Kristen Elmore
Biographic Data
| ID | 3799857 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kristen Elmore |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kristen |
| FAMILY NAME | Elmore |
| SIGNATURE | ELMORE K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Rape Myth Acceptance Reflects Perceptions of Media Portrayals as Similar to Others, but Not the Self
Understanding the antecedents and consequences of rape myths is important for sexual assault prevention programming. We investigated whether general perceptions of media predict rape myth endorsement among community college students, a group with elevated sexual assault risk. Students who perceived greater similarity between people they know and people in media reported higher endorsement of rape myths that blame the victim and exonerate the accu…
Building collaborative youth development research-practice partnerships through Cooperative Extension
Light Bulbs or Seeds? How Metaphors for Ideas Influence Judgments About Genius
Ideas are commonly described using metaphors; a bright idea appears like a “light bulb” or the “seed” of an idea takes root. However, little is known about how these metaphors may shape beliefs about ideas or the role of effort versus genius in their creation, an important omission given the known motivational consequences of such beliefs. We explore whether the light bulb metaphor, although widespread and intuitively appealing, may foster the be…
Media as a “Super Peer”
Gender differences in psychological factors shaping smoking decisions of Chilean adolescents
This study examined gender differences in how internalizing and externalizing symptoms affect adolescents' decisions about smoking in Chile, where girls smoke at some of the highest rates in the world. In multivariate logistic regression analyses with 607 adolescents, internalizing symptoms, such as depressed mood and anxiety, predicted smoking among girls more than boys, with girls who were low in internalizing symptoms being more likely to smok…
Identity-Based Motivation
People aspire to be healthy but often fall short of this goal. Poor health is associated with macro-level factors-social stratification and low socioeconomic position, including low education, low income, and low status racial-ethnic group membership. These social determinants differentially expose people to health-promoting (or undermining) contexts and to having (not having) choice and control over their lives. But social determinants cannot ca…
Adolescents’ Media-related Cognitions and Substance Use in the Context of Parental and Peer Influences
Identity-Based Motivation
People aspire to be healthy but often fall short of this goal. Poor health is associated with macro-level factors-social stratification and low socioeconomic position, including low education, low income, and low status racial-ethnic group membership. These social determinants differentially expose people to health-promoting (or undermining) contexts and to having (not having) choice and control over their lives. But social determinants cannot ca…
Adolescents’ Media-related Cognitions and Substance Use in the Context of Parental and Peer Influences
Media as a “Super Peer”
Rape Myth Acceptance Reflects Perceptions of Media Portrayals as Similar to Others, but Not the Self
Understanding the antecedents and consequences of rape myths is important for sexual assault prevention programming. We investigated whether general perceptions of media predict rape myth endorsement among community college students, a group with elevated sexual assault risk. Students who perceived greater similarity between people they know and people in media reported higher endorsement of rape myths that blame the victim and exonerate the accu…
Building collaborative youth development research-practice partnerships through Cooperative Extension
Gender differences in psychological factors shaping smoking decisions of Chilean adolescents
This study examined gender differences in how internalizing and externalizing symptoms affect adolescents' decisions about smoking in Chile, where girls smoke at some of the highest rates in the world. In multivariate logistic regression analyses with 607 adolescents, internalizing symptoms, such as depressed mood and anxiety, predicted smoking among girls more than boys, with girls who were low in internalizing symptoms being more likely to smok…
Adolescents’ Media-related Cognitions and Substance Use in the Context of Parental and Peer Influences
Identity-Based Motivation
People aspire to be healthy but often fall short of this goal. Poor health is associated with macro-level factors-social stratification and low socioeconomic position, including low education, low income, and low status racial-ethnic group membership. These social determinants differentially expose people to health-promoting (or undermining) contexts and to having (not having) choice and control over their lives. But social determinants cannot ca…
Light Bulbs or Seeds? How Metaphors for Ideas Influence Judgments About Genius
Ideas are commonly described using metaphors; a bright idea appears like a “light bulb” or the “seed” of an idea takes root. However, little is known about how these metaphors may shape beliefs about ideas or the role of effort versus genius in their creation, an important omission given the known motivational consequences of such beliefs. We explore whether the light bulb metaphor, although widespread and intuitively appealing, may foster the be…
Media as a “Super Peer”
Gender differences in psychological factors shaping smoking decisions of Chilean adolescents
This study examined gender differences in how internalizing and externalizing symptoms affect adolescents' decisions about smoking in Chile, where girls smoke at some of the highest rates in the world. In multivariate logistic regression analyses with 607 adolescents, internalizing symptoms, such as depressed mood and anxiety, predicted smoking among girls more than boys, with girls who were low in internalizing symptoms being more likely to smok…
Building collaborative youth development research-practice partnerships through Cooperative Extension
Rape Myth Acceptance Reflects Perceptions of Media Portrayals as Similar to Others, but Not the Self
Understanding the antecedents and consequences of rape myths is important for sexual assault prevention programming. We investigated whether general perceptions of media predict rape myth endorsement among community college students, a group with elevated sexual assault risk. Students who perceived greater similarity between people they know and people in media reported higher endorsement of rape myths that blame the victim and exonerate the accu…
Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Perception (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works)