Nicholas C Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 4259513 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas C Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas C |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH N C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, Department of Sociology , 2112 Parren Mitchell Art-Sociology Building, 3834 Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20742 |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7467-1451 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Gender Differences in Trusted Sources of Information and Preventive Health Behaviors among Hispanic Immigrants
Racial residential segregation, social networks, and self-rated health among Black Americans
Racial residential segregation has long been recognized as a powerful determinant of health, especially for Black Americans. Despite this, various social factors that may attenuate the negative health effects of segregation are poorly understood. Drawing on U.S. census data and a stratified probability household survey of Indiana residents, I employ an egocentric (i.e., personal) network approach to examine the moderating roles of social leverage…
Social Networks, the Covid-19 Pandemic, and Emerging Adults’ Mental Health
Objectives. To assess how personal social network characteristics moderated mental health declines during the COVID-19 pandemic in emerging adults compared with other age groups. Methods. The Person to Person Health Interview Study, a representative, probability-based cohort study (n = 2485) in Indiana, collected data through face-to-face (baseline) and phone (follow-up) interviews before and during the pandemic. We used survey-weighted growth cu…
Beyond Empathy
Women tend to be more vulnerable to the adverse psychological effects of "network events" (stressors that occur to loved ones). The cost-of-caring hypothesis is regarded as the primary mechanism for this vulnerability and posits that women's relatively high level of emotional involvement in the lives of network members causes women to experience greater empathetic reactions when loved ones encounter stressors. Drawing on the stress process model,…
Examining the Relationship between Discrimination and Prescription Drug Misuse
Background: Research shows that substance use may be a way individuals cope with psychosocial stressors. Less is known about whether discrimination contributes to prescription drug misuse. Methods: Using a national sample of Black Americans, we examined whether two psychosocial stressors (i.e., everyday and lifetime major discrimination) were associated with lifetime prescription drug misuse (i.e., opioids, tranquilizers, sedatives, or stimulants…
Beyond Empathy
Women tend to be more vulnerable to the adverse psychological effects of "network events" (stressors that occur to loved ones). The cost-of-caring hypothesis is regarded as the primary mechanism for this vulnerability and posits that women's relatively high level of emotional involvement in the lives of network members causes women to experience greater empathetic reactions when loved ones encounter stressors. Drawing on the stress process model,…
Social Networks, the Covid-19 Pandemic, and Emerging Adults’ Mental Health
Objectives. To assess how personal social network characteristics moderated mental health declines during the COVID-19 pandemic in emerging adults compared with other age groups. Methods. The Person to Person Health Interview Study, a representative, probability-based cohort study (n = 2485) in Indiana, collected data through face-to-face (baseline) and phone (follow-up) interviews before and during the pandemic. We used survey-weighted growth cu…
Examining the Relationship between Discrimination and Prescription Drug Misuse
Background: Research shows that substance use may be a way individuals cope with psychosocial stressors. Less is known about whether discrimination contributes to prescription drug misuse. Methods: Using a national sample of Black Americans, we examined whether two psychosocial stressors (i.e., everyday and lifetime major discrimination) were associated with lifetime prescription drug misuse (i.e., opioids, tranquilizers, sedatives, or stimulants…
Social Networks, the Covid-19 Pandemic, and Emerging Adults’ Mental Health
Objectives. To assess how personal social network characteristics moderated mental health declines during the COVID-19 pandemic in emerging adults compared with other age groups. Methods. The Person to Person Health Interview Study, a representative, probability-based cohort study (n = 2485) in Indiana, collected data through face-to-face (baseline) and phone (follow-up) interviews before and during the pandemic. We used survey-weighted growth cu…
Beyond Empathy
Women tend to be more vulnerable to the adverse psychological effects of "network events" (stressors that occur to loved ones). The cost-of-caring hypothesis is regarded as the primary mechanism for this vulnerability and posits that women's relatively high level of emotional involvement in the lives of network members causes women to experience greater empathetic reactions when loved ones encounter stressors. Drawing on the stress process model,…
Gender Differences in Trusted Sources of Information and Preventive Health Behaviors among Hispanic Immigrants
Racial residential segregation, social networks, and self-rated health among Black Americans
Racial residential segregation has long been recognized as a powerful determinant of health, especially for Black Americans. Despite this, various social factors that may attenuate the negative health effects of segregation are poorly understood. Drawing on U.S. census data and a stratified probability household survey of Indiana residents, I employ an egocentric (i.e., personal) network approach to examine the moderating roles of social leverage…
Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Depression (economics) (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (2 works) · Stressor (2 works)