Sarah M Chilenski
Biographic Data
| ID | 4086290 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah M Chilenski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah M |
| FAMILY NAME | Chilenski |
| SIGNATURE | CHILENSKI S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pennsylvania State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9349-3550 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Organizational Arrangements in Evidence2Success Communities
Building healthy communities requires organizational arrangements that center on resident and community assets while using data to guide decisions. This study examines how the Evidence2Success framework was implemented in three communities, Kearns, UT, Mobile, AL, and Memphis, TN, to understand how citizen-led asset mapping, coalition processes, and funding strategies shape youth well-being efforts. Using an interpretive case-study design, we ana…
Associations between inclusive community coalition leadership and use of evidence‐based practices
Community coalitions have the potential to elicit diverse participants' perspectives on complex issues and generate shared commitment to adaptive strategies. Ideally, these approaches have been found effective elsewhere. Despite evidence that leadership plays a generally important role in coalitions, there have been limited prior findings about how leadership may support the use of evidence‐based practices. The purpose of the current study was to…
Effects of advice‐seeking patterns on community coalitions' outcomes
Community coalitions are well‐positioned to address local conditions affecting health. Coalitions rely on interactions among members to address community issues and plan for sustainability. Individuals and agencies participate voluntarily, and substantive decisions are generally made as a group. Hence, coalitions operate largely through advice rather than top‐down directives. This study examined whether advice‐seeking patterns within coalitions i…
Understanding community‐ and system‐capacity change over time
Evidence in majority White and low‐population areas suggest that community prevention systems can create social capital that is needed to support high‐quality implementation and sustainability of evidence‐based programs. This study expands prior work by asking the question: How does community social capital change during the implementation of a community prevention system in low‐income, highly populated communities of color? Data were collected f…
Parent–Child Recurring Conflict
Guided by social learning theory, this longitudinal study examined whether parent–child recurring conflict mediated the association between parental anger management, an understudied antecedent to parent–child recurring conflict, and adolescent deviant and problem‐solving behaviors in 415 rural families. Parental use of anger management in 6th grade was associated with less parent–child recurring conflict in 9th grade, which was associated with m…
Pathways to Sustainability
Universal Prevention Exposure as a Moderator of the Community Context
This study examined how participation in a universal family skills‐building program may interact with community risks and resources to produce youth outcomes. Prior research has noted community‐level variability in risk and protective factors, but thus far no study has examined the role that participation on a community‐wide intervention may play in moderating the effects of community risks or resources. The study included 14 communities (seven i…
Thriving in School
The present study uses an ecological systems perspective to examine how parental involvement in school-related activities in sixth grade influences early adolescents' school bonding and academic achievement in eighth grade. Results of multilevel models of multiple data sources (i.e., adolescents, parents, and principals) suggested that parents' involvement in school, as reported by the adolescent in sixth grade, was a significant predictor of sch…
Pathways of Influence
Sarah M. Chilenski, Ty Ridenour, Amanda W. Bequette, Linda L. Caldwell, Pathways of Influence: How Parental Behaviors and Free Time Experiences are Associated with African American Early Adolescent Development and Academic Achievement, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 84, No. 3, Out-of-School Time and African American Students: Understanding the Health, Environmental, and Social Determinants of Academic Success (Guest Editors: Nadine Finigan-…
From the Macro to the Micro
This study examined how multiple dimensions and levels of the community context associated with early adolescent problem behaviors in rural communities. Four thousand, five hundred and nine eighth-grade students in 28 rural and small town school districts in two states participated in surveys regarding substance use and delinquency in 2005. Locations of alcohol retailers, tobacco retailers, youth-serving organizations, and student residences were…
The community substance use environment
This study tested the feasibility and utility of developing a multiple-method and multiple-reporter measure that describes the community substance use environment. Data on community-level norms and availability of substances were reported by 5,261 students and 181 prevention-focused community leaders involved in the 28 PROSPER Project communities between 2002-2005. Additionally, locations of alcohol and tobacco outlets were geocoded. Initially, t…
The Importance of the Community Context in the Epidemiology of Early Adolescent Substance Use and Delinquency in a Rural Sample
Considerable research has demonstrated that substance use and delinquency during early adolescence can have long‐term negative health consequences. As the correlates of these behaviors cross levels and contexts, it is likely that a social ecological approach will provide insight to inform community prevention. This approach informs the present study, which focuses on developing a multiple‐method measurement strategy to examine associations among …
Community readiness as a multidimensional construct
Both the organizational studies literature and the community psychology literature discuss the importance of readiness when implementing change. Although each area emphasizes different characteristics, several common themes are present within the literature. The current study integrates and applies organizational and community psychology literature in evaluating community readiness in the context of a school–community–university collaborative pre…
Community readiness as a multidimensional construct
Both the organizational studies literature and the community psychology literature discuss the importance of readiness when implementing change. Although each area emphasizes different characteristics, several common themes are present within the literature. The current study integrates and applies organizational and community psychology literature in evaluating community readiness in the context of a school–community–university collaborative pre…
The Importance of the Community Context in the Epidemiology of Early Adolescent Substance Use and Delinquency in a Rural Sample
Considerable research has demonstrated that substance use and delinquency during early adolescence can have long‐term negative health consequences. As the correlates of these behaviors cross levels and contexts, it is likely that a social ecological approach will provide insight to inform community prevention. This approach informs the present study, which focuses on developing a multiple‐method measurement strategy to examine associations among …
From the Macro to the Micro
This study examined how multiple dimensions and levels of the community context associated with early adolescent problem behaviors in rural communities. Four thousand, five hundred and nine eighth-grade students in 28 rural and small town school districts in two states participated in surveys regarding substance use and delinquency in 2005. Locations of alcohol retailers, tobacco retailers, youth-serving organizations, and student residences were…
The community substance use environment
This study tested the feasibility and utility of developing a multiple-method and multiple-reporter measure that describes the community substance use environment. Data on community-level norms and availability of substances were reported by 5,261 students and 181 prevention-focused community leaders involved in the 28 PROSPER Project communities between 2002-2005. Additionally, locations of alcohol and tobacco outlets were geocoded. Initially, t…
Thriving in School
The present study uses an ecological systems perspective to examine how parental involvement in school-related activities in sixth grade influences early adolescents' school bonding and academic achievement in eighth grade. Results of multilevel models of multiple data sources (i.e., adolescents, parents, and principals) suggested that parents' involvement in school, as reported by the adolescent in sixth grade, was a significant predictor of sch…
Understanding community‐ and system‐capacity change over time
Evidence in majority White and low‐population areas suggest that community prevention systems can create social capital that is needed to support high‐quality implementation and sustainability of evidence‐based programs. This study expands prior work by asking the question: How does community social capital change during the implementation of a community prevention system in low‐income, highly populated communities of color? Data were collected f…
Parent–Child Recurring Conflict
Guided by social learning theory, this longitudinal study examined whether parent–child recurring conflict mediated the association between parental anger management, an understudied antecedent to parent–child recurring conflict, and adolescent deviant and problem‐solving behaviors in 415 rural families. Parental use of anger management in 6th grade was associated with less parent–child recurring conflict in 9th grade, which was associated with m…
Universal Prevention Exposure as a Moderator of the Community Context
This study examined how participation in a universal family skills‐building program may interact with community risks and resources to produce youth outcomes. Prior research has noted community‐level variability in risk and protective factors, but thus far no study has examined the role that participation on a community‐wide intervention may play in moderating the effects of community risks or resources. The study included 14 communities (seven i…
Community readiness as a multidimensional construct
Both the organizational studies literature and the community psychology literature discuss the importance of readiness when implementing change. Although each area emphasizes different characteristics, several common themes are present within the literature. The current study integrates and applies organizational and community psychology literature in evaluating community readiness in the context of a school–community–university collaborative pre…
The community substance use environment
This study tested the feasibility and utility of developing a multiple-method and multiple-reporter measure that describes the community substance use environment. Data on community-level norms and availability of substances were reported by 5,261 students and 181 prevention-focused community leaders involved in the 28 PROSPER Project communities between 2002-2005. Additionally, locations of alcohol and tobacco outlets were geocoded. Initially, t…
The Importance of the Community Context in the Epidemiology of Early Adolescent Substance Use and Delinquency in a Rural Sample
Considerable research has demonstrated that substance use and delinquency during early adolescence can have long‐term negative health consequences. As the correlates of these behaviors cross levels and contexts, it is likely that a social ecological approach will provide insight to inform community prevention. This approach informs the present study, which focuses on developing a multiple‐method measurement strategy to examine associations among …
From the Macro to the Micro
This study examined how multiple dimensions and levels of the community context associated with early adolescent problem behaviors in rural communities. Four thousand, five hundred and nine eighth-grade students in 28 rural and small town school districts in two states participated in surveys regarding substance use and delinquency in 2005. Locations of alcohol retailers, tobacco retailers, youth-serving organizations, and student residences were…
Pathways of Influence
Sarah M. Chilenski, Ty Ridenour, Amanda W. Bequette, Linda L. Caldwell, Pathways of Influence: How Parental Behaviors and Free Time Experiences are Associated with African American Early Adolescent Development and Academic Achievement, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 84, No. 3, Out-of-School Time and African American Students: Understanding the Health, Environmental, and Social Determinants of Academic Success (Guest Editors: Nadine Finigan-…
Pathways to Sustainability
Universal Prevention Exposure as a Moderator of the Community Context
This study examined how participation in a universal family skills‐building program may interact with community risks and resources to produce youth outcomes. Prior research has noted community‐level variability in risk and protective factors, but thus far no study has examined the role that participation on a community‐wide intervention may play in moderating the effects of community risks or resources. The study included 14 communities (seven i…
Thriving in School
The present study uses an ecological systems perspective to examine how parental involvement in school-related activities in sixth grade influences early adolescents' school bonding and academic achievement in eighth grade. Results of multilevel models of multiple data sources (i.e., adolescents, parents, and principals) suggested that parents' involvement in school, as reported by the adolescent in sixth grade, was a significant predictor of sch…
Parent–Child Recurring Conflict
Guided by social learning theory, this longitudinal study examined whether parent–child recurring conflict mediated the association between parental anger management, an understudied antecedent to parent–child recurring conflict, and adolescent deviant and problem‐solving behaviors in 415 rural families. Parental use of anger management in 6th grade was associated with less parent–child recurring conflict in 9th grade, which was associated with m…
Understanding community‐ and system‐capacity change over time
Evidence in majority White and low‐population areas suggest that community prevention systems can create social capital that is needed to support high‐quality implementation and sustainability of evidence‐based programs. This study expands prior work by asking the question: How does community social capital change during the implementation of a community prevention system in low‐income, highly populated communities of color? Data were collected f…
Effects of advice‐seeking patterns on community coalitions' outcomes
Community coalitions are well‐positioned to address local conditions affecting health. Coalitions rely on interactions among members to address community issues and plan for sustainability. Individuals and agencies participate voluntarily, and substantive decisions are generally made as a group. Hence, coalitions operate largely through advice rather than top‐down directives. This study examined whether advice‐seeking patterns within coalitions i…
Organizational Arrangements in Evidence2Success Communities
Building healthy communities requires organizational arrangements that center on resident and community assets while using data to guide decisions. This study examines how the Evidence2Success framework was implemented in three communities, Kearns, UT, Mobile, AL, and Memphis, TN, to understand how citizen-led asset mapping, coalition processes, and funding strategies shape youth well-being efforts. Using an interpretive case-study design, we ana…
Associations between inclusive community coalition leadership and use of evidence‐based practices
Community coalitions have the potential to elicit diverse participants' perspectives on complex issues and generate shared commitment to adaptive strategies. Ideally, these approaches have been found effective elsewhere. Despite evidence that leadership plays a generally important role in coalitions, there have been limited prior findings about how leadership may support the use of evidence‐based practices. The purpose of the current study was to…
Community Health and Development (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (6 works) · Context (archaeology) (5 works) · Health psychology (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Political science (4 works)