Rebecca L Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3594970 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca L Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca L |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH R L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0874-4616 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Adapting the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale to Assess Recovery Identity
BACKGROUND: Initiating and sustaining recovery from substance and behavioral addictions often involves extensive identity transformation. However, there has not yet been a standardized tool to examine identity change as a psychological and social process within the context of addiction recovery. OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Recovery Identity Scale (RIS), an adaptation of the Utrecht-Management of Identity Co…
A modeling study on Sars-CoV-2 transmissions in primary and middle schools in Illinois
Although increased testing proportion and/or frequency can reduce the SARS-CoV-2 infections, the costs of testing can increase with the testing volume. Further studies on the cost-effectiveness between the testing volume and cases reduction or learning disturbance can aid in policy development to reduce transmission effectively
The Hooded Capuchin Monkey (Sapajus cay) is Vulnerable in Paraguay and at Least Near Threatened Globally According to Red List Criteria
Habitat loss and fragmentation, particularly because of agrarian and urban expansions, are threatening biodiversity worldwide. Paraguay is predicted to lose all its primary moist forests by 2028. The most endangered habitat in Paraguay is the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest (BAAPA), which has been decimated by industrial agriculture in the past 60 years. The hooded capuchin ( Sapajus cay ) is the best-known Paraguayan primate and the only species mo…
Cultural Socialization and Civic Engagement Among Racially Diverse Students of Color
Understanding the factors that promote civic engagement among emerging adult college students is crucial, especially considering its association with positive youth development. The current study examined ethnic-racial identity (ERI) exploration, resolution, and affirmation as mediators of the relation between cultural socialization and civic engagement. Additionally, the extent to which students were raised in predominantly minoritized neighborh…
Characteristics of students participating in collegiate recovery programs and the impact of Covid-19
The goals of the present study were to describe the development of the first national longitudinal study of collegiate recovery programs (CRP) students; provide an updated characterization of CRP students' demographics, past problem severity, and current recovery-related functioning; and examine the perceived impact of COVID-19 on CRP students' recovery. Universities and community colleges with CRPs across the United States and Ontario, Canada, w…
Attitudes towards urban howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) in Paraguay
Increasing urbanisation is encroaching into natural habitats and sometimes forcing wildlife into urban centres. Whether or not wildlife can thrive in an urban environment is dependent on many factors, one of which is how the species is perceived by local people. This study focuses on the city of Pilar in south-west Paraguay, which is home to a population of urban-dwelling black and gold howler monkeys ( Alouatta caraya ). Using semi-structured in…
Covid-19-Induced Inequalities and Mental Health
Risk, Protective, and Associated Factors of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms and Campus Health Services Utilization Among Black Men on a College Campus
Moderating Role of Healthcare Disruptions on Friend and Family Pandemic-Related Negative Life Events Predicting Latines’ Anxiety and Alcohol Use Over Time
A Socio-Ecological model for collegiate recovery programs
Given the major public health issue of substance use in the college environment and among college students, we must improve our understanding of students attempting to resolve substance related issues. Though much of research and policy attention has focused on individual progress according to personal characteristics and experiences, a much broader, theoretically informed understanding based on interpersonal relationships and contextual conditio…
Effects of tick surveillance education on knowledge, attitudes, and practices of local health department employees
Our study found the training was effective in increasing the knowledge of ticks, tick-borne diseases, and surveillance as well as promoting positive attitudes related to surveillance. While the training, by itself, was not associated with increases in surveillance practices, we were able to empower local public health officials with the knowledge and positive attitudes needed to enact change
Coffee and energy drink use patterns in college freshmen
The response pattern was ubiquitous, with ED + Co most likely, Co intermediate, and NoCE least likely to endorse a broad range of substance use, problem alcohol behaviors, and familial risk factors. The finding that the Co group differed from both the ED + Co and NoCE groups on 8 measures and from the NoCE group on one additional measure underscores the importance of looking at coffee in addition to EDs when considering associations between caffe…
Racial Discrimination and Alcohol Problems
A new measure to understand the role of science in US Congress
This work contributes to the transdisciplinary field of URE by offering a tool for studying the mechanisms that can bridge research and policy and shedding light into best practices for measuring URE with national policymakers in the US
Florida Arsenic Distribution Index
Arsenic is an abundant, highly toxic element that is a global health concern due to damage from acute and chronic exposure and the potential for high local concentrations in heavily populated areas. In Florida, arsenic has been used heavily in agricultural, commercial, and industrial applications for decades. While studies have identified and quantified the contributions of arsenic to the state, there are fewer studies that have attempted to inde…
Sleeping site preferences in Sapajus cay Illiger 1815 (Primates
Creating Neighborhood Identity Through Citizen Activism
While the importance of the neighborhood as a nexus of social life has declined in recent decades, the neighborhood itself has achieved new distinction as the territorial basis for a growing citizen activism movement. In the absence of any competing consensus, neighborhood activists assume a certain measure of power to define what the neighborhood and its interests are, and may take an active role in manipulating the neighborhood's identity in or…
A new measure to understand the role of science in US Congress
This work contributes to the transdisciplinary field of URE by offering a tool for studying the mechanisms that can bridge research and policy and shedding light into best practices for measuring URE with national policymakers in the US
Creating Neighborhood Identity Through Citizen Activism
While the importance of the neighborhood as a nexus of social life has declined in recent decades, the neighborhood itself has achieved new distinction as the territorial basis for a growing citizen activism movement. In the absence of any competing consensus, neighborhood activists assume a certain measure of power to define what the neighborhood and its interests are, and may take an active role in manipulating the neighborhood's identity in or…
Cultural Socialization and Civic Engagement Among Racially Diverse Students of Color
Understanding the factors that promote civic engagement among emerging adult college students is crucial, especially considering its association with positive youth development. The current study examined ethnic-racial identity (ERI) exploration, resolution, and affirmation as mediators of the relation between cultural socialization and civic engagement. Additionally, the extent to which students were raised in predominantly minoritized neighborh…
Racial Discrimination and Alcohol Problems
Creating Neighborhood Identity Through Citizen Activism
While the importance of the neighborhood as a nexus of social life has declined in recent decades, the neighborhood itself has achieved new distinction as the territorial basis for a growing citizen activism movement. In the absence of any competing consensus, neighborhood activists assume a certain measure of power to define what the neighborhood and its interests are, and may take an active role in manipulating the neighborhood's identity in or…
Sleeping site preferences in Sapajus cay Illiger 1815 (Primates
Florida Arsenic Distribution Index
Arsenic is an abundant, highly toxic element that is a global health concern due to damage from acute and chronic exposure and the potential for high local concentrations in heavily populated areas. In Florida, arsenic has been used heavily in agricultural, commercial, and industrial applications for decades. While studies have identified and quantified the contributions of arsenic to the state, there are fewer studies that have attempted to inde…
A new measure to understand the role of science in US Congress
This work contributes to the transdisciplinary field of URE by offering a tool for studying the mechanisms that can bridge research and policy and shedding light into best practices for measuring URE with national policymakers in the US
Attitudes towards urban howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) in Paraguay
Increasing urbanisation is encroaching into natural habitats and sometimes forcing wildlife into urban centres. Whether or not wildlife can thrive in an urban environment is dependent on many factors, one of which is how the species is perceived by local people. This study focuses on the city of Pilar in south-west Paraguay, which is home to a population of urban-dwelling black and gold howler monkeys ( Alouatta caraya ). Using semi-structured in…
Covid-19-Induced Inequalities and Mental Health
Risk, Protective, and Associated Factors of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms and Campus Health Services Utilization Among Black Men on a College Campus
Moderating Role of Healthcare Disruptions on Friend and Family Pandemic-Related Negative Life Events Predicting Latines’ Anxiety and Alcohol Use Over Time
A Socio-Ecological model for collegiate recovery programs
Given the major public health issue of substance use in the college environment and among college students, we must improve our understanding of students attempting to resolve substance related issues. Though much of research and policy attention has focused on individual progress according to personal characteristics and experiences, a much broader, theoretically informed understanding based on interpersonal relationships and contextual conditio…
Effects of tick surveillance education on knowledge, attitudes, and practices of local health department employees
Our study found the training was effective in increasing the knowledge of ticks, tick-borne diseases, and surveillance as well as promoting positive attitudes related to surveillance. While the training, by itself, was not associated with increases in surveillance practices, we were able to empower local public health officials with the knowledge and positive attitudes needed to enact change
Coffee and energy drink use patterns in college freshmen
The response pattern was ubiquitous, with ED + Co most likely, Co intermediate, and NoCE least likely to endorse a broad range of substance use, problem alcohol behaviors, and familial risk factors. The finding that the Co group differed from both the ED + Co and NoCE groups on 8 measures and from the NoCE group on one additional measure underscores the importance of looking at coffee in addition to EDs when considering associations between caffe…
Racial Discrimination and Alcohol Problems
Characteristics of students participating in collegiate recovery programs and the impact of Covid-19
The goals of the present study were to describe the development of the first national longitudinal study of collegiate recovery programs (CRP) students; provide an updated characterization of CRP students' demographics, past problem severity, and current recovery-related functioning; and examine the perceived impact of COVID-19 on CRP students' recovery. Universities and community colleges with CRPs across the United States and Ontario, Canada, w…
A modeling study on Sars-CoV-2 transmissions in primary and middle schools in Illinois
Although increased testing proportion and/or frequency can reduce the SARS-CoV-2 infections, the costs of testing can increase with the testing volume. Further studies on the cost-effectiveness between the testing volume and cases reduction or learning disturbance can aid in policy development to reduce transmission effectively
The Hooded Capuchin Monkey (Sapajus cay) is Vulnerable in Paraguay and at Least Near Threatened Globally According to Red List Criteria
Habitat loss and fragmentation, particularly because of agrarian and urban expansions, are threatening biodiversity worldwide. Paraguay is predicted to lose all its primary moist forests by 2028. The most endangered habitat in Paraguay is the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest (BAAPA), which has been decimated by industrial agriculture in the past 60 years. The hooded capuchin ( Sapajus cay ) is the best-known Paraguayan primate and the only species mo…
Cultural Socialization and Civic Engagement Among Racially Diverse Students of Color
Understanding the factors that promote civic engagement among emerging adult college students is crucial, especially considering its association with positive youth development. The current study examined ethnic-racial identity (ERI) exploration, resolution, and affirmation as mediators of the relation between cultural socialization and civic engagement. Additionally, the extent to which students were raised in predominantly minoritized neighborh…
Adapting the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale to Assess Recovery Identity
BACKGROUND: Initiating and sustaining recovery from substance and behavioral addictions often involves extensive identity transformation. However, there has not yet been a standardized tool to examine identity change as a psychological and social process within the context of addiction recovery. OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Recovery Identity Scale (RIS), an adaptation of the Utrecht-Management of Identity Co…
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