Thomas H Nochajski
Biographic Data
| ID | 4176153 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas H Nochajski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas H |
| FAMILY NAME | Nochajski |
| SIGNATURE | NOCHAJSKI T H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University at Buffalo, State University of New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Emerging adults’ social media engagement & alcohol misuse: A multidimensional, person-centered analysis of risk
Qualitative insights in item development for a comprehensive and inclusive measure of recovery capital
The high degree of alteration to the item pool highlights the importance of establishing validity with respondents. Response variation based on recovery pathway suggests the need for broad heterogeneity in respondents. Measures that are sensitive, psychometrically sound, and aligned with theory are critical for advancing research on recovery capital and related disparities for diverse populations
Twelve‐month organizational study examining the associations among behavioral healthcare worker's perceptions of autonomy, decision‐making power, organizational commitment, and burnout: Reconceptualiz…
Previous research has demonstrated that behavioral healthcare workers' experiences of autonomy and decision‐making power in the workplace are positively associated with their commitment to the organization and negatively associated with occupational burnout. Models examining the relationships between workplace climate and staff member well‐being generally conceptualize workplace climates as predictors of individual commitment and burnout. However…
Understanding non‐installers of the ignition interlock device: A qualitative analysis
Trauma-Informed Parenting Education Support Groups for Mothers in Substance Abuse Recovery
Purpose: A trauma-informed educational support group pilot addressed traumatic stress, substance use disorders (SUDs), and child-rearing for clients who were pregnant and/or parenting young children. Methods: Seeking Safety was adapted with parenting content and delivered at two intensive residential rehabilitation facilities. An explanatory sequential mixed methods approach was used to evaluate the pilot. Forty-eight participants completed start…
A structural regression analysis of trauma‐informed climate factors, organizational commitment, and burnout among behavioral healthcare providers in a large public hospital
As an approach to organizational change, trauma‐informed care is contextualized within the broader organizational literature by examining the associations between organizational conditions (i.e., psychological experiences of choice and collaboration in the work environment) with precursors to organizational effectiveness (i.e., affective commitment and burnout). The study occurred within a large public hospital's behavioral health department loca…
Client Experiences of Trauma-Informed Care in Social Service Agencies
This paper describes a qualitative study of individual client interviews (n = 26) from four social service agencies to understand how clients experience trauma-informed care services and implementation challenges. We used the Fallot and Harris framework to explore client experiences of the five core concepts of trauma-informed care (safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration, and empowerment) using semi-structured interview questions with eac…
Understanding the ecological context of mental, emotional, and behavioral health problems: A person‐centered approach
AIMS: The social/environmental context of youth is important for mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) health. This study used person-oriented methods to examine the influences of family, neighborhood, and poverty on late adolescent MEB outcomes. METHODS: Latent class analysis was used to discern significant clusters of at-risk, diverse young men (N = 625) based on contextual factors; differences in MEB outcomes were examined. RESULTS: Four cla…
Trauma-Informed Care Outcome Study
Trauma-informed care (TIC) is a widely adopted organizational approach to health and human services. The current study occurred within a residential addiction treatment agency and has two aims: To operationalize the processes, an agency can take to become trauma informed and assesses the impact of a multiyear TIC implementation project on organizational climate, procedures, staff and resident satisfaction, and client retention in treatment. Pears…
On the Continuum of Exit: Understanding the Stages of Change Among Women in Commercial Sexual Exploitation
An Association Between Implementing Trauma-Informed Care and Staff Satisfaction
Despite its widespread adoption there is limited research on the influence of trauma-informed care (TIC). The current study examined the impact of implementing TIC on the satisfaction of agency staff by comparing the results of a satisfaction survey taken in January of 2014, a month prior to the agency's implementation of TIC, and again twelve months later. As collaboration, empowerment, and self-care are primary components of a TIC organizationa…
Creating a Trauma-Informed Community Through University-Community Partnerships: An Institute Agenda
The impact of trauma on wellness has been identified as a community health crisis. The alliance of universities and communities is a plausible response to address the scope of the problem given their wealth of resources. The Institute on Trauma and Trauma-informed Care (ITTIC) is an exemplar of a university-community partnership and unique approach that has fostered a common language within and between organizations to foster at the community lev…
I Feel Like I Am Finding Peace: Exploring the Use of a Combined Art Therapy and Adapted Seeking Safety Program with Refugee Support Groups
This paper describes the creation and implementation of a trauma support group intervention which combined aspects of the Seeking Safety model with an art therapy technique in an effort to reduce trauma-related symptoms in a population of refugees. A preliminary assessment was carried out to evaluate the potential effectiveness of the combined approach with trauma-exposed refugees. Based on facilitator notes from 8 sessions of two women's refugee…
Comparing Two Types of Social Support: Changes in Alcohol Use Among Drug Court Enrollees
This study explored the influence of 2 different types of social support on alcohol use in the context of drug court. Data from a drug court enrollee pilot study were analyzed using a series of simultaneous regression analyses. Results demonstrated that having a greater number of unconditional support providers was associated with a decrease in alcohol use from prearrest to postarrest. Having a greater number of directive support providers was as…
The Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Other Trauma on Drug Court Participants
Within the context of a larger study of drug court participants, this study examined the impact of traumatic experiences on psychiatric distress and on court outcomes. In the analyses, the participants (n = 229) were separated into 3 groups: childhood sexual abuse (CSA; n = 18), other trauma (n = 134), and no trauma (n = 77). The CSA group had higher mean scores on depression, anxiety, panic disorder, social phobia, somatization, and posttraumati…
We’re Civil Servants’: The Status of Trauma-Informed Care in the Community
Trauma-informed care (TIC) in social service organizations means that the organizations operate with the understanding that everyone involved has possibly experienced trauma in their lifetime. This qualitative study examined local service organizations’ usage of the 5 main principles of TIC: safety, trustworthiness, collaboration, empowerment, and choice (as developed by Fallot & Harris, 2006). Ten focus groups (n = 69) and 6 individual interview…
Factors Associated with Admission to a Day School Treatment Program
In this study the authors examine the individual and family characteristics of youth (N = 105) admitted over a five year period to a day school treatment program in a western New York community. All had exhausted alternative school placements within their home school districts and had a history of severe emotional or behavioral problems. Consistent with national patterns, more males (78%) than females were admitted, but in contrast to national tr…
Symptoms of Depression and Successful Drug Court Completion
Emotional Support, Instrumental Support, and Gambling Participation Among Filipino Americans
Family level predictors of victimization and offending among young men: Rethinking the role of parents in prevention and interventions models
Neighborhood crime and perception of safety as predictors of victimization and offending among youth: A call for macro-level prevention and intervention models
Factors contributing to enrollment in a family treatment court
The results for the study point out the need for possible specialized treatments and a need to consider how motivational elements may be addressed during the intake assessment to aid in decreasing refusal rates. Additionally, the results point toward a need for consideration of family system approaches when working with FTC participants as well as the need for further work with motivational elements and drug court participants.
Victimization, psychological distress and subsequent offending among youth
Delinquency and alcohol-impaired driving among young males: A longitudinal study
Examining Factors in the Research Institute on Addictions Self-Inventory (Riasi): Associations with Alcohol Use and Problems at Assessment and Follow-Up
Impaired driving is a leading cause of alcohol-related deaths and injuries. Rehabilitation or remedial programs, involving assessment and screening of convicted impaired drivers to determine problem severity and appropriate programs, are an important component of society's response to this problem. Ontario's remedial program, Back on Track (BOT), involves an assessment process that includes administration of the Research Institute on Addictions S…
Trauma-Informed Care Outcome Study
Trauma-informed care (TIC) is a widely adopted organizational approach to health and human services. The current study occurred within a residential addiction treatment agency and has two aims: To operationalize the processes, an agency can take to become trauma informed and assesses the impact of a multiyear TIC implementation project on organizational climate, procedures, staff and resident satisfaction, and client retention in treatment. Pears…
We’re Civil Servants’: The Status of Trauma-Informed Care in the Community
Trauma-informed care (TIC) in social service organizations means that the organizations operate with the understanding that everyone involved has possibly experienced trauma in their lifetime. This qualitative study examined local service organizations’ usage of the 5 main principles of TIC: safety, trustworthiness, collaboration, empowerment, and choice (as developed by Fallot & Harris, 2006). Ten focus groups (n = 69) and 6 individual interview…
An Association Between Implementing Trauma-Informed Care and Staff Satisfaction
Despite its widespread adoption there is limited research on the influence of trauma-informed care (TIC). The current study examined the impact of implementing TIC on the satisfaction of agency staff by comparing the results of a satisfaction survey taken in January of 2014, a month prior to the agency's implementation of TIC, and again twelve months later. As collaboration, empowerment, and self-care are primary components of a TIC organizationa…
Victimization, psychological distress and subsequent offending among youth
Neighborhood crime and perception of safety as predictors of victimization and offending among youth: A call for macro-level prevention and intervention models
An Exploratory Study of the Nature of Family Resilience in Families Affected by Parental Alcohol Abuse
Resilient families are able to adapt to adversities, but the nature of family resilience is not well understood. This study examines patterns of family functioning that may protect families from the negative impact of alcohol abuse. Naturally occurring patterns of family functioning are identified and associations between these patterns and parenting, current parental alcohol use, recent family stressful events, supportive relationships outside t…
Trauma-Informed Parenting Education Support Groups for Mothers in Substance Abuse Recovery
Purpose: A trauma-informed educational support group pilot addressed traumatic stress, substance use disorders (SUDs), and child-rearing for clients who were pregnant and/or parenting young children. Methods: Seeking Safety was adapted with parenting content and delivered at two intensive residential rehabilitation facilities. An explanatory sequential mixed methods approach was used to evaluate the pilot. Forty-eight participants completed start…
A structural regression analysis of trauma‐informed climate factors, organizational commitment, and burnout among behavioral healthcare providers in a large public hospital
As an approach to organizational change, trauma‐informed care is contextualized within the broader organizational literature by examining the associations between organizational conditions (i.e., psychological experiences of choice and collaboration in the work environment) with precursors to organizational effectiveness (i.e., affective commitment and burnout). The study occurred within a large public hospital's behavioral health department loca…
On the Continuum of Exit: Understanding the Stages of Change Among Women in Commercial Sexual Exploitation
Symptoms of Depression and Successful Drug Court Completion
Family level predictors of victimization and offending among young men: Rethinking the role of parents in prevention and interventions models
Twelve‐month organizational study examining the associations among behavioral healthcare worker's perceptions of autonomy, decision‐making power, organizational commitment, and burnout: Reconceptualiz…
Previous research has demonstrated that behavioral healthcare workers' experiences of autonomy and decision‐making power in the workplace are positively associated with their commitment to the organization and negatively associated with occupational burnout. Models examining the relationships between workplace climate and staff member well‐being generally conceptualize workplace climates as predictors of individual commitment and burnout. However…
Understanding the ecological context of mental, emotional, and behavioral health problems: A person‐centered approach
AIMS: The social/environmental context of youth is important for mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) health. This study used person-oriented methods to examine the influences of family, neighborhood, and poverty on late adolescent MEB outcomes. METHODS: Latent class analysis was used to discern significant clusters of at-risk, diverse young men (N = 625) based on contextual factors; differences in MEB outcomes were examined. RESULTS: Four cla…
Delinquency and alcohol-impaired driving among young males: A longitudinal study
Spousal Violence and Alcohol/Drug Problems Among Parolees and Their Spouses
The relationships of alcohol and drug problems to spousal violence for a sample of male parolees (n = 82) and their spouses were investigated. Alcohol problems were present in 76% of the parolees and 56% of the spouses. Seventy three percent of the parolees and 40% of the spouses reported using some type of illegal drug on a regular basis. Both parolees and their spouses gave reports on his and her spousal violence. During the three months preced…
Examining Factors in the Research Institute on Addictions Self-Inventory (Riasi): Associations with Alcohol Use and Problems at Assessment and Follow-Up
Impaired driving is a leading cause of alcohol-related deaths and injuries. Rehabilitation or remedial programs, involving assessment and screening of convicted impaired drivers to determine problem severity and appropriate programs, are an important component of society's response to this problem. Ontario's remedial program, Back on Track (BOT), involves an assessment process that includes administration of the Research Institute on Addictions S…
An Exploratory Study of the Nature of Family Resilience in Families Affected by Parental Alcohol Abuse
Resilient families are able to adapt to adversities, but the nature of family resilience is not well understood. This study examines patterns of family functioning that may protect families from the negative impact of alcohol abuse. Naturally occurring patterns of family functioning are identified and associations between these patterns and parenting, current parental alcohol use, recent family stressful events, supportive relationships outside t…
Delinquency and alcohol-impaired driving among young males: A longitudinal study
Factors contributing to enrollment in a family treatment court
The results for the study point out the need for possible specialized treatments and a need to consider how motivational elements may be addressed during the intake assessment to aid in decreasing refusal rates. Additionally, the results point toward a need for consideration of family system approaches when working with FTC participants as well as the need for further work with motivational elements and drug court participants.
Victimization, psychological distress and subsequent offending among youth
Family level predictors of victimization and offending among young men: Rethinking the role of parents in prevention and interventions models
Neighborhood crime and perception of safety as predictors of victimization and offending among youth: A call for macro-level prevention and intervention models
Factors Associated with Admission to a Day School Treatment Program
In this study the authors examine the individual and family characteristics of youth (N = 105) admitted over a five year period to a day school treatment program in a western New York community. All had exhausted alternative school placements within their home school districts and had a history of severe emotional or behavioral problems. Consistent with national patterns, more males (78%) than females were admitted, but in contrast to national tr…
Symptoms of Depression and Successful Drug Court Completion
Emotional Support, Instrumental Support, and Gambling Participation Among Filipino Americans
We’re Civil Servants’: The Status of Trauma-Informed Care in the Community
Trauma-informed care (TIC) in social service organizations means that the organizations operate with the understanding that everyone involved has possibly experienced trauma in their lifetime. This qualitative study examined local service organizations’ usage of the 5 main principles of TIC: safety, trustworthiness, collaboration, empowerment, and choice (as developed by Fallot & Harris, 2006). Ten focus groups (n = 69) and 6 individual interview…
Comparing Two Types of Social Support: Changes in Alcohol Use Among Drug Court Enrollees
This study explored the influence of 2 different types of social support on alcohol use in the context of drug court. Data from a drug court enrollee pilot study were analyzed using a series of simultaneous regression analyses. Results demonstrated that having a greater number of unconditional support providers was associated with a decrease in alcohol use from prearrest to postarrest. Having a greater number of directive support providers was as…
The Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Other Trauma on Drug Court Participants
Within the context of a larger study of drug court participants, this study examined the impact of traumatic experiences on psychiatric distress and on court outcomes. In the analyses, the participants (n = 229) were separated into 3 groups: childhood sexual abuse (CSA; n = 18), other trauma (n = 134), and no trauma (n = 77). The CSA group had higher mean scores on depression, anxiety, panic disorder, social phobia, somatization, and posttraumati…
On the Continuum of Exit: Understanding the Stages of Change Among Women in Commercial Sexual Exploitation
An Association Between Implementing Trauma-Informed Care and Staff Satisfaction
Despite its widespread adoption there is limited research on the influence of trauma-informed care (TIC). The current study examined the impact of implementing TIC on the satisfaction of agency staff by comparing the results of a satisfaction survey taken in January of 2014, a month prior to the agency's implementation of TIC, and again twelve months later. As collaboration, empowerment, and self-care are primary components of a TIC organizationa…
Creating a Trauma-Informed Community Through University-Community Partnerships: An Institute Agenda
The impact of trauma on wellness has been identified as a community health crisis. The alliance of universities and communities is a plausible response to address the scope of the problem given their wealth of resources. The Institute on Trauma and Trauma-informed Care (ITTIC) is an exemplar of a university-community partnership and unique approach that has fostered a common language within and between organizations to foster at the community lev…
I Feel Like I Am Finding Peace: Exploring the Use of a Combined Art Therapy and Adapted Seeking Safety Program with Refugee Support Groups
This paper describes the creation and implementation of a trauma support group intervention which combined aspects of the Seeking Safety model with an art therapy technique in an effort to reduce trauma-related symptoms in a population of refugees. A preliminary assessment was carried out to evaluate the potential effectiveness of the combined approach with trauma-exposed refugees. Based on facilitator notes from 8 sessions of two women's refugee…
Trauma-Informed Care Outcome Study
Trauma-informed care (TIC) is a widely adopted organizational approach to health and human services. The current study occurred within a residential addiction treatment agency and has two aims: To operationalize the processes, an agency can take to become trauma informed and assesses the impact of a multiyear TIC implementation project on organizational climate, procedures, staff and resident satisfaction, and client retention in treatment. Pears…
Client Experiences of Trauma-Informed Care in Social Service Agencies
This paper describes a qualitative study of individual client interviews (n = 26) from four social service agencies to understand how clients experience trauma-informed care services and implementation challenges. We used the Fallot and Harris framework to explore client experiences of the five core concepts of trauma-informed care (safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration, and empowerment) using semi-structured interview questions with eac…
Understanding the ecological context of mental, emotional, and behavioral health problems: A person‐centered approach
AIMS: The social/environmental context of youth is important for mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) health. This study used person-oriented methods to examine the influences of family, neighborhood, and poverty on late adolescent MEB outcomes. METHODS: Latent class analysis was used to discern significant clusters of at-risk, diverse young men (N = 625) based on contextual factors; differences in MEB outcomes were examined. RESULTS: Four cla…
A structural regression analysis of trauma‐informed climate factors, organizational commitment, and burnout among behavioral healthcare providers in a large public hospital
As an approach to organizational change, trauma‐informed care is contextualized within the broader organizational literature by examining the associations between organizational conditions (i.e., psychological experiences of choice and collaboration in the work environment) with precursors to organizational effectiveness (i.e., affective commitment and burnout). The study occurred within a large public hospital's behavioral health department loca…
Understanding non‐installers of the ignition interlock device: A qualitative analysis
Trauma-Informed Parenting Education Support Groups for Mothers in Substance Abuse Recovery
Purpose: A trauma-informed educational support group pilot addressed traumatic stress, substance use disorders (SUDs), and child-rearing for clients who were pregnant and/or parenting young children. Methods: Seeking Safety was adapted with parenting content and delivered at two intensive residential rehabilitation facilities. An explanatory sequential mixed methods approach was used to evaluate the pilot. Forty-eight participants completed start…
Qualitative insights in item development for a comprehensive and inclusive measure of recovery capital
The high degree of alteration to the item pool highlights the importance of establishing validity with respondents. Response variation based on recovery pathway suggests the need for broad heterogeneity in respondents. Measures that are sensitive, psychometrically sound, and aligned with theory are critical for advancing research on recovery capital and related disparities for diverse populations
Psychology (25 works) · Medicine (19 works) · Psychiatry (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (12 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Nursing (8 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (7 works)