Cashen M Boccio
Biographic Data
| ID | 289188 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cashen M Boccio |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cashen M |
| FAMILY NAME | Boccio |
| SIGNATURE | BOCCIO C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at San Antonio |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6377-5717 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reluctance to Contact Crisis Services Among Youth Who Carry Handguns
Suicide is a leading cause of death among US adolescents, with firearms being a common means of youth suicide. As crisis services have expanded to include digital modalities (e.g., text; online chat), we still know little about the willingness of youth who carry firearms to contact crisis services. The present study examines whether public middle and high school students in Florida who carried handguns reported greater reluctance to contact crisi…
Differentiating Cannabis Use: Associations Between Product Type and Mental Health Outcomes
Changes in U.S. cannabis policies now largely allow the legal purchase of a variety of cannabis products. Although previous research has linked cannabis use to a variety of mental health issues, most studies were conducted prior to cannabis legalization. Thus, little is known about how different cannabis products impact mental health conditions. This study uses data from the U.S. based 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health to examine the as…
Further Exploring the Relationship Between Virtual Socializing and Adolescent Vaping Activity
Previous research suggests that virtual socializing is associated with adolescent substance use and vaping activity. However, at present, very little research has explored the functional form of this relationship. This study extends the current research by testing for nonlinearity in the relationship between virtual socializing and adolescent vaping activity using data from the 2018 eighth and tenth grade cohorts of Monitoring the Future (MTF). O…
Exclusionary School Discipline During Childhood and Adolescent Delinquency
Previous research links school suspension with delinquency and arrest. The majority of the research in this area, however, has primarily focused on suspensions in adolescence and has not examined the role of exclusionary discipline at younger ages. This study addresses this gap in the literature by examining associations between age of first suspension and delinquency in a representative sample of Florida adolescents. Accordingly, this study empl…
Low Self-Control, Perceived Likelihood of Apprehension, and Adolescent Delinquency: Results from a Sample of Florida Adolescents
The Effect of Bully Victimization on Self-Reported Delinquency and Substance Use Using the General Strain Theory Framework: Sex, Race, and Ethnicity Differences
Young people who are bullied in school are more likely to skip school and engage in antisocial behavior than those who are not bullied. Through Agnew's general strain theory (GST), bully victimization is considered an experienced strain, and deviant behavior may be one reaction to such strain. In contrast, skipping school can allow young people who are being bullied at school the chance to avoid victimization and is representative of what Agnew r…
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Truancy in High School: An Analysis of Florida Adolescents
Previous research links exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with a host of negative outcomes, including negative school outcomes. For instance, some studies link exposure to ACEs with weak school attachment, school misbehavior, suspension, negative academic performance, and absenteeism. The current study extends the previous literature by examining the association between exposure to ACEs and truancy using self-reports from a represe…
Low Self-Control, Peer Risk Factors, and Adolescent Vaping Activity
Recent research has identified several risk factors for adolescent vaping. However, limited research has directly explored how low self-control and peer vaping activity are related to adolescent vaping. This study addresses these gaps in the literature by examining relationships between low self-control, peer risk factors for vaping, and adolescent nicotine vaping using a sample of Florida adolescents collected in 2019. In addition, this study ex…
Low Self-Control and Perceptions of Procedural Justice Among Urban-Born Youth: The Moderating Role of Officer Intrusiveness
The current study examines whether the link between low self-control and perceptions of procedural justice among urban-born youth is contingent on acts of officer intrusiveness. Data come from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study and are restricted to youth reporting lifetime police stops at Year 15 ( N = 918). Findings reveal that the association between low self-control and diminished perceptions of procedural justice is significantly…
The Bully-Victim Overlap and Vaping Activity Among Adolescents
Previous research links substance use with bullying perpetration and bullying victimization. Limited research, however, has explored how vaping, is related to bullying activities. What limited research has been conducted links vaping with bullying victimization in some samples. However, the relationship between vaping and the victim-offender overlap is extremely limited. This study addresses this gap in the literature by exploring the association…
The Interplay Between Virtual Socializing, Unstructured Socializing, and Delinquency
Adolescent socialization patterns have shifted toward less in-person socializing and more virtual socializing. Thus, it’s important to determine the association between virtual socializing and delinquency and whether virtual socializing represents a separate construct or a technological evolution of unstructured socializing. We explore this by using a modern virtual socializing scale on a nationally representative sample of eighth to 10th graders…
Adverse childhood experiences and adolescent handgun carrying
Adolescent Energy Drink Consumption and Academic Risk: Results From the Monitoring the Future Study, 2010–2016
AIMS: The current study aims to examine the role of energy drink and energy shot consumption in school disengagement, low academic performance, and academic expectations, and investigates the robustness of these associations across sex, grade, race, and substance use history. METHOD: This study employs a pooled cross-sectional design and uses a nationally representative sample of 8th (ages 13-14 years) and 10th (ages 15-16 years) grade adolescent…
Do as I Say, Not as I Do? Examining Possible Individual-Level Moderators in the Relationship Between Criminal Attitudes and Offending
Several criminological theories and numerous research studies suggest that criminal attitudes are related to delinquency and criminal behavior. In contrast, there is also an emerging body of literature that suggests that the behavior of many individuals is not consistent with their attitudes. This study addresses this contradiction in the literature by examining two possible individual-level moderators (i.e., self-control and depressive symptoms)…
The association between concussions and vaping among a nationally representative sample of U.S. adolescents
Background Concussions represent an important health threat that is crucial to study. Prior research has established a relationship between concussions and substance use. Specifically, studies find higher rates of drugs use, such as alcohol, marijuana, non-medical prescription pills, and illegal drugs among individuals who have suffered a concussion compared to those who have not. Unfortunately, research has yet to determine whether this link ext…
Exploring Potential Protective Factors for the Relationship between Low Self-Control in Adolescence and Negative Health Outcomes in Adulthood
Previous research links low levels of self-control with criminal involvement and negative life outcomes. A similar line of inquiry has begun to explore whether low levels of self-control are also associated with developing health problems in adulthood. This paper extends this research by examining associations between adolescent levels of self-control and four different categories of health outcomes in adulthood. In addition, this study examines …
Low Self-Control, Victimization, and Financial Hardship: Does Low Self-Control Moderate the Relationship Between Strain and Criminal Involvement
General strain theory has been widely supported by empirical research. Research concerning possible individual-level moderators of the effects of strain, however, has yielded considerably mixed results. The current study addresses this gap in the literature by examining whether levels of self-control moderate the relationship between strain and criminal involvement in a large nationally representative sample. Our findings reveal that strain and l…
Stressful life events and electronic cigarette use during pregnancy
It's all the rage! Exploring the nuances in the link between vaping and adolescent delinquency
The association between multilingualism and psychopathic personality traits
The association between psychopathic personality traits and health-related outcomes
The association between psychopathic personality traits and health-related outcomes
Adverse childhood experiences and adolescent handgun carrying
The Effect of Bully Victimization on Self-Reported Delinquency and Substance Use Using the General Strain Theory Framework: Sex, Race, and Ethnicity Differences
Young people who are bullied in school are more likely to skip school and engage in antisocial behavior than those who are not bullied. Through Agnew's general strain theory (GST), bully victimization is considered an experienced strain, and deviant behavior may be one reaction to such strain. In contrast, skipping school can allow young people who are being bullied at school the chance to avoid victimization and is representative of what Agnew r…
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Truancy in High School: An Analysis of Florida Adolescents
Previous research links exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with a host of negative outcomes, including negative school outcomes. For instance, some studies link exposure to ACEs with weak school attachment, school misbehavior, suspension, negative academic performance, and absenteeism. The current study extends the previous literature by examining the association between exposure to ACEs and truancy using self-reports from a represe…
Stressful life events and electronic cigarette use during pregnancy
It's all the rage! Exploring the nuances in the link between vaping and adolescent delinquency
The association between multilingualism and psychopathic personality traits
The association between psychopathic personality traits and health-related outcomes
The association between multilingualism and psychopathic personality traits
It's all the rage! Exploring the nuances in the link between vaping and adolescent delinquency
Exploring Potential Protective Factors for the Relationship between Low Self-Control in Adolescence and Negative Health Outcomes in Adulthood
Previous research links low levels of self-control with criminal involvement and negative life outcomes. A similar line of inquiry has begun to explore whether low levels of self-control are also associated with developing health problems in adulthood. This paper extends this research by examining associations between adolescent levels of self-control and four different categories of health outcomes in adulthood. In addition, this study examines …
Low Self-Control, Victimization, and Financial Hardship: Does Low Self-Control Moderate the Relationship Between Strain and Criminal Involvement
General strain theory has been widely supported by empirical research. Research concerning possible individual-level moderators of the effects of strain, however, has yielded considerably mixed results. The current study addresses this gap in the literature by examining whether levels of self-control moderate the relationship between strain and criminal involvement in a large nationally representative sample. Our findings reveal that strain and l…
Stressful life events and electronic cigarette use during pregnancy
Adolescent Energy Drink Consumption and Academic Risk: Results From the Monitoring the Future Study, 2010–2016
AIMS: The current study aims to examine the role of energy drink and energy shot consumption in school disengagement, low academic performance, and academic expectations, and investigates the robustness of these associations across sex, grade, race, and substance use history. METHOD: This study employs a pooled cross-sectional design and uses a nationally representative sample of 8th (ages 13-14 years) and 10th (ages 15-16 years) grade adolescent…
Do as I Say, Not as I Do? Examining Possible Individual-Level Moderators in the Relationship Between Criminal Attitudes and Offending
Several criminological theories and numerous research studies suggest that criminal attitudes are related to delinquency and criminal behavior. In contrast, there is also an emerging body of literature that suggests that the behavior of many individuals is not consistent with their attitudes. This study addresses this contradiction in the literature by examining two possible individual-level moderators (i.e., self-control and depressive symptoms)…
The association between concussions and vaping among a nationally representative sample of U.S. adolescents
Background Concussions represent an important health threat that is crucial to study. Prior research has established a relationship between concussions and substance use. Specifically, studies find higher rates of drugs use, such as alcohol, marijuana, non-medical prescription pills, and illegal drugs among individuals who have suffered a concussion compared to those who have not. Unfortunately, research has yet to determine whether this link ext…
Low Self-Control and Perceptions of Procedural Justice Among Urban-Born Youth: The Moderating Role of Officer Intrusiveness
The current study examines whether the link between low self-control and perceptions of procedural justice among urban-born youth is contingent on acts of officer intrusiveness. Data come from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study and are restricted to youth reporting lifetime police stops at Year 15 ( N = 918). Findings reveal that the association between low self-control and diminished perceptions of procedural justice is significantly…
The Bully-Victim Overlap and Vaping Activity Among Adolescents
Previous research links substance use with bullying perpetration and bullying victimization. Limited research, however, has explored how vaping, is related to bullying activities. What limited research has been conducted links vaping with bullying victimization in some samples. However, the relationship between vaping and the victim-offender overlap is extremely limited. This study addresses this gap in the literature by exploring the association…
The Interplay Between Virtual Socializing, Unstructured Socializing, and Delinquency
Adolescent socialization patterns have shifted toward less in-person socializing and more virtual socializing. Thus, it’s important to determine the association between virtual socializing and delinquency and whether virtual socializing represents a separate construct or a technological evolution of unstructured socializing. We explore this by using a modern virtual socializing scale on a nationally representative sample of eighth to 10th graders…
Adverse childhood experiences and adolescent handgun carrying
Low Self-Control, Peer Risk Factors, and Adolescent Vaping Activity
Recent research has identified several risk factors for adolescent vaping. However, limited research has directly explored how low self-control and peer vaping activity are related to adolescent vaping. This study addresses these gaps in the literature by examining relationships between low self-control, peer risk factors for vaping, and adolescent nicotine vaping using a sample of Florida adolescents collected in 2019. In addition, this study ex…
Low Self-Control, Perceived Likelihood of Apprehension, and Adolescent Delinquency: Results from a Sample of Florida Adolescents
The Effect of Bully Victimization on Self-Reported Delinquency and Substance Use Using the General Strain Theory Framework: Sex, Race, and Ethnicity Differences
Young people who are bullied in school are more likely to skip school and engage in antisocial behavior than those who are not bullied. Through Agnew's general strain theory (GST), bully victimization is considered an experienced strain, and deviant behavior may be one reaction to such strain. In contrast, skipping school can allow young people who are being bullied at school the chance to avoid victimization and is representative of what Agnew r…
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Truancy in High School: An Analysis of Florida Adolescents
Previous research links exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with a host of negative outcomes, including negative school outcomes. For instance, some studies link exposure to ACEs with weak school attachment, school misbehavior, suspension, negative academic performance, and absenteeism. The current study extends the previous literature by examining the association between exposure to ACEs and truancy using self-reports from a represe…
Reluctance to Contact Crisis Services Among Youth Who Carry Handguns
Suicide is a leading cause of death among US adolescents, with firearms being a common means of youth suicide. As crisis services have expanded to include digital modalities (e.g., text; online chat), we still know little about the willingness of youth who carry firearms to contact crisis services. The present study examines whether public middle and high school students in Florida who carried handguns reported greater reluctance to contact crisi…
Differentiating Cannabis Use: Associations Between Product Type and Mental Health Outcomes
Changes in U.S. cannabis policies now largely allow the legal purchase of a variety of cannabis products. Although previous research has linked cannabis use to a variety of mental health issues, most studies were conducted prior to cannabis legalization. Thus, little is known about how different cannabis products impact mental health conditions. This study uses data from the U.S. based 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health to examine the as…
Further Exploring the Relationship Between Virtual Socializing and Adolescent Vaping Activity
Previous research suggests that virtual socializing is associated with adolescent substance use and vaping activity. However, at present, very little research has explored the functional form of this relationship. This study extends the current research by testing for nonlinearity in the relationship between virtual socializing and adolescent vaping activity using data from the 2018 eighth and tenth grade cohorts of Monitoring the Future (MTF). O…
Exclusionary School Discipline During Childhood and Adolescent Delinquency
Previous research links school suspension with delinquency and arrest. The majority of the research in this area, however, has primarily focused on suspensions in adolescence and has not examined the role of exclusionary discipline at younger ages. This study addresses this gap in the literature by examining associations between age of first suspension and delinquency in a representative sample of Florida adolescents. Accordingly, this study empl…
Psychology (16 works) · Medicine (14 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Poison control (10 works) · Human Factors and Ergonomics (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (8 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Environmental health (7 works)