Sycarah Fisher

Biographic Data

ID4466887
NAMESycarah Fisher
GIVEN NAMESSycarah
FAMILY NAMEFisher
SIGNATUREFISHER S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Kentucky
ORCID0000-0003-0225-7267
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS15
TOTAL CITATIONS121
AUTHOR COUNT15
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX6

  • Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment in Urban Settings

    Open AccessSycarah Fisher, Kalea Benner et al.ARTICLEJournal of School Health2024

    BACKGROUND: Substance use in minoritized youth is associated with negative long-term health and life outcomes. The present study explores perspectives of school stakeholders at urban minority-serving schools regarding integration of an evidence-based intervention, screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) into existing school prevention models. METHODS: Twenty-two participants were interviewed using the Consolidated Framewo…

  • The Role of Parents in Early Adolescent Substance Use

    Open AccessSycarah Fisher, Wei-Wen Hsu et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Early Adolescence2024

    Adolescent substance use is a top national public health concern with approximately 50% of youth having tried an illicit substance by the end of high school. The transition to high school is a critical point for substance use initiation. Despite this fact, there is relatively limited research looking at factors that can protect students from substance use initiation during this transition. The present study examines the protective effect of paren…

  • Black Psychology and Whiteness

    Open AccessKenneth M Tyler, Danelle Stevens-Watkins et al.ARTICLEJournal of Black Psychology2022

    The main objective of this article is to introduce and examine whiteness as a source of trauma for Black people. We explore Black psychology scholarship to conceptually ground whiteness as the impetus for racism, while identifying it as an interpersonal, psychosocial, and contextual phenomenon that informs the race-based traumatic experiences of Black people. The primary factors constituting whiteness are ethnocentric monoculturalism, White stand…

  • Racial discrimination and substance use among African American youth

    Queenisha Crichlow, Devin E Banks et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnicity in Substance…2022

    Little is known about the mechanisms of the relationship between racial discrimination and substance use among Black youth. The current study examined the role of collective self-esteem and personal self-esteem in this relationship among Black adolescents in grades 5 through 12 (N = 1514; 57% female). Regression analyses estimated direct effects of perceived racial discrimination on substance use and indirect effects of discrimination on substanc…

  • The Moderating Role of Ethnic Identity on the Relationship Between School Climate and Self-Esteem for African American Adolescents

    Amy E Fisher, Sycarah Fisher et al.ARTICLESchool Psychology Review2020Cited by: 6References: 20

    Positive self-esteem is linked to academic success for K–12 students. However, self-esteem declines during adolescence, especially for African Americans. Positive perceptions of school climate are well-studied predictors of self-esteem. Given the risk for greater declines in self-esteem experienced by African American students, this study sought to examine the moderating role of ethnic identity on the relationship between school climate and self-…

  • Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measurement invariance across adolescence and diverse ethnic groups

    Open AccessSycarah Fisher, Tamika B Zapolski et al.ARTICLEJournal of Adolescence2020Cited by: 7References: 24

    Results of this study point to the validity of using the MEIM for meaningful comparisons of ethnic identity across ethnic groups and across early and middle adolescence. Implications for the interpretation and use of this measure with diverse adolescents are discussed

  • Peer Victimization, Mood Symptoms, and Alcohol Use

    Open AccessAlia T Rowe, Tamika C B Zapolski et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2019Cited by: 1References: 59

  • Ethnic identity and substance use in multiracial youth

    Sycarah Fisher, Lorey A Wheeler et al.ARTICLESubstance Use & Misuse2019Cited by: 5References: 26

    Background: Substance use in multiracial adolescents exceeds rates identified in the general population. Despite this fact, there is limited research examining risk and protective factors for multiracial substance use. Objectives: The current study examined the moderating effect of social support on the relationship between ethnic identity and substance use in a sample of multiracial adolescent youth. Methods: Multiracial youth ( N = 523) complet…

  • Collective ethnic–racial identity and health outcomes among African American youth

    Open AccessTamika C B Zapolski, Marcy R Beutlich et al.ARTICLECultural Diversity & Ethnic…2018Cited by: 10References: 36

    These findings highlight the importance of examining collective ethnic-racial identity and the promotive effect it can have on health outcomes for African Americans. More research is needed to better understand if there are health outcomes in which collective ethnic-racial identity may also mitigate risk as a consequence of racial discrimination. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved

  • A prospective examination of anxiety as a predictor of depressive symptoms among Asian American early adolescent youth

    Prerna G Arora, Prerna Arora et al.ARTICLECultural Diversity & Ethnic…2017Cited by: 3References: 12

    Findings contribute to our understanding of the development of depression among early adolescent youth and have implications for the development of programming for Asian American youth with anxiety and depression. (PsycINFO Database Record

  • Pathway of protection

    Open AccessSycarah Fisher, Tamika C B Zapolski et al.ARTICLEAddictive Behaviors2017Cited by: 17References: 33

  • What Can Parents Do? Examining the Role of Parental Support on the Negative Relationship Among Racial Discrimination, Depression, and Drug Use Among African American Youth

    Open AccessTamika C B Zapolski, Sycarah Fisher et al.ARTICLEClinical Psychological Science2016Cited by: 9References: 40

    African American youth who experience racial discrimination are at heightened risk to use drugs as a coping response to distress. Based on the buffer-stress hypothesis, we proposed that parental support would attenuate this effect. Participants were 1,521 African American youth between 4 th and 12 th grade. As hypothesized, a mediation pathway was observed between racial discrimination, depression symptoms, and drug use. This effect was observed …

  • Examining the Protective Effect of Ethnic Identity on Drug Attitudes and Use Among a Diverse Youth Population

    Open AccessTamika C B Zapolski, Sycarah Fisher et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2016Cited by: 17References: 42

    Ethnic identity is an important buffer against drug use among minority youth. However, limited work has examined pathways through which ethnic identity mitigates risk. School-aged youth (N = 34,708; 52 % female) of diverse backgrounds (i.e., African American (n = 5333), Asian (n = 392), Hispanic (n = 662), Multiracial (n = 2129), Native American (n = 474), and White (n = 25718) in grades 4-12 provided data on ethnic identity, drug attitudes, and …

  • Not Just Black and White

    Open AccessSycarah Fisher, Kyndra Middleton et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2015Cited by: 6References: 30

  • Examining Multiracial Youth in Context

    Open AccessSycarah Fisher, Jennifer L Reynolds et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2014Cited by: 40References: 36