Katie M Edwards
Biographic Data
| ID | 3825745 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katie M Edwards |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katie M |
| FAMILY NAME | Edwards |
| SIGNATURE | EDWARDS K M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 204 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 30 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Intermediate outcomes of a randomized controlled trial of an online group program to prevent dating violence and alcohol use among sexual and gender minority teens.
0.3). Results supported that the PRYSHM program led to changes in several proposed intermediate outcomes, but only among teens who received a higher program dose. Given the promise of PRYSHM, future work should evaluate the impact of the program utilizing a longer-term follow-up and consider ways to increase program engagement.
The Healthy Families Bright Futures Program
LGBTQ+ teens face elevated risk for dating violence and alcohol use, but few efficacious programs exist to address these risks. The Healthy Families Bright Futures (HFBF) program is a recently developed group online dating violence and alcohol use prevention program for LGBTQ+ teens and their caregivers. The HFBF program includes evidence-based prevention strategies, as well as focuses on increasing community and pride in one's identity among tee…
Mixed Methodological Pilot Evaluation of a Program to Prevent Sexual Exploitation of High School Youth
Despite increasing concerns about child sexual exploitation (CSE), we know little about how to prevent this prevalent public health issue. The purpose of the current study was to conduct a mixed methodological pilot evaluation of a school-based program - READY to Stand® (RTS) - aimed at preventing CSE perpetration and victimization and increasing bystander intervention - among high school students in an urban setting. The RTS program includes six…
Creating a Youth Sex Trafficking Prevention Curriculum Using CBPAR
Project LIVE (Love, Inclusivity, Values, and Education) is a five-year Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded project designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based curriculum aimed at preventing the sexual exploitation of children (SEC) utilizing community-based participatory action research (CBPAR) methods. This paper describes challenges, successes, and lessons learned throughout the first two years of the project (P…
Measures to Assess Efficacy of Family‐Based Programs for Indigenous Populations
To rigorously evaluate family-based prevention programs, there is need for culturally appropriate, valid, and reliable evaluation measures; few have been validated for use with Indigenous children and families. Our first aim was to adapt family and individual functioning measures for use with Indigenous families to evaluate family-based prevention programming. Our second aim was to examine the factor structure of the adapted measures. Our third a…
Healing and resilience among Native American and rural women survivors of domestic violence
Healing occurs through reinforcing poly-strengths rather than isolated protective factors. Our findings contribute to resilience portfolio model by building on the importance of environmental strengths and how cultural identities create distinct resilience pathways. Implications include culturally responsive and supportive services, innovative service delivery in rural areas, and reforms to transportation policies. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2…
It changed me for the better”
Social networks and violence victimization and perpetration among youth
Interpersonal violence (IV) is a serious concern for adolescents in the United States that has devastating impacts for individuals and communities. Given the increased importance placed on friendships during adolescence, the purpose of the current study was to examine the extent to which IV experiences cluster within youths' friendship networks. Participants were students ( N = 1303) in grades 7th to 10th who completed surveys at the beginning an…
Indigenous Cultural Identity Protects Against Intergenerational Transmission of ACEs Among Indigenous Caregivers and Their Children
Social Network Influences on Adolescent E-cigarette Use
Background: Determine if individual adolescent vaping is associated with the vaping behavior of their school-based friendships; whether that association stems from peer influence or peer selection; and whether it varies by age. Methods: Two wave longitudinal survey of 1,208 students in one Midwestern US school district. Students were asked if they ever vaped and to name their seven closest friends within the school district. A roster of all eligi…
Family strengths among Native American families and families living in poverty
Rates of Recent Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Indigenous Children
Diffusion effects of a sexual violence prevention program leveraging youth–adult partnerships
The purpose of the current study was to examine the diffusion effects of a youth‐led sexual violence prevention program (i.e., Youth Voices in Prevention [Youth VIP]). Specifically, social network analysis was used to measure the extent to which Youth VIP changed behaviors for 1172 middle and high school youth who did not attend program events but were friends with Youth VIP participants and completed the first and final survey (approximately 2 y…
Exploring the association between anticipated and actual responses to disclosures of intimate partner violence and sexual assault
Victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual assault (SA) commonly disclose their experiences to friends or family members, or within other personal relationships. Disclosure recipients’ responses to these disclosures are associated with victims’ mental health. Previous research has separately measured both actual responses to IPV/SA and anticipated responses to IPV/SA (e.g., response to a hypothetical scenario) from the perspective of d…
Community Conversations on Relationship Violence
To further develop domestic and sexual violence (DSV) prevention strategies at the community level requires an understanding of how community members in towns think about prevention. Using concept mapping, this study sought to better understand community members’ perspectives about what DSV prevention strategies would be most feasible, most effective, and generate the greatest community support within their town. Data were collected across four r…
Preventing Teen Relationship Abuse and Sexual Assault through Bystander Training
The purpose of the current study was to examine the impact of exposure to Bringing in the Bystander—High School Curriculum ( BITB ‐ HSC ) on school personnel, which included a seven session classroom curriculum for ninth through twelfth graders (student curriculum), a bystander training workshop for school personnel (school personnel workshop), and reading materials (handout). We examined how exposure to these various BITB ‐ HSC intervention comp…
Who sees opportunity to help? A prospective study on adolescents' detection of intervention opportunities in situations of sexual and dating violence
Adolescent bystanders (i.e., witnesses to violence) can prevent sexual and dating violence among their peers and create a safer social environment if they detect the opportunity. The current study prospectively examined the association of demographic (i.e., age, gender, sexual orientation), psychosocial (i.e., knowledge, rape myth acceptance, victim empathy), and behavioral (i.e., binge drinking) factors with bystander opportunity detection in si…
Evaluating a gender transformative violence prevention program for middle school boys
Perceptions of Community Norms and Youths’ Reactive and Proactive Dating and Sexual Violence Bystander Action
There is enthusiasm for programs that promote bystander intervention to prevent dating and sexual violence (DSV). However, more information about what facilitates or inhibits bystander behavior in DSV situations is needed. The present cross‐sectional survey study investigated whether youth perceptions of adults’ behavior and community norms were associated with how frequently youth took action and intervened in DSV situations or to prevent DSV. S…
Longitudinal Associations of Binge Drinking with Interpersonal Violence Among Adolescents
Rape Myth Acceptance in Sexually Assaulted Adolescents' School Contexts
High school students exposed to sexual assault ( SA ) are at risk for negative outcomes like depressed mood and high‐risk drinking. Although evidence suggests that both social contexts and internalized stigma can affect recovery from SA , no research to date has directly examined the presence of stigma in social contexts such as high schools as a correlate of adjustment after SA . In this study, the self‐reported rape myth acceptance ( RMA ) of 3…
Participants’ Reactions to and Suggestions for Conducting Intimate Partner Violence Research
PURPOSE: To document rural young adults' reasons for emotional reactions to participating in intimate partner violence (IPV) research as well as to hear young adults' perspectives on how to most effectively conduct comprehensive IPV research in their rural communities. METHODS: The data presented in this paper draw from 2 studies (ie, an online survey study and an in-person or telephone interview study) that included the same 16 US rural counties…
Rural Young Adults’ Lay Theories of Intimate Partner Violence
This study qualitatively examined rural emerging adults’ ways of thinking (i.e., lay theories) about the causes of intimate partner violence ( IPV ) and ideas on how to prevent IPV most effectively. Participants were 74 individuals (majority Caucasian, heterosexual, low income) between the ages of 18 and 24 who resided in one of 16 rural communities. Participants’ perceptions of the causes of IPV included (a) individual‐level pathology, stress, a…
Intimate partner violence among sexual minority populations
of the Research Literature on IPV AmongLGB PersonsIncidence and Prevalence Rates Sixty-two studies have reported on the incidence and/or preva-lence rates of IPV among LGB individuals. Rates of IPV rangefrom 1% (e.g., Turell [2000] measuring forced sex perpetration incurrent relationships among LGBT individuals) to more than 97%(i.e.,Hequembourg,Parks,V Straus, Hamby, Boney-McCoy, & Sugarman, 1996) find-ing that 33.3% of men in same-sex relations…
Physical Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Unwanted Pursuit Victimization
The purpose of this study was to estimate the 6-month incidence rates of sexual assault, physical dating violence (DV), and unwanted pursuit (e.g., stalking) victimization among sexual-minority (i.e., individuals with any same-sex sexual experiences) college students with comparison data from non-sexual-minority (i.e., individuals with only heterosexual sexual experiences) college students. Participants ( N = 6,030) were primarily Caucasian (92.7…
Rape Myths
Community Matters
Drawing on social disorganization theory, the current study examined the extent to which community‐level poverty rates and collective efficacy influenced individual reports of intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration, victimization, and bystander intervention among a sample of 178 young adults (18–24; 67.4 % women) from 16 rural counties across the eastern US who completed an online survey that assessed demographic information, IPV perpetrati…
The Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence among LGBTQ College Youth
Perceptions of Community Norms and Youths’ Reactive and Proactive Dating and Sexual Violence Bystander Action
There is enthusiasm for programs that promote bystander intervention to prevent dating and sexual violence (DSV). However, more information about what facilitates or inhibits bystander behavior in DSV situations is needed. The present cross‐sectional survey study investigated whether youth perceptions of adults’ behavior and community norms were associated with how frequently youth took action and intervened in DSV situations or to prevent DSV. S…
Bystander Action in Situations of Dating and Sexual Aggression
Evaluating a gender transformative violence prevention program for middle school boys
Who sees opportunity to help? A prospective study on adolescents' detection of intervention opportunities in situations of sexual and dating violence
Adolescent bystanders (i.e., witnesses to violence) can prevent sexual and dating violence among their peers and create a safer social environment if they detect the opportunity. The current study prospectively examined the association of demographic (i.e., age, gender, sexual orientation), psychosocial (i.e., knowledge, rape myth acceptance, victim empathy), and behavioral (i.e., binge drinking) factors with bystander opportunity detection in si…
Rural Young Adults’ Lay Theories of Intimate Partner Violence
This study qualitatively examined rural emerging adults’ ways of thinking (i.e., lay theories) about the causes of intimate partner violence ( IPV ) and ideas on how to prevent IPV most effectively. Participants were 74 individuals (majority Caucasian, heterosexual, low income) between the ages of 18 and 24 who resided in one of 16 rural communities. Participants’ perceptions of the causes of IPV included (a) individual‐level pathology, stress, a…
Disclosure Experiences of Sexual Minority College Student Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
Although research on disclosure following intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization is burgeoning, sexual minority young adults’ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, questioning, etc.; LGBQ+) experiences have not received equal attention. The current study employed the minority stress framework to examine disclosure experiences of LGBQ+ college students across the United States reporting physical IPV victimization within their current relationship…
Longitudinal Associations of Binge Drinking with Interpersonal Violence Among Adolescents
Preventing Teen Relationship Abuse and Sexual Assault through Bystander Training
The purpose of the current study was to examine the impact of exposure to Bringing in the Bystander—High School Curriculum ( BITB ‐ HSC ) on school personnel, which included a seven session classroom curriculum for ninth through twelfth graders (student curriculum), a bystander training workshop for school personnel (school personnel workshop), and reading materials (handout). We examined how exposure to these various BITB ‐ HSC intervention comp…
Rape Myth Acceptance in Sexually Assaulted Adolescents' School Contexts
High school students exposed to sexual assault ( SA ) are at risk for negative outcomes like depressed mood and high‐risk drinking. Although evidence suggests that both social contexts and internalized stigma can affect recovery from SA , no research to date has directly examined the presence of stigma in social contexts such as high schools as a correlate of adjustment after SA . In this study, the self‐reported rape myth acceptance ( RMA ) of 3…
Rape Myths
The Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence among LGBTQ College Youth
Community Matters
Drawing on social disorganization theory, the current study examined the extent to which community‐level poverty rates and collective efficacy influenced individual reports of intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration, victimization, and bystander intervention among a sample of 178 young adults (18–24; 67.4 % women) from 16 rural counties across the eastern US who completed an online survey that assessed demographic information, IPV perpetrati…
Intimate partner violence among sexual minority populations
of the Research Literature on IPV AmongLGB PersonsIncidence and Prevalence Rates Sixty-two studies have reported on the incidence and/or preva-lence rates of IPV among LGB individuals. Rates of IPV rangefrom 1% (e.g., Turell [2000] measuring forced sex perpetration incurrent relationships among LGBT individuals) to more than 97%(i.e.,Hequembourg,Parks,V Straus, Hamby, Boney-McCoy, & Sugarman, 1996) find-ing that 33.3% of men in same-sex relations…
Physical Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Unwanted Pursuit Victimization
The purpose of this study was to estimate the 6-month incidence rates of sexual assault, physical dating violence (DV), and unwanted pursuit (e.g., stalking) victimization among sexual-minority (i.e., individuals with any same-sex sexual experiences) college students with comparison data from non-sexual-minority (i.e., individuals with only heterosexual sexual experiences) college students. Participants ( N = 6,030) were primarily Caucasian (92.7…
Disclosure Experiences of Sexual Minority College Student Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
Although research on disclosure following intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization is burgeoning, sexual minority young adults’ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, questioning, etc.; LGBQ+) experiences have not received equal attention. The current study employed the minority stress framework to examine disclosure experiences of LGBQ+ college students across the United States reporting physical IPV victimization within their current relationship…
Bystander Action in Situations of Dating and Sexual Aggression
Participants’ Reactions to and Suggestions for Conducting Intimate Partner Violence Research
PURPOSE: To document rural young adults' reasons for emotional reactions to participating in intimate partner violence (IPV) research as well as to hear young adults' perspectives on how to most effectively conduct comprehensive IPV research in their rural communities. METHODS: The data presented in this paper draw from 2 studies (ie, an online survey study and an in-person or telephone interview study) that included the same 16 US rural counties…
Rural Young Adults’ Lay Theories of Intimate Partner Violence
This study qualitatively examined rural emerging adults’ ways of thinking (i.e., lay theories) about the causes of intimate partner violence ( IPV ) and ideas on how to prevent IPV most effectively. Participants were 74 individuals (majority Caucasian, heterosexual, low income) between the ages of 18 and 24 who resided in one of 16 rural communities. Participants’ perceptions of the causes of IPV included (a) individual‐level pathology, stress, a…
Rape Myth Acceptance in Sexually Assaulted Adolescents' School Contexts
High school students exposed to sexual assault ( SA ) are at risk for negative outcomes like depressed mood and high‐risk drinking. Although evidence suggests that both social contexts and internalized stigma can affect recovery from SA , no research to date has directly examined the presence of stigma in social contexts such as high schools as a correlate of adjustment after SA . In this study, the self‐reported rape myth acceptance ( RMA ) of 3…
Evaluating a gender transformative violence prevention program for middle school boys
Perceptions of Community Norms and Youths’ Reactive and Proactive Dating and Sexual Violence Bystander Action
There is enthusiasm for programs that promote bystander intervention to prevent dating and sexual violence (DSV). However, more information about what facilitates or inhibits bystander behavior in DSV situations is needed. The present cross‐sectional survey study investigated whether youth perceptions of adults’ behavior and community norms were associated with how frequently youth took action and intervened in DSV situations or to prevent DSV. S…
Longitudinal Associations of Binge Drinking with Interpersonal Violence Among Adolescents
Preventing Teen Relationship Abuse and Sexual Assault through Bystander Training
The purpose of the current study was to examine the impact of exposure to Bringing in the Bystander—High School Curriculum ( BITB ‐ HSC ) on school personnel, which included a seven session classroom curriculum for ninth through twelfth graders (student curriculum), a bystander training workshop for school personnel (school personnel workshop), and reading materials (handout). We examined how exposure to these various BITB ‐ HSC intervention comp…
Who sees opportunity to help? A prospective study on adolescents' detection of intervention opportunities in situations of sexual and dating violence
Adolescent bystanders (i.e., witnesses to violence) can prevent sexual and dating violence among their peers and create a safer social environment if they detect the opportunity. The current study prospectively examined the association of demographic (i.e., age, gender, sexual orientation), psychosocial (i.e., knowledge, rape myth acceptance, victim empathy), and behavioral (i.e., binge drinking) factors with bystander opportunity detection in si…
Exploring the association between anticipated and actual responses to disclosures of intimate partner violence and sexual assault
Victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual assault (SA) commonly disclose their experiences to friends or family members, or within other personal relationships. Disclosure recipients’ responses to these disclosures are associated with victims’ mental health. Previous research has separately measured both actual responses to IPV/SA and anticipated responses to IPV/SA (e.g., response to a hypothetical scenario) from the perspective of d…
Community Conversations on Relationship Violence
To further develop domestic and sexual violence (DSV) prevention strategies at the community level requires an understanding of how community members in towns think about prevention. Using concept mapping, this study sought to better understand community members’ perspectives about what DSV prevention strategies would be most feasible, most effective, and generate the greatest community support within their town. Data were collected across four r…
Social Network Influences on Adolescent E-cigarette Use
Background: Determine if individual adolescent vaping is associated with the vaping behavior of their school-based friendships; whether that association stems from peer influence or peer selection; and whether it varies by age. Methods: Two wave longitudinal survey of 1,208 students in one Midwestern US school district. Students were asked if they ever vaped and to name their seven closest friends within the school district. A roster of all eligi…
Family strengths among Native American families and families living in poverty
Rates of Recent Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Indigenous Children
Diffusion effects of a sexual violence prevention program leveraging youth–adult partnerships
The purpose of the current study was to examine the diffusion effects of a youth‐led sexual violence prevention program (i.e., Youth Voices in Prevention [Youth VIP]). Specifically, social network analysis was used to measure the extent to which Youth VIP changed behaviors for 1172 middle and high school youth who did not attend program events but were friends with Youth VIP participants and completed the first and final survey (approximately 2 y…
It changed me for the better”
Social networks and violence victimization and perpetration among youth
Interpersonal violence (IV) is a serious concern for adolescents in the United States that has devastating impacts for individuals and communities. Given the increased importance placed on friendships during adolescence, the purpose of the current study was to examine the extent to which IV experiences cluster within youths' friendship networks. Participants were students ( N = 1303) in grades 7th to 10th who completed surveys at the beginning an…
Indigenous Cultural Identity Protects Against Intergenerational Transmission of ACEs Among Indigenous Caregivers and Their Children
Intermediate outcomes of a randomized controlled trial of an online group program to prevent dating violence and alcohol use among sexual and gender minority teens.
0.3). Results supported that the PRYSHM program led to changes in several proposed intermediate outcomes, but only among teens who received a higher program dose. Given the promise of PRYSHM, future work should evaluate the impact of the program utilizing a longer-term follow-up and consider ways to increase program engagement.
Psychology (23 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (20 works) · Medicine (19 works) · Poison control (19 works) · Social Psychology (17 works) · Suicide prevention (17 works) · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies (15 works) · Clinical Psychology (13 works) · Domestic violence (11 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works)