Ashley Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3601915 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ashley Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ashley |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-7101-1591 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Menstrual stigma and mental health for adolescent girls in South Sudan
Menstrual stigma, characterized by negative beliefs, attitudes, and practices surrounding menstruation, often leads to the social exclusion and discrimination of menstruators. The intersection of menstrual stigma and period poverty, which is marked by limited access to menstrual hygiene products and safe sanitation has a profound impact on the mental health and well-being of adolescent girls, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This…
Rural–Urban Differences in Use of Mental Health Care for Serious Mental Illness at the Veterans Health Administration
PURPOSE: Rural Veterans with serious mental illness (SMI) encounter significant barriers to accessing mental health care, related to SMI symptoms and rurality. A 2023 Government Accountability Office report found that rural Veterans used Veterans Health Administration (VHA) intensive mental health care for SMI less than urban Veterans relative to their population distributions. Our purpose was to deepen understanding of rural-urban differences in…
Perioperative Management of Pediatric Epilepsy Neuromodulation Devices
Drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) has a significant burden on children and their families that extends beyond seizure management. Surgery can be a curative treatment but is sometimes not an option for certain generalized epilepsies or epilepsy in an eloquent region. Neuromodulation therapies (vagus nerve stimulation–VNS, deep brain stimulation–DBS, and responsive neurostimulation–RNS) have emerged as effective palliative treatments to mitigate seizur…
Sacred to the Memory
Between 1818 and 1845, the British Navy sent expeditions to Inuit Nunangat (Canadian Arctic) in search of a passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. In 1845, the Franklin Expedition, consisting of 129 officers, crew, and marines, ended in disaster with all 129 lives lost. When the bodies could not be recovered, the expedition's debris took on a near sacred role in British society. This collection is referred to as the Franklin Relics; akin…
Breaking the cycle of survival drinking
Managed alcohol programs (MAPs) have been implemented in Canada to reduce harms of severe alcohol use disorder and homelessness. Programs traditionally provide participants with regulated doses of alcohol as part of residential housing or shelter services. This study describes the experience of members of a non-residential, peer-initiated and peer-run MAP in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 14 memb…
Intersecting race and gender stereotypes
Two studies examined the relationship between explicit stereotyping and prejudice by investigating how stereotyping of minority men and women may be differentially related to prejudice. Based on research and theory related to the intersectional invisibility hypothesis (Purdie-Vaughns & Eibach, 2008), we hypothesized that stereotyping of minority men would be more strongly related to prejudice than stereotyping of minority women. Supporting our hy…
Rethinking private speech in preschoolers
Private speech utterances (PS) from 24 preschool children and 24 adults were obtained under (noninteracting) listener present and listener absent conditions using 2 tasks with an identical structure. Children produced significantly more PS in the listener present condition. Similar results were obtained with adults, albeit with a reduced incidence of private speech. The children's PS was further subdivided into 4 main categories: task irrelevant,…
The 10-Item Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children, Child and Parent Shortened Versions
Assessing the Dependability of Drinking Motives via Generalizability Theory
This study assessed the score reliability of the Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised (DMQ-R) via generalizability theory. Participants ( n = 367 college students) completed the DMQ-R at three time points. Across subscale scores, persons, persons × occasions, and persons × items interactions accounted for meaningful variance. Findings illustrate advantages of generalizability theory-based techniques
Women in HIV Conference Research
Coping With Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Susceptibility
OBJECTIVE: To examine how women cope with genetic testing for heightened susceptibility to breast cancer. METHODS: Participants were 126 White women (age = 44 +/- 9 years) who were participants in a larger study of genetic testing for risk of different chronic diseases. All women were at higher-than-average risk for breast cancer due to a personal and/or family history and were considering genetic testing. Distress (Symptom Checklist-90-Revised, …
Books for Adolescents
Critical Delays in HIV Testing and Care
When learning of a positive HIV test, individuals face a host of psychological and social stresses. HIV-related stigma is associated with psychological distress and can interfere with coping, adjustment, and management of HIV disease. Effective management of HIV disease requires timely testing for HIV infection so that persons who are infected can learn of their serostatus and gain access to care, therefore benefiting from available treatment opt…
Critical Delays in HIV Testing and Care
When learning of a positive HIV test, individuals face a host of psychological and social stresses. HIV-related stigma is associated with psychological distress and can interfere with coping, adjustment, and management of HIV disease. Effective management of HIV disease requires timely testing for HIV infection so that persons who are infected can learn of their serostatus and gain access to care, therefore benefiting from available treatment opt…
Intersecting race and gender stereotypes
Two studies examined the relationship between explicit stereotyping and prejudice by investigating how stereotyping of minority men and women may be differentially related to prejudice. Based on research and theory related to the intersectional invisibility hypothesis (Purdie-Vaughns & Eibach, 2008), we hypothesized that stereotyping of minority men would be more strongly related to prejudice than stereotyping of minority women. Supporting our hy…
Rethinking private speech in preschoolers
Private speech utterances (PS) from 24 preschool children and 24 adults were obtained under (noninteracting) listener present and listener absent conditions using 2 tasks with an identical structure. Children produced significantly more PS in the listener present condition. Similar results were obtained with adults, albeit with a reduced incidence of private speech. The children's PS was further subdivided into 4 main categories: task irrelevant,…
Sacred to the Memory
Between 1818 and 1845, the British Navy sent expeditions to Inuit Nunangat (Canadian Arctic) in search of a passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. In 1845, the Franklin Expedition, consisting of 129 officers, crew, and marines, ended in disaster with all 129 lives lost. When the bodies could not be recovered, the expedition's debris took on a near sacred role in British society. This collection is referred to as the Franklin Relics; akin…
Critical Delays in HIV Testing and Care
When learning of a positive HIV test, individuals face a host of psychological and social stresses. HIV-related stigma is associated with psychological distress and can interfere with coping, adjustment, and management of HIV disease. Effective management of HIV disease requires timely testing for HIV infection so that persons who are infected can learn of their serostatus and gain access to care, therefore benefiting from available treatment opt…
Coping With Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Susceptibility
OBJECTIVE: To examine how women cope with genetic testing for heightened susceptibility to breast cancer. METHODS: Participants were 126 White women (age = 44 +/- 9 years) who were participants in a larger study of genetic testing for risk of different chronic diseases. All women were at higher-than-average risk for breast cancer due to a personal and/or family history and were considering genetic testing. Distress (Symptom Checklist-90-Revised, …
Books for Adolescents
Women in HIV Conference Research
The 10-Item Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children, Child and Parent Shortened Versions
Assessing the Dependability of Drinking Motives via Generalizability Theory
This study assessed the score reliability of the Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised (DMQ-R) via generalizability theory. Participants ( n = 367 college students) completed the DMQ-R at three time points. Across subscale scores, persons, persons × occasions, and persons × items interactions accounted for meaningful variance. Findings illustrate advantages of generalizability theory-based techniques
Rethinking private speech in preschoolers
Private speech utterances (PS) from 24 preschool children and 24 adults were obtained under (noninteracting) listener present and listener absent conditions using 2 tasks with an identical structure. Children produced significantly more PS in the listener present condition. Similar results were obtained with adults, albeit with a reduced incidence of private speech. The children's PS was further subdivided into 4 main categories: task irrelevant,…
Intersecting race and gender stereotypes
Two studies examined the relationship between explicit stereotyping and prejudice by investigating how stereotyping of minority men and women may be differentially related to prejudice. Based on research and theory related to the intersectional invisibility hypothesis (Purdie-Vaughns & Eibach, 2008), we hypothesized that stereotyping of minority men would be more strongly related to prejudice than stereotyping of minority women. Supporting our hy…
Breaking the cycle of survival drinking
Managed alcohol programs (MAPs) have been implemented in Canada to reduce harms of severe alcohol use disorder and homelessness. Programs traditionally provide participants with regulated doses of alcohol as part of residential housing or shelter services. This study describes the experience of members of a non-residential, peer-initiated and peer-run MAP in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 14 memb…
Sacred to the Memory
Between 1818 and 1845, the British Navy sent expeditions to Inuit Nunangat (Canadian Arctic) in search of a passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. In 1845, the Franklin Expedition, consisting of 129 officers, crew, and marines, ended in disaster with all 129 lives lost. When the bodies could not be recovered, the expedition's debris took on a near sacred role in British society. This collection is referred to as the Franklin Relics; akin…
Menstrual stigma and mental health for adolescent girls in South Sudan
Menstrual stigma, characterized by negative beliefs, attitudes, and practices surrounding menstruation, often leads to the social exclusion and discrimination of menstruators. The intersection of menstrual stigma and period poverty, which is marked by limited access to menstrual hygiene products and safe sanitation has a profound impact on the mental health and well-being of adolescent girls, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This…
Rural–Urban Differences in Use of Mental Health Care for Serious Mental Illness at the Veterans Health Administration
PURPOSE: Rural Veterans with serious mental illness (SMI) encounter significant barriers to accessing mental health care, related to SMI symptoms and rurality. A 2023 Government Accountability Office report found that rural Veterans used Veterans Health Administration (VHA) intensive mental health care for SMI less than urban Veterans relative to their population distributions. Our purpose was to deepen understanding of rural-urban differences in…
Perioperative Management of Pediatric Epilepsy Neuromodulation Devices
Drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) has a significant burden on children and their families that extends beyond seizure management. Surgery can be a curative treatment but is sometimes not an option for certain generalized epilepsies or epilepsy in an eloquent region. Neuromodulation therapies (vagus nerve stimulation–VNS, deep brain stimulation–DBS, and responsive neurostimulation–RNS) have emerged as effective palliative treatments to mitigate seizur…
Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Anxiety (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (2 works) · Coding (social sciences (2 works) · Coping (psychology) (2 works)