Erica Szkody
Biographic Data
| ID | 303495 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erica Szkody |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erica |
| FAMILY NAME | Szkody |
| SIGNATURE | SZKODY E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mississippi State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4959-1895 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Structural stigma and LGBTQ+ youth mental health in the United States
Structural stigma, or systemic barriers to equity for minoritized populations, has been shown to have negative consequences on LGBTQ+ youth’s mental health. Most research has focused on stigma at the national or state level, limiting understanding of how local institutions and environments influence mental health. In the current study, we sought to examine the association of multiple layers of structural stigma (e.g. at the county and state level…
Parenting Practices and Emerging Adult Religiosity
Effectiveness of an online single-session minority stress intervention
In the United States, the experience of minority stress among LGBTQ+ youth varies across regions with high and low levels of stigma (e.g., laws, policies, and cultural norms that limit the lives of individuals with stigmatized identities). Some evidence suggests that stigma can undermine response to individual-level psychosocial interventions among youth, creating the need to identify factors that may buffer against minority stressors’ effects in…
Social support and help-seeking worldwide
Sexual Health Education Experiences and Recommendations from the Perspective of LGBTQ+ Youth
Despite the well-known benefits of comprehensive sexual health education, the majority of school sexual health education curricula in the United States (U.S.) is non-comprehensive and excludes LGBTQ+ students. This exclusion may contribute to poor health outcomes in LGBTQ+ youth, with some research beginning to document these experiences and provide recommendations for curricula changes. Using a sample of LGBTQ+ youth across the U.S. (ages 13-17;…
Perceived Mother-Father Dyad Parenting Typologies Across Four Regions in the United States
Although much research has investigated parenting styles, few studies have examined parenting across regions of the United States. The current study used a nationwide sample to examine perceived maternal and paternal parenting in four regions of the United States: Northeast, South, Midwest, and West. Participants included 1080 emerging adults who answered questionnaires regarding their perceptions of maternal and paternal parenting styles using a…
Interpersonal Competence
Stress‐Buffering Role of Social Support during Covid‐19
In order to reduce the high infection rate of COVID‐19, individuals began to engage in self‐isolation amid a time of uncertainty and worry. Given that social support can be protective against the negative effects of distress on mental and physical health, the lack of support may negatively impact individuals during their self‐isolation. Thus, the current study examined the role of self‐isolation on feelings of stress, the perception and reception…
Factor analysis and validation of the Disturbing Dreams and Nightmare Severity Index
The impact of imagery rehearsal therapy on dream enactment in a patient with REM-sleep behavior disorder
Family communication patterns and relationship quality between emerging adults and their parents
Few researchers have examined how family communication patterns influence child help-seeking behaviors and child help-providing behaviors in relation to the parent-child relationship during the period of emerging adulthood. In the current study we utilized a latent profile analysis to determine family communication pattern types from two standard communication orientations (i.e., conversation orientation and conformity orientation). We also exami…
Effects of Parenting Styles on Psychological Problems by Self Esteem and Gender Differences
Current research supports the lasting effects of parenting styles on children and adolescents' self-esteem, and internalizing and externalizing problems. Few studies have examined parenting style, self-esteem, and psychological problems together while considering gender. The current study explored the indirect effect of parenting style though self-esteem on emerging adult psychological problems as moderated by gender among 381 emerging adults. Th…
Parental Depression and Emerging Adult Psychological Problems
The role of parents’ social support in relation to the socialization of coping strategies in emerging adults rarely has been studied. Parental depression has been related to both internalizing and externalizing problems in children. We examined the relationships of maternal and paternal depression on emerging adult internalizing and externalizing problems through perceived parents’ social support and emerging adult engagement coping. Gender also …
Links between parental socialization of coping on affect
INTRODUCTION: Parental socialization of coping strategies is associated with various emotion regulation difficulties and continues to impact individuals during emerging adulthood. As emerging adults' transition into adulthood, they experience social stressors that put their emotion regulation skills to the test. METHODS: The current study examined the associations of the parental socialization of coping strategies and emotion regulation difficult…
Temperament and Affective and Behavioral ODD Problems in Emerging Adults
Indirect Effects of Social Support on Psychological Health Through Self-Esteem in Emerging Adulthood
Social constructivist theory suggests that social support affects internalizing and externalizing problems by improving self-esteem. The differential impact of these variables has not been fully explored between male and female genders. The current study examined how different sources of received or perceived social support from mother, father, or a close friend affect internalizing and externalizing problems as explained by self-esteem in emergi…
Parent and Child Depression
Parental depression has been associated with psychological problems in offspring. It was hypothesized that harsh parenting would mediate this relationship and that gender differences would suggest moderated mediation. Emerging adults ( N = 490) reported on their current perceptions of parental depression, harsh parenting, and their own psychological problems. The indirect effects of parental depression on emerging adult psychological problems in …
Risky sexual behavior
Sexual Health Education Experiences and Recommendations from the Perspective of LGBTQ+ Youth
Despite the well-known benefits of comprehensive sexual health education, the majority of school sexual health education curricula in the United States (U.S.) is non-comprehensive and excludes LGBTQ+ students. This exclusion may contribute to poor health outcomes in LGBTQ+ youth, with some research beginning to document these experiences and provide recommendations for curricula changes. Using a sample of LGBTQ+ youth across the U.S. (ages 13-17;…
Effects of Parenting Styles on Psychological Problems by Self Esteem and Gender Differences
Current research supports the lasting effects of parenting styles on children and adolescents' self-esteem, and internalizing and externalizing problems. Few studies have examined parenting style, self-esteem, and psychological problems together while considering gender. The current study explored the indirect effect of parenting style though self-esteem on emerging adult psychological problems as moderated by gender among 381 emerging adults. Th…
Family communication patterns and relationship quality between emerging adults and their parents
Few researchers have examined how family communication patterns influence child help-seeking behaviors and child help-providing behaviors in relation to the parent-child relationship during the period of emerging adulthood. In the current study we utilized a latent profile analysis to determine family communication pattern types from two standard communication orientations (i.e., conversation orientation and conformity orientation). We also exami…
Indirect Effects of Social Support on Psychological Health Through Self-Esteem in Emerging Adulthood
Social constructivist theory suggests that social support affects internalizing and externalizing problems by improving self-esteem. The differential impact of these variables has not been fully explored between male and female genders. The current study examined how different sources of received or perceived social support from mother, father, or a close friend affect internalizing and externalizing problems as explained by self-esteem in emergi…
Parent and Child Depression
Parental depression has been associated with psychological problems in offspring. It was hypothesized that harsh parenting would mediate this relationship and that gender differences would suggest moderated mediation. Emerging adults ( N = 490) reported on their current perceptions of parental depression, harsh parenting, and their own psychological problems. The indirect effects of parental depression on emerging adult psychological problems in …
Risky sexual behavior
Indirect Effects of Social Support on Psychological Health Through Self-Esteem in Emerging Adulthood
Social constructivist theory suggests that social support affects internalizing and externalizing problems by improving self-esteem. The differential impact of these variables has not been fully explored between male and female genders. The current study examined how different sources of received or perceived social support from mother, father, or a close friend affect internalizing and externalizing problems as explained by self-esteem in emergi…
Parent and Child Depression
Parental depression has been associated with psychological problems in offspring. It was hypothesized that harsh parenting would mediate this relationship and that gender differences would suggest moderated mediation. Emerging adults ( N = 490) reported on their current perceptions of parental depression, harsh parenting, and their own psychological problems. The indirect effects of parental depression on emerging adult psychological problems in …
Parental Depression and Emerging Adult Psychological Problems
The role of parents’ social support in relation to the socialization of coping strategies in emerging adults rarely has been studied. Parental depression has been related to both internalizing and externalizing problems in children. We examined the relationships of maternal and paternal depression on emerging adult internalizing and externalizing problems through perceived parents’ social support and emerging adult engagement coping. Gender also …
Links between parental socialization of coping on affect
INTRODUCTION: Parental socialization of coping strategies is associated with various emotion regulation difficulties and continues to impact individuals during emerging adulthood. As emerging adults' transition into adulthood, they experience social stressors that put their emotion regulation skills to the test. METHODS: The current study examined the associations of the parental socialization of coping strategies and emotion regulation difficult…
Temperament and Affective and Behavioral ODD Problems in Emerging Adults
Stress‐Buffering Role of Social Support during Covid‐19
In order to reduce the high infection rate of COVID‐19, individuals began to engage in self‐isolation amid a time of uncertainty and worry. Given that social support can be protective against the negative effects of distress on mental and physical health, the lack of support may negatively impact individuals during their self‐isolation. Thus, the current study examined the role of self‐isolation on feelings of stress, the perception and reception…
Factor analysis and validation of the Disturbing Dreams and Nightmare Severity Index
The impact of imagery rehearsal therapy on dream enactment in a patient with REM-sleep behavior disorder
Family communication patterns and relationship quality between emerging adults and their parents
Few researchers have examined how family communication patterns influence child help-seeking behaviors and child help-providing behaviors in relation to the parent-child relationship during the period of emerging adulthood. In the current study we utilized a latent profile analysis to determine family communication pattern types from two standard communication orientations (i.e., conversation orientation and conformity orientation). We also exami…
Effects of Parenting Styles on Psychological Problems by Self Esteem and Gender Differences
Current research supports the lasting effects of parenting styles on children and adolescents' self-esteem, and internalizing and externalizing problems. Few studies have examined parenting style, self-esteem, and psychological problems together while considering gender. The current study explored the indirect effect of parenting style though self-esteem on emerging adult psychological problems as moderated by gender among 381 emerging adults. Th…
Interpersonal Competence
Perceived Mother-Father Dyad Parenting Typologies Across Four Regions in the United States
Although much research has investigated parenting styles, few studies have examined parenting across regions of the United States. The current study used a nationwide sample to examine perceived maternal and paternal parenting in four regions of the United States: Northeast, South, Midwest, and West. Participants included 1080 emerging adults who answered questionnaires regarding their perceptions of maternal and paternal parenting styles using a…
Social support and help-seeking worldwide
Sexual Health Education Experiences and Recommendations from the Perspective of LGBTQ+ Youth
Despite the well-known benefits of comprehensive sexual health education, the majority of school sexual health education curricula in the United States (U.S.) is non-comprehensive and excludes LGBTQ+ students. This exclusion may contribute to poor health outcomes in LGBTQ+ youth, with some research beginning to document these experiences and provide recommendations for curricula changes. Using a sample of LGBTQ+ youth across the U.S. (ages 13-17;…
Effectiveness of an online single-session minority stress intervention
In the United States, the experience of minority stress among LGBTQ+ youth varies across regions with high and low levels of stigma (e.g., laws, policies, and cultural norms that limit the lives of individuals with stigmatized identities). Some evidence suggests that stigma can undermine response to individual-level psychosocial interventions among youth, creating the need to identify factors that may buffer against minority stressors’ effects in…
Structural stigma and LGBTQ+ youth mental health in the United States
Structural stigma, or systemic barriers to equity for minoritized populations, has been shown to have negative consequences on LGBTQ+ youth’s mental health. Most research has focused on stigma at the national or state level, limiting understanding of how local institutions and environments influence mental health. In the current study, we sought to examine the association of multiple layers of structural stigma (e.g. at the county and state level…
Parenting Practices and Emerging Adult Religiosity
Psychology (16 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (8 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Social support (5 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (4 works) · Family Support in Illness (3 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (3 works)