Blake L Jones
Biographic Data
| ID | 3774011 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Blake L Jones |
| GIVEN NAMES | Blake L |
| FAMILY NAME | Jones |
| SIGNATURE | JONES B L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brigham Young University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6939-6697 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Media emotion regulation and executive functions
Using media to help children regulate difficult emotions (also called regulatory media use) is a process linked to the development of children’s executive functions. Although a necessary condition for establishing causality, the temporal ordering of the relationship between regulatory media use and executive functions has not been explicitly studied. In this study, we examined individual differences in the temporal ordering of the association bet…
Impact of maternal internalizing symptoms, responsiveness, and youth ego-resiliency on rural Latine adolescent depression
Does Bedtime Really Matter? Examining How Sleep Timing Relates to Sleep Duration and Overweight Status in Midwestern Latine Youth
Background/Objectives : Overweight and obesity is a continuing health concern for preadolescent youth. We assessed associations between sleep timing and sleep duration and body mass index/body composition in Latine youth. Methods : Participants were 119 Latine youth (mean age 11.53 year; 58.8% girls) and their mothers living in the rural Midwestern U.S. Youth reported their average bedtime and waking time. Heights and weights for children and mot…
Associations Between Sociodemographic Factors and Adolescent Food Consumption During Independent Eating Occasions
Associations were examined between sociodemographic characteristics of a US online survey sample of caregiver/adolescent dyads ( n = 533) and food intake during independent eating occasions. Caregivers reported sociodemographic characteristics for dyads. Adolescents reported daily intake frequency of sugar-sweetened beverages, junk foods, sugary foods, fast food, and fruits and vegetables during independent eating occasions. Logistic regression a…
Stressed out and on screens
Fostering academic competence in Latinx youth
Although high school completion rates for Latinx adolescents have improved, rural Latinx youth experience more barriers to academic success than their urban counterparts. Using a culturally informed model, we tested prospective associations between adolescents' Wave 1 familism values (cultural values emphasizing the importance of family relationships and connections) and Wave 2 academic competencies in a sample of predominantly rural Latinx adole…
Barriers to Healthy Family Dinners and Preventing Child Obesity
Overall, parents had a desire to have family dinners with their children, but they felt that there are many barriers keeping them from establishing or maintaining consistent family mealtimes. Future research, as well as child obesity prevention and intervention efforts, should consider these barriers and suggested solutions in efforts to promote healthy and consistent family meals as a means of lowering the prevalence of childhood obesity
Activities and social contact as antecedents to sleep onset time in U.S. adolescents
This study evaluated adolescents' evening patterns in activities, social contact, and location to better understand antecedents to adolescents' sleep onset time (SOT). The SOT is important for sleep duration and related health outcomes. Using a nationally representative sample of 15- to 18-year-old adolescents from the American Time Use Survey (N = 10,341; 47% female; 57% white), structural equation modeling demonstrated that late SOTs mediated l…
Parental Accuracy of Reporting Child Sleep Duration
This study examined the relationship between the accuracy of parental reporting of children’s sleep duration compared to objectively measured child sleep and tested whether any discrepancies were related to childhood obesity prevalence in a sample of Latinx families ( N = 119). A paired sample t-test revealed that parents significantly overestimated their child’s sleep duration by 1.33 hours, t(86) = 6.69, p < .001. Using a one-way ANOVA, no sign…
Relationship between Family Racial/Ethnic Backgrounds, Parenting Practices and Styles, and Adolescent Eating Behaviors
Obesity is more prevalent among racial minority children in the United States, as compared to White children. Parenting practices can impact the development of children's eating behaviors and habits. In this study, we investigated the relationships among racial/ethnic backgrounds, parenting practices and styles, and eating behaviors in adolescents. Fifty-one parent-adolescent dyads were interviewed to characterize parenting practices and styles, …
Stress and Health Outcomes in Midwestern Latinx Youth
Stressors were generally related to child mental health. LEP may play an important role in protecting against some of the effects of stressful events on mental health outcomes
Self-assessment tools for assessing cultural competency
Established tools that assess cultural competency in the health workforce could contribute to providing culturally safe care to First Nations peoples. Using a rapid review approach, we searched several databases to evaluate the characteristics of self-assessment tools used to assess cultural competency and ascertain the context and outcomes of their use. Out of 529 documents, six articles fitted the study’s inclusion criteria. The main capabiliti…
Parenting Practices and Adolescents’ Eating Behaviors in African American Families
Parents play an important role in developing the eating behaviors of their children by adopting specific parenting practices. As the prevalence of obesity is high amongst African American adolescents, investigations into associations of specific parenting practices and adolescents' eating behaviors are essential. In this exploratory study, 14 African American parent-adolescent dyads were interviewed to characterize the influence of eight differen…
The Family Health Scale
Families strongly influence the health of communities and individuals across the life course, but no validated measure of family health exists. The absence of such a measure has limited the examination of family health trends and the intersection of family health with individual and community health. The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Family Health Scale (FHS), creating a multi-factor long-form and a unif…
Describing Independent Eating Occasions among Low-Income Adolescents
The purpose of this formative, cross-sectional study was to describe independent eating occasions (iEOs) among a convenience sample of low-income early adolescents (10-13 years, n = 46) in 10 U.S. states, including environmental context, foods selected and reasons for selection, and parental rules about foods consumed. Participants took pictures of all foods consumed over 24 h and participated in semi-structured interviews to describe the context…
Relations of positive parenting, effortful control, and resilience in rural Midwestern Latinx early adolescents
Developmental antecedents of adolescent optimism in rural midwestern U.S. Latinx youth
AIMS: Decades of scientific research have found optimism to have wide-ranging effects on individuals' health and well-being. Researchers have largely examined optimism in adults, but have begun addressing the benefits of optimism in adolescents. Challenges and stressors in adolescence can threaten youths' subjective well-being; therefore, identifying factors that contribute to the growth of optimism could have important health implications. Howev…
Frequency of eating alone is associated with adolescent dietary intake, perceived food-related parenting practices and weight status
Objective To examine relationships between frequency of adolescents eating alone (dependent variable) and diet, weight status and perceived food-related parenting practices (independent variables). Design Analyses of publicly available, cross-sectional, web-based survey data from adolescents. Setting Online consumer opinion panel. Subjects A US nationwide sample of adolescents (12–17 years) completed Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating…
Parental restrictive feeding with Latinx adolescents
Associations Between Effortful Control, Cortisol Awakening Response, and Depressive Problems in Latino Preadolescents
The present study examined associations between effortful control, a trait marker of self-regulation, adaptive HPA system functioning (as reflected by the CAR), and concurrent and longitudinal depressive problems, in a sample of preadolescent Latino youth ( N = 119, mean age = 11.53 years, 59% female). We hypothesized that trait readiness for self-regulation (e.g., effortful control) could be related to physiological state readiness for self-regu…
Effortful control as a mediator between contextual stressors and adjustment in Midwestern Latino youth
Smokestacks in the Hills
Book Review| April 01 2017 Smokestacks in the Hills: Rural-Industrial Workers in West Virginia Smokestacks in the Hills: Rural-Industrial Workers in West Virginia, Lou Martin, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2015; 264 pp. Blake Jones Blake Jones Blake Jones is Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and Assistant Professor of History at Ohio Valley University in Vienna, West Virginia. Although his research focus lies in American diplomatic a…
Exploring the university partnership model for child welfare citizen review panels
The impact of environmental, parental and child factors on health-related behaviors among low-income children
Cumulative Family Stress and Diurnal Cortisol Responses in Midwest Latino Families
Latino youth and their families have been shown to experience higher levels of stressors than the general population, as well as additional unique stressors such as racism, poverty, acculturation, and discrimination. Chronic or cumulative stress often disrupts physiological systems and can lead to dysregulation in diurnal cortisol responses. This study examined the associations between family stress and cortisol responses in 57 Latino mother-adol…
Reflections on citizen–state child welfare partnerships
Key features of effective citizen–state child welfare partnerships
Fostering academic competence in Latinx youth
Although high school completion rates for Latinx adolescents have improved, rural Latinx youth experience more barriers to academic success than their urban counterparts. Using a culturally informed model, we tested prospective associations between adolescents' Wave 1 familism values (cultural values emphasizing the importance of family relationships and connections) and Wave 2 academic competencies in a sample of predominantly rural Latinx adole…
Effectiveness of citizen review panels
Civic engagement or token participation? Perceived impact of the citizen review panel initiative
Relations of positive parenting, effortful control, and resilience in rural Midwestern Latinx early adolescents
Perceptions of state child welfare administrators regarding federally-mandated citizen review panels
Classifications of the elderly population
To the existing ways of categorizing elderly individuals we here add a reasonably objective approach using recent survey data and statistical methods of multivariate analysis. The groupings obtained have been surprisingly clear-cut, so that simple rules can be devised for discriminating between clusters. We suggest this analysis as a useful way of gleaning information about elderly people, information which may help in the efficient allocation of…
Effortful control as a mediator between contextual stressors and adjustment in Midwestern Latino youth
The impact of environmental, parental and child factors on health-related behaviors among low-income children
Cumulative Family Stress and Diurnal Cortisol Responses in Midwest Latino Families
Latino youth and their families have been shown to experience higher levels of stressors than the general population, as well as additional unique stressors such as racism, poverty, acculturation, and discrimination. Chronic or cumulative stress often disrupts physiological systems and can lead to dysregulation in diurnal cortisol responses. This study examined the associations between family stress and cortisol responses in 57 Latino mother-adol…
Classifications of the elderly population
To the existing ways of categorizing elderly individuals we here add a reasonably objective approach using recent survey data and statistical methods of multivariate analysis. The groupings obtained have been surprisingly clear-cut, so that simple rules can be devised for discriminating between clusters. We suggest this analysis as a useful way of gleaning information about elderly people, information which may help in the efficient allocation of…
Effectiveness of citizen review panels
Civic engagement or token participation? Perceived impact of the citizen review panel initiative
What Do We Know About Strategies for Involving Citizens in Public Child Welfare
Citizens are increasingly being called upon to participate in public child welfare programs. This participation—through such federally mandated programs as Foster Care Review Boards, Court Appointed Special Advocates, and Citizen Review Panels—can potentially promote authentic community involvement or leave angry agencies and panel members in its wake. These disparate outcomes are dependent upon numerous factors both within the child welfare agen…
A Comparative Study of Arm‐Restraint Methodology
This study examined both differential patterns and the stability of infants' ( N = 70) distress reactivity across mother and stranger arm‐restraint conditions when infants were 6 and 9 months of age. Reactivity measures included observational variables for the rise, intensity, and duration of infant distress as well as motor activities associated with escape behaviors. Correlation analyses revealed that infant behaviors during arm restraint were …
Key features of effective citizen–state child welfare partnerships
Reflections on citizen–state child welfare partnerships
Does Brief Bradycardia at the Onset of Arm-Restraint Predict Infants’ Emotional Reactivity During Restraint
Using electrocardiogram data with 78 six-month-old infants, this study examined the presence or absence of brief orienting bradycardia during the onset of maternal arm-restraint and subsequent differences between infants on behavioral organization during restraint. Results showed that 45 of the infants exhibited brief episodes of bradycardia at the onset of arm-restraint. Group comparisons showed infants exhibiting bradycardia to have greater emo…
Helping Dual-Earner Couples Manage Work–Partner Interferences
This study explored the effectiveness and informed further development of a brief intervention designed to teach couples strategies for managing interferences from work to their romantic relationship. A pretest/posttest design with a control group measured the impact of the intervention on married couples’ work–partner balance skills and strategies and their relationship satisfaction. Couples in the intervention group improved in areas of work–pa…
Family chaos and lack of mealtime planning is associated with food insecurity in low income households
Perceptions of state child welfare administrators regarding federally-mandated citizen review panels
Smokestacks in the Hills
Book Review| April 01 2017 Smokestacks in the Hills: Rural-Industrial Workers in West Virginia Smokestacks in the Hills: Rural-Industrial Workers in West Virginia, Lou Martin, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2015; 264 pp. Blake Jones Blake Jones Blake Jones is Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and Assistant Professor of History at Ohio Valley University in Vienna, West Virginia. Although his research focus lies in American diplomatic a…
Exploring the university partnership model for child welfare citizen review panels
The impact of environmental, parental and child factors on health-related behaviors among low-income children
Cumulative Family Stress and Diurnal Cortisol Responses in Midwest Latino Families
Latino youth and their families have been shown to experience higher levels of stressors than the general population, as well as additional unique stressors such as racism, poverty, acculturation, and discrimination. Chronic or cumulative stress often disrupts physiological systems and can lead to dysregulation in diurnal cortisol responses. This study examined the associations between family stress and cortisol responses in 57 Latino mother-adol…
Associations Between Effortful Control, Cortisol Awakening Response, and Depressive Problems in Latino Preadolescents
The present study examined associations between effortful control, a trait marker of self-regulation, adaptive HPA system functioning (as reflected by the CAR), and concurrent and longitudinal depressive problems, in a sample of preadolescent Latino youth ( N = 119, mean age = 11.53 years, 59% female). We hypothesized that trait readiness for self-regulation (e.g., effortful control) could be related to physiological state readiness for self-regu…
Effortful control as a mediator between contextual stressors and adjustment in Midwestern Latino youth
Frequency of eating alone is associated with adolescent dietary intake, perceived food-related parenting practices and weight status
Objective To examine relationships between frequency of adolescents eating alone (dependent variable) and diet, weight status and perceived food-related parenting practices (independent variables). Design Analyses of publicly available, cross-sectional, web-based survey data from adolescents. Setting Online consumer opinion panel. Subjects A US nationwide sample of adolescents (12–17 years) completed Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating…
Parental restrictive feeding with Latinx adolescents
The Family Health Scale
Families strongly influence the health of communities and individuals across the life course, but no validated measure of family health exists. The absence of such a measure has limited the examination of family health trends and the intersection of family health with individual and community health. The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Family Health Scale (FHS), creating a multi-factor long-form and a unif…
Describing Independent Eating Occasions among Low-Income Adolescents
The purpose of this formative, cross-sectional study was to describe independent eating occasions (iEOs) among a convenience sample of low-income early adolescents (10-13 years, n = 46) in 10 U.S. states, including environmental context, foods selected and reasons for selection, and parental rules about foods consumed. Participants took pictures of all foods consumed over 24 h and participated in semi-structured interviews to describe the context…
Relations of positive parenting, effortful control, and resilience in rural Midwestern Latinx early adolescents
Developmental antecedents of adolescent optimism in rural midwestern U.S. Latinx youth
AIMS: Decades of scientific research have found optimism to have wide-ranging effects on individuals' health and well-being. Researchers have largely examined optimism in adults, but have begun addressing the benefits of optimism in adolescents. Challenges and stressors in adolescence can threaten youths' subjective well-being; therefore, identifying factors that contribute to the growth of optimism could have important health implications. Howev…
Parenting Practices and Adolescents’ Eating Behaviors in African American Families
Parents play an important role in developing the eating behaviors of their children by adopting specific parenting practices. As the prevalence of obesity is high amongst African American adolescents, investigations into associations of specific parenting practices and adolescents' eating behaviors are essential. In this exploratory study, 14 African American parent-adolescent dyads were interviewed to characterize the influence of eight differen…
Relationship between Family Racial/Ethnic Backgrounds, Parenting Practices and Styles, and Adolescent Eating Behaviors
Obesity is more prevalent among racial minority children in the United States, as compared to White children. Parenting practices can impact the development of children's eating behaviors and habits. In this study, we investigated the relationships among racial/ethnic backgrounds, parenting practices and styles, and eating behaviors in adolescents. Fifty-one parent-adolescent dyads were interviewed to characterize parenting practices and styles, …
Psychology (28 works) · Medicine (21 works) · Developmental psychology (16 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Demography (8 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works)