Stephen Well
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 455936 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Stephen Well |
| PRENOMES | Stephen |
| SOBRENOME | Well |
| ASSINATURA | WELL S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Western University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8150-2226 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 52 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 66 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 52 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1997 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Climate change experiences among women with psychiatric illness – a qualitative exploration of lived experiences and service needs
A clarion call to the addiction science community
Cognitive Dysfunction in the Addictions (CDiA)
Substance use disorders (SUDs), including Alcohol Use Disorder, are pressing global public health problems. Executive functions (EFs) are prominently featured in mechanistic models of addiction. However, significant gaps remain in our understanding of EFs in SUDs, including the dimensional relationships of EFs to underlying neural circuits, molecular biomarkers, disorder heterogeneity, and functional ability. Transforming health outcomes for peop…
I want to hear you talk with your heart”
The findings point to opportunities for building on existing community strengths and promoting locally-led, culturally-grounded supports for mental wellness and substance use challenges to enhance capacity of First Nations communities to support their members in the face of public health crises
Socio-economic factors associated with alcohol and cannabis use across waves of the Covid-19 pandemic
Associations between SES and substance use differ by gender, race and age. To reduce health disparities, public health interventions should account for these interactions
Trying to Fix What is Broken’
Navigating Mental Health and Cannabis Use Post-cannabis Legalization
Through conversations with members of racialized communities, we aimed to: explore perspectives shared by members of racialized communities regarding the relationship between cannabis and mental health; develop a greater understanding of racialized community members’ mental health service interactions in relation to cannabis use and mental health; and examine whether various social identities interact to influence experiences with cannabis use an…
Alcohol, No Ordinary Commodity
Alcohol is a favorite psychoactive substance of Canadians. It is also a leading risk factor for death and disability, playing a causal role in a broad spectrum of health and social issues. Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity is a collaborative, integrative review of the scientific literature. This paper describes the epidemiology of alcohol use and current state of alcohol policy in Canada, best practices in policy identified by the third edition of A…
Effects of cannabis legalisation on patterns of cannabis consumption among adolescents in Ontario, Canada (2001–2019)
Willingness of population health survey participants to provide personal health information and biological samples
A lack of willingness to provide biological samples or permit data linkage may lead to representivity issues in studies which rely on such information. The presence of question order effects suggests that the willingness of respondents can be increased through strategic ordering of survey structures
She Should be Smart Enough To Know, Hey, These Things Can Happen”
Sexual aggression (SA) by men toward women, including harassment and unwanted sexual touching, is ubiquitous in drinking venues. Focus groups with 38 male volunteers aged 19-26 were used to articulate men’s perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs (PABs) related to SA in drinking venues for future development of a comprehensive questionnaire. Three cross-cutting themes relevant to prevention emerged from discussions structured using a 6-dimensional th…
Determinants of social distancing adherence
Introduction Governments and public health authorities across many jurisdictions implemented social (physical) distancing measures to contain the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Adherence to these measures is variable and likely influenced by various factors. This study aimed to 1) identify the individual sociodemographic, COVID-19 and social distancing related, and psychological determinants of social distancing adherenc…
The Overland Telegraph Line
Overpoliced and Underrepresented
Historically, overpolicing of some racialized and Indigenous groups in Canada has resulted in unequal application of drug laws contributing to disproportionate rates of charges and convictions in these populations. Criminal records severely and negatively impact an individual’s life and can perpetuate cycles of poverty and socioeconomic disadvantage. On October 17, 2018, Canada legalized cannabis production, distribution, sale, and possession for…
Embedding lived experience into mental health academic research organizations
BACKGROUND: As part of a growing emphasis on engaging people with lived experience of mental health conditions in mental health research, there are increasing calls to consider and embed lived experience throughout academic research institutes. This extends beyond the engagement of lay patients and also considers the potential roles of academic researchers with lived experience. When the lived experience of academic researchers is applied to acad…
Understanding Social Determinants of First Nations Health Using a Four-Domain Model of Health and Wellness Based on the Medicine Wheel
We examined the explanatory roles of social determinants of health (SDOH) for First Nations people using a four-domain model of health and wellness based on the Medicine Wheel (i.e., physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health), including colonial-linked stressors (i.e., historical trauma, childhood adversities, racial discrimination) and cultural resilience factors (i.e., cultural strengths, traditional healing practices, social support). …
Factors Associated with Unwanted Sexual Attention in Australian Nightlife Districts
The current study found that individual factors were unrelated to experiences of UWSA, indicating that simply being in the nightlife environment, especially as a female, increases the risk of UWSA victimisation. Understanding and exploring social and environmental risk factors, rather than individual factors, is needed to prevent victimisation in nightlife environments
Navigating Paths to Wellness
Research on substance use challenges in First Nations communities is often deficit-focused and can reinforce paternalistic stereotypes that lead to further discrimination. In this article, we report on findings of a strengths-based Photovoice project done in collaboration with a First Nations' community in southern Ontario, Canada to better understand experiences with substance use challenges in the community. We analyzed interview data collected…
Alcohol and cannabis use during the Covid-19 pandemic among transgender, gender-diverse, and cisgender adults in Canada
Increased alcohol and cannabis use among TGD populations compared to before the pandemic may lead to increased health disparities. Accordingly, programs targeting the specific needs of TGD individuals should be prioritized
Deployment of Health Equity Strike Teams to Address Covid-19 Vaccine Disparities in Arkansas, 2021
Minority populations have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and disparities have been noted in vaccine uptake. In the state of Arkansas, health equity strike teams (HESTs) were deployed to address vaccine disparities. A total of 13 470 vaccinations were administered by HESTs to 10 047 eligible people at 45 events. Among these individuals, 5645 (56.2%) were African American, 2547 (25.3%) were White, and 1068 (10.6%) were H…
Anishinabek sources of strength
We report on the system of care and sources of strength and resilience for mental health among First Nations People experiencing the impacts of historical and contemporary colonization. Aamjiwnaang First Nation, a vibrant community of approximately 2400 members in southwestern Ontario, Canada, partnered in research to reveal sources of strength and resilience among community members with lived experiences (PWLE) with mental health and/or substanc…
Loneliness in the Covid-19 pandemic
The Land Nurtures Our Spirit”
We examined Indigenous views of wellbeing, aiming to understand how the Labrador Innu view influence of land on their health. The Innu live in two First Nation communities (Sheshatshiu and Natuashish) in the subarctic portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Their views on land and wellbeing are context specific and have not been studied; our research addresses this significant gap in literature. Findings highlight that the e…
Household- and employment-related risk factors for depressive symptoms during the Covid-19 pandemic
Associations of antidepressant use with alcohol use and problem drinking
When Women Do Not Want It
Women frequently experience unwanted sexual touching and persistent advances at bars and parties. This study explored women's responses to these unwanted experiences through online surveys completed by 153 female bargoers (aged 19-29) randomly recruited from a bar district. More than 75% had experienced sexual touching or persistence (46% both). Most women used multiple deterrent strategies, including evasion, facial expressions, direct refusals,…
The Two Worlds of Aggression for Men and Women
Third Party Involvement in Barroom Conflicts
This study examines the effect of situational variables on whether third parties intervene in conflicts in barroom settings, and whether they are aggressive or not when they intervene. Based on research on bystander intervention in emergencies, we hypothesized that third parties would be most likely to become involved in incidents with features that convey greater danger of serious harm. The situational variables indicative of danger were severit…
The Frequency of Third-Party Involvement in Incidents of Barroom Aggression
This paper examines the frequency and nature of third-party involvement in aggressive incidents occurring in young people's bars and the effects of third parties on incident outcomes. Observational data were collected in 12 bars frequented by young people, and telephone interviews were conducted with 31 young people who responded to advertisements posted at the university campus. In total, 154 incidents of barroom aggression were analyzed. Overal…
A framework for applying explanations of alcohol-related aggression to naturally occurring aggressive behavior
This paper provides a framework in which theories/explanations of alcohol-related aggression are identified and operationalized in such a way that they can be applied systematically to naturally occurring aggressive behavior associated with alcohol use. Summaries of explanations are provided along with a brief discussion of how these explanations might be assessed using real-world data. Explanations are grouped by whether they are based on: (a) t…
Yes, I Do but Not with You”
Assaultive and aggressive behaviors related to sexual overtures are common in commercial drinking establishments (bars, pubs, and clubs). In this article, we examined the thematic content of 251 incidents of verbal and physical aggression related to sexual/romantic overtures documented by researcher-observers in a study of Toronto bars and clubs. Aggression was examined as it emerged in the following stages of the social interaction process: (a) …
Developing an Innu framework for health research
Indigenous communities increasingly assert their right to self-determination by requiring that participatory research approaches be used, valuing and prioritizing Indigenous knowledges, for the purpose of improving Indigenous health. While frameworks that focus on Indigenous knowledges are being developed, these must be adapted or developed by Indigenous communities because their knowledge is specific to place and inherent to their lived experien…
A process of healing for the Labrador Innu
In light of the negative effects of historical and contemporary colonialism on the Labrador Innu, healing initiatives grounded in self-determination, renewal of cultural practices, and non-reliance on Western bio-medicine, are known, taught and widely practiced among the Innu. The value of Indigenous healing practices in the treatment of Indigenous people is well-recognized in Indigenous wellness literature, yet non-Indigenous health practitioner…
Overpoliced and Underrepresented
Historically, overpolicing of some racialized and Indigenous groups in Canada has resulted in unequal application of drug laws contributing to disproportionate rates of charges and convictions in these populations. Criminal records severely and negatively impact an individual’s life and can perpetuate cycles of poverty and socioeconomic disadvantage. On October 17, 2018, Canada legalized cannabis production, distribution, sale, and possession for…
I'm Okay. You're Drunk!” Self-Other Differences in the Perceived Effects of Alcohol in Real-Life Incidents of Aggression
A general-population telephone survey of 1,753 Ontario adults was used to identify self-other differences in the perceptions of alcohol use, intoxication, and contributing effects of alcohol in incidents of physical aggression among the 152 respondents who had experienced such an incident in the past year. Respondents reported that opponents were significantly more intoxicated and that alcohol was more likely to have contributed to the opponent's…
Deployment of Health Equity Strike Teams to Address Covid-19 Vaccine Disparities in Arkansas, 2021
Minority populations have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and disparities have been noted in vaccine uptake. In the state of Arkansas, health equity strike teams (HESTs) were deployed to address vaccine disparities. A total of 13 470 vaccinations were administered by HESTs to 10 047 eligible people at 45 events. Among these individuals, 5645 (56.2%) were African American, 2547 (25.3%) were White, and 1068 (10.6%) were H…
Anishinabek sources of strength
We report on the system of care and sources of strength and resilience for mental health among First Nations People experiencing the impacts of historical and contemporary colonization. Aamjiwnaang First Nation, a vibrant community of approximately 2400 members in southwestern Ontario, Canada, partnered in research to reveal sources of strength and resilience among community members with lived experiences (PWLE) with mental health and/or substanc…
Alcohol-related Victimization among Young Adult Canadian Drinkers
A framework for applying explanations of alcohol-related aggression to naturally occurring aggressive behavior
This paper provides a framework in which theories/explanations of alcohol-related aggression are identified and operationalized in such a way that they can be applied systematically to naturally occurring aggressive behavior associated with alcohol use. Summaries of explanations are provided along with a brief discussion of how these explanations might be assessed using real-world data. Explanations are grouped by whether they are based on: (a) t…
More than consumption
In a household survey, 882 respondents provided information on (1) weekly alcohol consumption, (2) perceptions of job security, pressures exerted by co-workers and friends to use alcohol and other drugs, social isolation on the job, and (3) alcohol-related problems. At a bivariate level, consumption was positively related to alcohol problems (r = .45, p
Introduction of High-Alcohol Beer in Ontario
The Frequency of Third-Party Involvement in Incidents of Barroom Aggression
This paper examines the frequency and nature of third-party involvement in aggressive incidents occurring in young people's bars and the effects of third parties on incident outcomes. Observational data were collected in 12 bars frequented by young people, and telephone interviews were conducted with 31 young people who responded to advertisements posted at the university campus. In total, 154 incidents of barroom aggression were analyzed. Overal…
The Impact of Credit and Debit Cards in Liquor Stores on Opinions and Consumption Patterns
Credit card users, debit card users, and other drinkers were compared in terms of demographic characteristics, opinions, financial problems, and alcohol consumption patterns before and after the introduction of credit and debit cards at government-operated liquor stores. Significant opinion shifts were detected, with more favorable opinions about credit cards reported after the regulatory change. Credit card and debit card users drank significant…
Aggression Among Young Adults in the Social Context of the Bar
The purpose of the study was to explore the use of naturalistic observation and interview data to increase understanding of aggression in the social drinking context of the bar. Fifty-two incidents of aggression in bars were documented through interviews with 34 respondents aged 19–25, and 117 incidents were documented by male-female pairs of researcher-observers over 93 nights of observation, usually conducted between midnight and 2:30 a.m. on w…
The Two Worlds of Aggression for Men and Women
I'm Okay. You're Drunk!” Self-Other Differences in the Perceived Effects of Alcohol in Real-Life Incidents of Aggression
A general-population telephone survey of 1,753 Ontario adults was used to identify self-other differences in the perceptions of alcohol use, intoxication, and contributing effects of alcohol in incidents of physical aggression among the 152 respondents who had experienced such an incident in the past year. Respondents reported that opponents were significantly more intoxicated and that alcohol was more likely to have contributed to the opponent's…
Emotional Effect of Physical Aggression among Adults in the General Population in a Canadian Province
The emotional effect of personal involvement in physical aggression was examined in a random sample of 1,753 adults from Ontario, Canada, using Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (response rate of 67%). Respondents reported a range of emotional responses from feeling good or justified to feeling angry, upset, terrified, disgusted, hurt, and embarrassed. Open-ended responses regarding emotional response were rated by the authors for 149 inci…
Differences in Predictors of Alcohol-Related Aggression and Non-Alcohol-Related Violent Perpetration
In a secondary analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, the present article explored whether drinking behaviors, early behavioral problems, risk-taking and demographic variables were differentially associated with alcohol-related aggression (arguments or fights after drinking) and non-alcohol-related violent perpetration (hitting or attacking someone) among drinkers aged 17 to 21. The most notable finding was that heavy ep…
Beliefs, attitudes, and male-to-male barroom aggression
While evidence suggests that male-to-male barroom aggression is linked to attitudes and beliefs, there exists no theoretical model that delineates these relationships. We use theory on attitudes and behavior as well as sociocultural theories of alcohol and aggression to develop a model linking beliefs and attitudes to the likelihood of engaging in male-to-male barroom aggression. The model identifies five dimensions of attitudes and beliefs regar…
Alcohol-related Victimization among Young Adult Canadian Drinkers
Yes, I Do but Not with You”
Assaultive and aggressive behaviors related to sexual overtures are common in commercial drinking establishments (bars, pubs, and clubs). In this article, we examined the thematic content of 251 incidents of verbal and physical aggression related to sexual/romantic overtures documented by researcher-observers in a study of Toronto bars and clubs. Aggression was examined as it emerged in the following stages of the social interaction process: (a) …
The Association of Drinking Pattern with Aggression Involving Alcohol and with Verbal versus Physical Aggression
In a general population survey of 1,019 Ontario adults, the present study examined the relationships of (a) drinking pattern (i.e., drinking frequency, heavy episodic drinking (HED), and hazardous drinking with alcohol involvement in aggression (i.e., no aggression, aggression without alcohol, and aggression involving alcohol); (b) drinking pattern with level of aggression (i.e., no aggression, verbal, and physical aggression); and (c) alcohol in…
Measuring Young Men's Expected Effects of Alcohol in Provoking Situations in Bars
A newly-developed measure of the expected effects of alcohol in provoking situations was examined in terms of its factor structure, differences by situation, and associations with barroom aggression in a sample of male postsecondary students. Participants rated the extent that 49 effects of alcohol would affect their reaction to one of three randomly assigned provoking situations (i.e., guy “hits on” your girlfriend, guy punches your friend, or g…
Teasing Apart the Roles of Gender and Alcohol in Drinking Consequences Using an Event-Level Analysis
The objective was: to assess gender differences in university students' likelihood of experiencing negative drinking consequences across the first academic year, controlling for amount of alcohol consumed on each occasion; also to assess whether the relation between amount consumed and experiencing the consequence is moderated by gender. On weekly assessments over 26 weeks, first-year university students (N = 265; 177 women; M age = 18.48) record…
Third Party Involvement in Barroom Conflicts
This study examines the effect of situational variables on whether third parties intervene in conflicts in barroom settings, and whether they are aggressive or not when they intervene. Based on research on bystander intervention in emergencies, we hypothesized that third parties would be most likely to become involved in incidents with features that convey greater danger of serious harm. The situational variables indicative of danger were severit…
Being cool is risky business
Although research suggests that male peers play an important role in young men’s bar aggression, little is known about specific peer-related predictors of this behaviour. Both bar aggression and heavy alcohol consumption are associated with traditional masculinity and peer-acceptance among young men; thus, engagement in these behaviours may help young men maintain positive social standings within their male peer groups. Further, increased heavy a…
An Examination of Marijuana Use Among a Vulnerable Population in Canada
Lessons learned from the Afly5 RCT process evaluation
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Risk and Trading on London's Alternative Investment Market
The alternative investment market (AIM) has seen rapid growth over its 19 years, and has emerged as the market of choice for smaller, newer companies, both in the UK and abroad. However, it has often
Mentoring Relationships and the Mental Health of Aboriginal Youth in Canada
When Women Do Not Want It
Women frequently experience unwanted sexual touching and persistent advances at bars and parties. This study explored women's responses to these unwanted experiences through online surveys completed by 153 female bargoers (aged 19-29) randomly recruited from a bar district. More than 75% had experienced sexual touching or persistence (46% both). Most women used multiple deterrent strategies, including evasion, facial expressions, direct refusals,…
The rationale for developing a programme of services by and for Indigenous men in a First Nations community
While mental well-being is recognized as a significant public health priority in numerous Indigenous communities, little work has focused on the mental health needs of Indigenous men. In this article, we describe results from the mixed-methods research used to inform the development of mental wellness programming for boys and men. Quantitative and qualitative data from two studies conducted in Kettle & Stony Point First Nation, an Indigenous comm…
Do gender differences in the relationship between living with children and alcohol consumption vary by societal gender inequality
Psychology (37 obras) · Medicine (34 obras) · Psychiatry (20 obras) · Social Psychology (17 obras) · Aggression (16 obras) · Environmental health (16 obras) · Poison control (16 obras) · Developmental psychology (14 obras) · Sociology (14 obras) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (14 obras)