Danica K Knight
Biographic Data
| ID | 4416001 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Danica K Knight |
| GIVEN NAMES | Danica K |
| FAMILY NAME | Knight |
| SIGNATURE | KNIGHT D K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas Christian University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7488-2139 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Feasibility and reliability of a trauma-informed measure of child well-being
The T-CWS shows promise as a new measure for assessing child well-being through the lens of developmental trauma. While further testing is needed, the T-CWS could help providers better evaluate the needs and treatment goals of trauma survivors. Further, the T-CWS could prove useful for assessing individual outcomes associated with trauma-informed care. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
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Feasibility and Acceptability of a Trauma-informed Intervention to Leverage Caregivers in Preventing Opioid Use Among Youth Involved in the Legal System
Effects of substance use treatment on recidivism for youth in need of treatment
Results of a national survey of substance use treatment services for youth under community supervision
Avoidance self-efficacy
Preventing opioid use among justice-involved youth as they transition to adulthood
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04678960 ; registered November 11, 2020; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04678960
Juvenile justice staff endorsement of HIV/STI prevention, testing, and treatment linkage
BACKGROUND: While involvement in the legal system offers an opportunity to educate, screen, and treat high-risk youth, research shows that staff attitudes toward these practices can serve as barriers to implementation. The current study investigates the degree to which JJ staff endorse HIV prevention, testing, and treatment linkage practices with youth under community supervision and examines differences between individuals who supervise youth (e…
A model for rigorously applying the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (Epis) framework in the design and measurement of a large scale collaborative multi-site study
BACKGROUND: This paper describes the means by which a United States National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded cooperative, Juvenile Justice-Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System (JJ-TRIALS), utilized an established implementation science framework in conducting a multi-site, multi-research center implementation intervention initiative. The initiative aimed to bolster the ability of juvenile justice agenc…
Effectiveness of a Theoretically-Based Judgment and Decision Making Intervention for Adolescents
Predictors of Physical Altercation among Adolescents in Residential Substance Abuse Treatment
This study tested the hypothesis that basic social information-processing components represented by family conflict, peer aggression, and pro-aggression cognitive scripts are related to aggression and social problems among adolescents in substance abuse treatment. The sample consisted of 547 adolescents in two community-based residential facilities. Correlation results indicated that more peer aggression is related to more pro-aggression scripts;…
Residential Treatment for Women with Dependent Children
The Salvation Army First Choice Program, located in Fort Worth, Texas, provides comprehensive-as well as gender-specific-treatment for addicted women while providing child care and therapeutic services for children. Specific program attributes (including therapeutic interventions, community linkages, and staffing patterns) are described, and the five-year evaluation initiative, designed to examine relationships between client characteristics, pro…
Predictors of Physical Altercation among Adolescents in Residential Substance Abuse Treatment
This study tested the hypothesis that basic social information-processing components represented by family conflict, peer aggression, and pro-aggression cognitive scripts are related to aggression and social problems among adolescents in substance abuse treatment. The sample consisted of 547 adolescents in two community-based residential facilities. Correlation results indicated that more peer aggression is related to more pro-aggression scripts;…
Residential Treatment for Women with Dependent Children
The Salvation Army First Choice Program, located in Fort Worth, Texas, provides comprehensive-as well as gender-specific-treatment for addicted women while providing child care and therapeutic services for children. Specific program attributes (including therapeutic interventions, community linkages, and staffing patterns) are described, and the five-year evaluation initiative, designed to examine relationships between client characteristics, pro…
Effectiveness of a Theoretically-Based Judgment and Decision Making Intervention for Adolescents
Predictors of Physical Altercation among Adolescents in Residential Substance Abuse Treatment
This study tested the hypothesis that basic social information-processing components represented by family conflict, peer aggression, and pro-aggression cognitive scripts are related to aggression and social problems among adolescents in substance abuse treatment. The sample consisted of 547 adolescents in two community-based residential facilities. Correlation results indicated that more peer aggression is related to more pro-aggression scripts;…
A model for rigorously applying the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (Epis) framework in the design and measurement of a large scale collaborative multi-site study
BACKGROUND: This paper describes the means by which a United States National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded cooperative, Juvenile Justice-Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System (JJ-TRIALS), utilized an established implementation science framework in conducting a multi-site, multi-research center implementation intervention initiative. The initiative aimed to bolster the ability of juvenile justice agenc…
Juvenile justice staff endorsement of HIV/STI prevention, testing, and treatment linkage
BACKGROUND: While involvement in the legal system offers an opportunity to educate, screen, and treat high-risk youth, research shows that staff attitudes toward these practices can serve as barriers to implementation. The current study investigates the degree to which JJ staff endorse HIV prevention, testing, and treatment linkage practices with youth under community supervision and examines differences between individuals who supervise youth (e…
Preventing opioid use among justice-involved youth as they transition to adulthood
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04678960 ; registered November 11, 2020; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04678960
Results of a national survey of substance use treatment services for youth under community supervision
Avoidance self-efficacy
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Trauma-informed Intervention to Leverage Caregivers in Preventing Opioid Use Among Youth Involved in the Legal System
Effects of substance use treatment on recidivism for youth in need of treatment
Feasibility and reliability of a trauma-informed measure of child well-being
The T-CWS shows promise as a new measure for assessing child well-being through the lens of developmental trauma. While further testing is needed, the T-CWS could help providers better evaluate the needs and treatment goals of trauma survivors. Further, the T-CWS could prove useful for assessing individual outcomes associated with trauma-informed care. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
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Psychology (11 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (6 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Political science (4 works)