Ashley A Walsdorf
Biographic Data
| ID | 4088878 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ashley A Walsdorf |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ashley A |
| FAMILY NAME | Walsdorf |
| SIGNATURE | WALSDORF A A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Alliant University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3944-2597 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
LGBTQ Ally Identities and Actions Within a Collegiate Athletics Context
This qualitative study explored how individuals within college athletics define their ally identities and their efforts, if any, to create more LGBTQ‐affirming climates within athletics. Eighteen semi-structured interviews were completed with coaches, athletic department staff, and a student-athlete. The thematic analysis resulted in three themes summarizing how participants defined their LGBTQ ally identities: (1) Stance of Equalness, (2) Suppor…
Teachers’ preparedness to work with LGBQ parents and implications for classroom inclusivity
Latiné Emerging Adults’ Insights on Expanding Mental Health Supports That Go Beyond Access to Care
Structural and social determinants of health (DOH) significantly impact the mental wellbeing of Latiné communities. This study explores how structural and social DOH shape the perceived needs for mental health supports that extend beyond traditional services among first- and second-generation Latiné emerging adults. Incorporating their perspectives is essential, as they are underrepresented populations in mental health research and navigate compl…
Acculturation stress magnifies child depression effect of stressful life events for Latinx youth 3 years later
Adding to the literature on SLEs within Latinx families, these results indicate that acculturation and socio-political climate stressors need be considered in discussions of the effects of life stress on Latinx youth and their families
It was really painful to watch
Latinxs in the United States have been targeted by racialized immigration policies that threaten the well-being of not only those directly affected but also those who witness the hardship brought about by these events. This study explored Latinx young adults’ experiences of witnessing hardship brought to others both personally and among the collective. Data from 21 individual interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. Analyses revealed fou…
Emotional wellbeing and coping among Latinx young adults in the time of Covid‐19
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the wellbeing of the general US population, but even more so among Latinx young adults. The current study provides a detailed picture of the emotional wellbeing and coping of Latinx young adults during the first summer of the pandemic. Six virtual focus groups (n = 21) were conducted between May and August of 2020 with a community-based sample of Latinx young adults to explore (1) how the pandemic affected well…
Anticipating Stress During the Covid-19 Pandemic
We examined the association of anticipatory negative consequences related to the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of Latinx young adults. Data are from a community-based study with first- and second-generation immigrant, Latinx young adults (18–26 years old). Participants completed an online survey about mental health and anticipated personal and family-related consequences due to the pandemic. Regression models examined the effects of anti…
Preparing Black and Latinx children for police encounters
We hypothesized that the goodness-of-fit between profiles of observed, caregiver-provided ethnic-racial socialization (ERS), and child self-regulation (i.e., inhibitory control) would differentially associate with child behavioral outcomes. Conversations between 80 caregivers (45% Latinx; 55% Black) and their children (M age = 11.09; 46% female) were rated for ERS. Measures included an inhibitory control composite (ages 2.5-3.5) and the Child Beh…
Ending Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts
This study explored the steps or actions that therapists would like to see professional mental health associations take concerning gender identity change efforts (GICE) and sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE; also referred to as conversion therapy). Data were collected from 177 therapists utilizing an open-ended question from an online survey. A queer theory informed thematic analysis of the data revealed four themes tied to actions that pro…
We Need to State it Overtly”
The intersection of immigration policy impacts and Covid‐19 for Latinx young adults
For many Latinx young adults, COVID‐19 has exposed exclusionary policies that heighten risk for contracting the virus and that leave them and their parents unprotected. This study has a dual purpose; first, to quantitatively examine immigration policy impacts of discrimination, isolation, threats to family, and vulnerability, and their association to economic consequences experienced by Latinx young adults in Central Texas during the initial mont…
Responding to racism at school
Guided by the Theory of Racial Socialization in Action (TRSA; Smith-Bynum in press), this study examined observed caregiver-provided ethnic-racial socialization in response to a school-based discriminatory dilemma. Forty-five Black and 36 Latinx caregivers (88% mothers) with low-income and their children (Mage = 11.09, SD = 0.29; 46.3% female) participated in Dallas, Texas from 2018 to 2019. Dyads responded to a hypothetical scenario in which a s…
“I am affected in all the ways … ”
Findings suggest Latinx families across residency statuses can be negatively affected by news of the adversities experienced by a subgroup. Service and healthcare providers, and educators must be prepared to support Latinx youth faced with fear, discrimination, and isolation arising from exposure to news on immigration actions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
Latinx parents’ perceptions of how the changing immigration climate has affected their adolescent children
Economic and social consequences of Covid-19 and mental health burden among Latinx young adults during the 2020 pandemic
Latinx young adults 18-25 years old face unique challenges that disproportionately put them at high risk of experiencing health as well as economic and social burden due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The present study examined how economic and psychosocial consequences as a result of the pandemic were associated with mental health issues among a community sample of Latinx young adults ( N = 83) from Central Texas. Participants c…
Holding both truths
Ethnic‐racial socialization is at the core of ethnic minority families’ adaptive response to a racialized social climate. Protective links between ethnic‐racial socialization and children's adjustment are well documented in the adolescent years; however, very few studies have considered the ethnic‐racial socialization of young children altogether and fewer still have examined the links to adjustment using longitudinal designs. Leveraging unique, …
White Supremacy and the Web of Family Science
Family science is at the forefront of understanding the multiple and interconnected risk and protective factors (e.g., poverty vs. wealth, racism and discrimination, privilege) that affect families and the contexts in which they live. In this article, we use the metaphor of spider and web to suggest that family science theorizing is missing an integral piece of the puzzle—the designer of the contexts that have become the field's object of study a…
Graduate Student Parents’ Perceptions of Resources to Support Degree Completion
This study explored graduate student parents’ perceptions about the usefulness of campus, community, and potential resources. The results indicated that graduate student parents placed the greatest value on financial and childcare resources as well as having a supportive faculty advisor. This study also found that women placed greater value on many of the resources studied when compared to their male counterparts. There were no significant differ…
White Supremacy and the Web of Family Science
Family science is at the forefront of understanding the multiple and interconnected risk and protective factors (e.g., poverty vs. wealth, racism and discrimination, privilege) that affect families and the contexts in which they live. In this article, we use the metaphor of spider and web to suggest that family science theorizing is missing an integral piece of the puzzle—the designer of the contexts that have become the field's object of study a…
Responding to racism at school
Guided by the Theory of Racial Socialization in Action (TRSA; Smith-Bynum in press), this study examined observed caregiver-provided ethnic-racial socialization in response to a school-based discriminatory dilemma. Forty-five Black and 36 Latinx caregivers (88% mothers) with low-income and their children (Mage = 11.09, SD = 0.29; 46.3% female) participated in Dallas, Texas from 2018 to 2019. Dyads responded to a hypothetical scenario in which a s…
Preparing Black and Latinx children for police encounters
We hypothesized that the goodness-of-fit between profiles of observed, caregiver-provided ethnic-racial socialization (ERS), and child self-regulation (i.e., inhibitory control) would differentially associate with child behavioral outcomes. Conversations between 80 caregivers (45% Latinx; 55% Black) and their children (M age = 11.09; 46% female) were rated for ERS. Measures included an inhibitory control composite (ages 2.5-3.5) and the Child Beh…
The intersection of immigration policy impacts and Covid‐19 for Latinx young adults
For many Latinx young adults, COVID‐19 has exposed exclusionary policies that heighten risk for contracting the virus and that leave them and their parents unprotected. This study has a dual purpose; first, to quantitatively examine immigration policy impacts of discrimination, isolation, threats to family, and vulnerability, and their association to economic consequences experienced by Latinx young adults in Central Texas during the initial mont…
We Need to State it Overtly”
Ending Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts
This study explored the steps or actions that therapists would like to see professional mental health associations take concerning gender identity change efforts (GICE) and sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE; also referred to as conversion therapy). Data were collected from 177 therapists utilizing an open-ended question from an online survey. A queer theory informed thematic analysis of the data revealed four themes tied to actions that pro…
Holding both truths
Ethnic‐racial socialization is at the core of ethnic minority families’ adaptive response to a racialized social climate. Protective links between ethnic‐racial socialization and children's adjustment are well documented in the adolescent years; however, very few studies have considered the ethnic‐racial socialization of young children altogether and fewer still have examined the links to adjustment using longitudinal designs. Leveraging unique, …
Graduate Student Parents’ Perceptions of Resources to Support Degree Completion
This study explored graduate student parents’ perceptions about the usefulness of campus, community, and potential resources. The results indicated that graduate student parents placed the greatest value on financial and childcare resources as well as having a supportive faculty advisor. This study also found that women placed greater value on many of the resources studied when compared to their male counterparts. There were no significant differ…
Graduate Student Parents’ Perceptions of Resources to Support Degree Completion
This study explored graduate student parents’ perceptions about the usefulness of campus, community, and potential resources. The results indicated that graduate student parents placed the greatest value on financial and childcare resources as well as having a supportive faculty advisor. This study also found that women placed greater value on many of the resources studied when compared to their male counterparts. There were no significant differ…
White Supremacy and the Web of Family Science
Family science is at the forefront of understanding the multiple and interconnected risk and protective factors (e.g., poverty vs. wealth, racism and discrimination, privilege) that affect families and the contexts in which they live. In this article, we use the metaphor of spider and web to suggest that family science theorizing is missing an integral piece of the puzzle—the designer of the contexts that have become the field's object of study a…
“I am affected in all the ways … ”
Findings suggest Latinx families across residency statuses can be negatively affected by news of the adversities experienced by a subgroup. Service and healthcare providers, and educators must be prepared to support Latinx youth faced with fear, discrimination, and isolation arising from exposure to news on immigration actions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
Latinx parents’ perceptions of how the changing immigration climate has affected their adolescent children
Economic and social consequences of Covid-19 and mental health burden among Latinx young adults during the 2020 pandemic
Latinx young adults 18-25 years old face unique challenges that disproportionately put them at high risk of experiencing health as well as economic and social burden due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The present study examined how economic and psychosocial consequences as a result of the pandemic were associated with mental health issues among a community sample of Latinx young adults ( N = 83) from Central Texas. Participants c…
Holding both truths
Ethnic‐racial socialization is at the core of ethnic minority families’ adaptive response to a racialized social climate. Protective links between ethnic‐racial socialization and children's adjustment are well documented in the adolescent years; however, very few studies have considered the ethnic‐racial socialization of young children altogether and fewer still have examined the links to adjustment using longitudinal designs. Leveraging unique, …
Preparing Black and Latinx children for police encounters
We hypothesized that the goodness-of-fit between profiles of observed, caregiver-provided ethnic-racial socialization (ERS), and child self-regulation (i.e., inhibitory control) would differentially associate with child behavioral outcomes. Conversations between 80 caregivers (45% Latinx; 55% Black) and their children (M age = 11.09; 46% female) were rated for ERS. Measures included an inhibitory control composite (ages 2.5-3.5) and the Child Beh…
Ending Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts
This study explored the steps or actions that therapists would like to see professional mental health associations take concerning gender identity change efforts (GICE) and sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE; also referred to as conversion therapy). Data were collected from 177 therapists utilizing an open-ended question from an online survey. A queer theory informed thematic analysis of the data revealed four themes tied to actions that pro…
We Need to State it Overtly”
The intersection of immigration policy impacts and Covid‐19 for Latinx young adults
For many Latinx young adults, COVID‐19 has exposed exclusionary policies that heighten risk for contracting the virus and that leave them and their parents unprotected. This study has a dual purpose; first, to quantitatively examine immigration policy impacts of discrimination, isolation, threats to family, and vulnerability, and their association to economic consequences experienced by Latinx young adults in Central Texas during the initial mont…
Responding to racism at school
Guided by the Theory of Racial Socialization in Action (TRSA; Smith-Bynum in press), this study examined observed caregiver-provided ethnic-racial socialization in response to a school-based discriminatory dilemma. Forty-five Black and 36 Latinx caregivers (88% mothers) with low-income and their children (Mage = 11.09, SD = 0.29; 46.3% female) participated in Dallas, Texas from 2018 to 2019. Dyads responded to a hypothetical scenario in which a s…
It was really painful to watch
Latinxs in the United States have been targeted by racialized immigration policies that threaten the well-being of not only those directly affected but also those who witness the hardship brought about by these events. This study explored Latinx young adults’ experiences of witnessing hardship brought to others both personally and among the collective. Data from 21 individual interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. Analyses revealed fou…
Emotional wellbeing and coping among Latinx young adults in the time of Covid‐19
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the wellbeing of the general US population, but even more so among Latinx young adults. The current study provides a detailed picture of the emotional wellbeing and coping of Latinx young adults during the first summer of the pandemic. Six virtual focus groups (n = 21) were conducted between May and August of 2020 with a community-based sample of Latinx young adults to explore (1) how the pandemic affected well…
Anticipating Stress During the Covid-19 Pandemic
We examined the association of anticipatory negative consequences related to the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of Latinx young adults. Data are from a community-based study with first- and second-generation immigrant, Latinx young adults (18–26 years old). Participants completed an online survey about mental health and anticipated personal and family-related consequences due to the pandemic. Regression models examined the effects of anti…
Acculturation stress magnifies child depression effect of stressful life events for Latinx youth 3 years later
Adding to the literature on SLEs within Latinx families, these results indicate that acculturation and socio-political climate stressors need be considered in discussions of the effects of life stress on Latinx youth and their families
Latiné Emerging Adults’ Insights on Expanding Mental Health Supports That Go Beyond Access to Care
Structural and social determinants of health (DOH) significantly impact the mental wellbeing of Latiné communities. This study explores how structural and social DOH shape the perceived needs for mental health supports that extend beyond traditional services among first- and second-generation Latiné emerging adults. Incorporating their perspectives is essential, as they are underrepresented populations in mental health research and navigate compl…
LGBTQ Ally Identities and Actions Within a Collegiate Athletics Context
This qualitative study explored how individuals within college athletics define their ally identities and their efforts, if any, to create more LGBTQ‐affirming climates within athletics. Eighteen semi-structured interviews were completed with coaches, athletic department staff, and a student-athlete. The thematic analysis resulted in three themes summarizing how participants defined their LGBTQ ally identities: (1) Stance of Equalness, (2) Suppor…
Teachers’ preparedness to work with LGBQ parents and implications for classroom inclusivity
Psychology (16 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 works)