Paternal incarceration poses significant concerns for fathers and their children. Despite the known negative consequences, little is understood about father involvement after prison. This study aims to further understanding of fatherhood following incarceration to inform future intervention strategies. Method: Using data from the Urban Institute’s Returning Home: Understanding the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry Study ( N = 326), we condu…
Patterns of Dating Aggression and Victimization in Relation to School Environment Factors Among Middle School Students
This study examined relations between patterns of dating aggression and victimization and school environment factors among 4,114 early adolescents attending 37 middle schools in four sites in the United States (51% Black, non-Hispanic, 21% Hispanic, and 17% White). Latent class analyses revealed a five-class solution that differentiated among youth classified as uninvolved (54%), psychologically aggressive victims (18%), aggressors (11%), victims…
Longitudinal Relations Between Adolescent and Parental Behaviors, Parental Knowledge, and Internalizing Behaviors Among Urban Adolescents
Forgiveness as a Catalyst for Psychological, Physical, and Spiritual Resilience in Disasters and Crises
In this conceptual article, we argue that some people are resilient in the face of disasters while others are not. Resilience may necessitate forgiveness—of perpetrators of interpersonal harms (e.g., Rwandan Genocide in 1994); of inadequate responder assistance (e.g., Hurricane Katrina); or in situations where community members perceive themselves as victims of offense by virtue of their group affiliation, although they themselves were not actual…
A Qualitative Review and Integrative Model of Gratitude and Physical Health
Gratitude is seen as a central component of Christian theology, and the extant literature suggests that there is an important relation between gratitude and physical health and well-being. In the current review, we summarize 42 studies published since 2009 that inform this relationship. Based on the theoretical framework by Hill, Allemand, and Roberts (2013), we organize our review in three sections that focus on how gratitude influences physical…
Still Waters Run Deep: Humility as a Master Virtue
We present two intervention studies designed to promote humility and other virtues. In Study 1, we compared the PROVE Humility workbook (Lavelock, Worthington, & Davis, 2012/2013) to alternative workbooks, each designed to promote a particular virtue (e.g., forgiveness, patience, self-control) or mood state (positivity). Participants who completed the PROVE Humility workbook reported greater increases in humility and other virtues when compared t…
Longitudinal Relations between Beliefs Supporting Aggression,Anger Regulation, and Dating Aggression among Early Adolescents
Positive religious coping in relationships predicts spiritual growth through communication with the sacred
Neighborhood Concentrated Disadvantage and Dating Violence among Urban Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Neighborhood Social Processes
The link between relationship violence and aspects of neighborhood concentrated disadvantage (e.g., percent of unemployed adults, percent of families below poverty level), has been established. However, the literature examining neighborhood social processes, including informal social control and social cohesion, in relation to adolescent dating violence has shown mixed results with a limited theoretical foundation and methodology. Using a social …
Longitudinal Associations Between Maternal Solicitation, Perceived Maternal Acceptance, Adolescent Self-Disclosure, and Adolescent Externalizing Behaviors
The current study examined prospective associations between maternal solicitation and acceptance, adolescent self-disclosure, and adolescent externalizing behaviors. Participants included 357 urban adolescents (46% male; 92% African American) and their maternal caregivers. Participants provided data annually (three waves across 2-year time frame). Results of a three-wave longitudinal path model demonstrated that adolescent self-disclosure was rel…
The Family Context and Adolescent Dating Violence: A Latent Class Analysis of Family Relationships and Parenting Behaviors
Weathering Probation and Parole: The Protective Role of Social Support on Black Women's Recent Stressful Events and Depressive Symptoms
Despite an overrepresentation of Black women in the criminal justice system, Black women's mental health at the precarious intersection of race, gender, and community-based correctional supervision has been underresearched. Building on weathering theory, this study conceptualized criminal justice involvement as a social inequality that negatively affects Black women's mental health. This study investigated the relationships between recent stresso…
Young transgender women survivors of intimate partner violence: A latent class analysis of protective processes
Research is critically needed to understand protective processes that may lessen the impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) on negative outcomes for transgender individuals. The current study utilized a latent class analysis to identify combinations of protective processes (i.e., collective self-esteem and social support) in relation to internalizing mental health symptoms among young transgender women (YTW) survivors of IPV. Data from Project…
Patterns of Dating Aggression and Victimization in Relation to School Environment Factors Among Middle School Students
This study examined relations between patterns of dating aggression and victimization and school environment factors among 4,114 early adolescents attending 37 middle schools in four sites in the United States (51% Black, non-Hispanic, 21% Hispanic, and 17% White). Latent class analyses revealed a five-class solution that differentiated among youth classified as uninvolved (54%), psychologically aggressive victims (18%), aggressors (11%), victims…
Examining Patterns of Interpersonal Violence, Structural and Social Exclusion, Resilience, and Arrest among Young Transgender Women
Young transgender women aged 16–29 years experience high rates of carceral involvement, warranting greater inclusion of this community within decarceration research and practice. The present study investigates patterns of violence, exclusion, resilience, and arrest among a sample of 298 transgender women aged 16–29 years in Chicago, Illinois, and Boston, MA. Women in the sample reported high rates of arrest, violence, and exclusion. Latent class …
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on gender-based violence in the United States: Framework and policy recommendations
The pandemic has uprooted life in a way that impacts GBV prevention and response. Yet, this is also an opportunity to define a new way forward rather than return to "business as usual"; psychologists should strive to improve social services by utilizing the SEM and intersectionality. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Motivation to Move Out of the Community as a Moderator of Bullying Victimization and Delinquent Behavior: Comparing Non-Heterosexual/Cisgender and Heterosexual African American Adolescents in Chicago’…
A growing body of research documents that bullying victimization is associated with delinquent behavior. There is an increasing need to better illuminate the factors that might moderate this relationship. This study examined whether the motivation to move out of low-resourced neighborhoods and sexual orientation/gender identity moderated the relationship between bullying victimization and delinquent behavior among a sample of 450 heterosexual and…
Father Involvement in the First Year After Prison: Considerations for Social Work
Purpose: Paternal incarceration poses significant concerns for fathers and their children. Despite the known negative consequences, little is understood about father involvement after prison. This study aims to further understanding of fatherhood following incarceration to inform future intervention strategies. Method: Using data from the Urban Institute’s Returning Home: Understanding the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry Study ( N = 326), we condu…
Exposure to mother’s verbal conflict with her intimate partner and aggressive behavior of urban adolescents: An empirical test of three criminological theories
The current study applied the General Strain Theory (GST), Social Disorganization Theory (SDT), and Social Control Theory (SCT) to examine the association between exposure to verbal conflict between a mother and her intimate partner, and aggressive behavior of urban adolescents. The sample included 518 urban adolescents (96% Black), aged 14 to 17 years. Descriptive statistics, structural equation modeling (SEM), and moderation analyses were condu…
Grade-level differences of peer and dating victimization among transgender, gender expansive, female, and male adolescents
Rachel C. Garthea*, Agnes Riegerb, Jacob Goffnettc* , Amandeep Kaurd, Jesus N. Sarol Jr.d, Allyson M. Blackburnb , Shongha Kima, Jane Herethe & Angie C. Kennedyfa School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USAb Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USAc School of Social Work, University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USAd Illinois Biosta…
Processes underlying Mexican adolescents’ sexual behaviors and intentions: Examining the roles of familial cultural values and parental monitoring
Findings highlight the relevance of caregivers and cultural values in Mexican adolescents' sexual health. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Women's Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence While Incarcerated: The Measurement Structure, Reliability, and Validity of a Novel Instrument
While incarcerated, women may continue to experience intimate partner violence (IPV), perpetrated by partners who reside in the outside community. Power and control dynamics of abusive relationships may intensify as the abuser exploits their partners' incarceration. The current study assessed IPV experiences of 832 incarcerated women (50% white, 76% mothers), testing a novel instrument. Results validated a two-factor structure: (a) general abuse …
Incivility and interpersonal harm in organizational context: A qualitative exploration of values in STEM training programs
This study investigates science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) PhD students' perceptions of organizational values and incivility. Interviews with 26 STEM PhD students elicited examples of and perceptions surrounding incivility and related harms. Productivity, prestige, expertise, objectivity, self-sufficiency, and collaboration values were identified. Each included aspects deemed useful (e.g., productivity fueling discovery; expertise …
Cyber-Victimization and Mental Health Concerns among Middle School Students Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Victimization and Mental Health Symptoms Among Recently Incarcerated Women: The Roles of Homelessness Prior to Incarceration and Community-Based Social Support
The Implications of Executive Functioning on Community Adversity and Violence and Mental Health Outcomes
Exposure to community adversities and violence can be associated with a cascade of neurocognitive, mental health, and behavioral challenges among urban adolescents. Influenced by the bio-ecological framework, this study examines if problems with executive functioning (EF) exacerbate the relation between exposure to community adversity and violence and internalizing symptoms (e.g., depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms) and externalizing behav…
Problematic Social Media Use and Conflict, Social Stress, and Cyber-Victimization Among Early Adolescents
Psychology (35 works) · Medicine (23 works) · Poison control (21 works) · Social Psychology (18 works) · Developmental psychology (17 works) · Suicide prevention (17 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (16 works) · Clinical Psychology (14 works) · Psychiatry (14 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works)