Kara Thompson
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4627693 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Kara Thompson |
| PRENOMES | Kara |
| SOBRENOME | Thompson |
| ASSINATURA | THOMPSON K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | St. Francis Xavier University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7441-0761 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 33 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 33 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2011 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Emotional Psychopathology and Coping Cannabis Use Motives Are Involved in the Link Between Anxiety Sensitivity and Adverse Cannabis-Related Outcomes in Canadian Emerging Adults
Background: Cannabis use and related problems are prevalent among Canadian emerging adults. Investigating risk factors for cannabis use and related problems, such as personality traits, is important for earlier risk mitigation in this vulnerable population. Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is associated with adverse cannabis outcomes in emerging adults, though the mechanisms driving this effect remain unclear. Theory linking AS to cannabis use and relate…
Online promotional practices and apparent violations from licensed cannabis retail stores in Canada
BACKGROUND: Canada legalized non-medical cannabis in 2018, with marketing and promotion regulated under the Cannabis Act. However, little is known about the promotional practices of licensed cannabis retailers. This study analyzed the online content of Canadian cannabis retailer websites and assessed apparent violations of federal marketing regulations. METHODS: A cross-sectional content analysis of cannabis retailer websites across all 13 Canadi…
Development and Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Modified College Eating and Cannabis Behaviors Scale (CECBS)
Mode Matters
BACKGROUND: The legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada and its subsequent increases in use prevalence have sparked concerns about its potential health effects, particularly for young users. Moreover, the diversification of cannabis product availability and modes of use has greatly outpaced our understanding of how these variations affect user experiences. This study aimed to fill knowledge gaps in the health effects of cannabis across mo…
Distress-prone personality traits, mental well-being, and academic engagement among emerging adults across five Canadian universities
Relationship Between Personality Traits and Emotional Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Canadian Emerging Adults
We assessed whether traits from the four-factor vulnerability model for substance misuse are associated with the content of emotional descriptions given by Canadian university students of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their lives. Personality traits were measured in 1185 first- and second-year undergraduates (mean age = 19.11 years; 79% female). Written responses to "Tell us about how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting your life" were co…
Sensation seeking, impulsivity, Covid-19 stress, and drinking among emerging adults
Impulsivity and sensation seeking linked to COVID-era alcohol use. • Distinct COVID stressors mediate risk and protective drinking pathways. • Sensation seeking tied to lower fear, higher drinking during pandemic. • Impulsive traits predict both trauma-linked and fear-reducing outcomes. • Supports personality-targeted interventions for emerging adults. This study examined relations between sensation seeking, impulsivity, COVID-related stress and …
Provincial and territorial results and recommendations from the Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation project
Sex Differences in Indicators of Mental and Cardiovascular Health in Cannabis-Using Undergraduates
This study investigated sex differences in indicators of mental health (anxiety, depression) and cardiovascular health (e.g., physical activity levels, heart rate, VO 2 max) in a sample of cannabis-using undergraduates. The sample included 209 participants (65% female) who completed two daily diaries for 14 days on their mobile devices; half of whom ( n = 100) also wore a Fitbit Charge 4. Females (vs. males) reported significantly more psychologi…
Personality Traits and Links between Bullying, Emotional Distress, and Substance Use among Emerging Adults
Building a community of practice to address alcohol harms in Canada
An assessment of federal alcohol policies in Canada and priority recommendations
Many evidence-informed alcohol policies have not been adopted, or been adopted only partially, by the Canadian federal government. Urgent adoption of the recommended policies is needed to prevent and reduce the enormous health, social, and economic costs of alcohol use in Canada
Assessing the implementation of evidence-based alcohol policies on Atlantic Canadian post-secondary campuses
Atlantic Canadian universities are collectively achieving less than half their potential to reduce student alcohol-related harm. However, this study identifies opportunities where policies can be enhanced or modified. The fact that most policies are present at one or more campuses highlights that policy recommendations are an achievable goal for campuses. Campuses are encouraged to look to each other as models for improving their own policies
Cheers
Background: Alcohol marketing is a known risk factor for youth drinking. The growth in digital marketing has generated a new form of alcohol advertisement in which brands solicit and/or share consumer-generated or user-generated content. Objectives: The current study investigates the prevalence of UGC alcohol advertising on social media and examines the content of UGC advertising to determine potential violations of current regulatory guidelines.…
A descriptive analysis of children seeking medical attention for problematic sexualized behavior
These results highlight that the number of children presenting for medical evaluation with concern of PSB is a significant underestimation of the prevalence of PSB in the community. This notable gap in identification of children engaging in PSB prevents service delivery for these children, including medical evaluation. The results also demonstrate that children displaying PSB were disproportionately missing from care and represent a specific area…
Alcohol access and purchasing behaviour during Covid ‐19 pandemic restrictions
Hazardous Drinking Mediates the Relation Between Externalizing Personality and Reduced Adherence to Covid-19 Public Health Guidelines in University Students
Using a multigroup path analysis, we examined if hazardous alcohol use mediated the relations between elevated externalizing personality traits (i.e., impulsivity or sensation seeking) and reduced adherence to COVID-19 public health guidelines. We hypothesized that those high in externalizing personality traits would demonstrate less adherence to public health guidelines and that hazardous alcohol use would mediate this relationship. First- and s…
The Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation project
Alcohol retail privatisation in Canadian provinces between 2012 and 2017. Is decision making oriented to harm reduction
Personality to Prescription Drug Misuse in Adolescents
Background: Fifteen to 25-year-olds are the age group most likely to misuse prescription drugs. Few studies have tested theory-driven models of adolescent risk for prescription drug misuse. Moreover, rarely are distinct pathways to different forms of prescription drug misuse considered. Methods: We tested mediational paths from personality to mental health symptoms to prescription drug misuse, informed by etiological models of addiction. We speci…
Co-Use of Alcohol and Cannabis
Increases in cannabis use among young people has heightened concern about the potential interactive health effects of cannabis with other drugs. We examined the longitudinal association between concurrent and simultaneous (SAM) co-use of alcohol and cannabis in young adulthood on mental health symptoms, substance use behaviors, and substance-related harms two years later. Data were drawn from Time 5 (T5; n = 464; 46% male) and 6 (T6; n = 478; 45%…
The Mediating Effects of Protective Behavioral Strategies on the Relationship between Addiction-Prone Personality Traits and Alcohol-Related Problems among Emerging Adults
Alcohol consumption and associated harms are an issue among emerging adults, and protective behavioral strategies (PBS) are actions with potential to minimize these harms. We conducted two studies aimed at determining whether the associations of at-risk personality traits (sensation-seeking [SS], impulsivity [IMP], hopelessness [HOP], and anxiety-sensitivity [AS]) with increased problematic alcohol use could be explained through these variables' …
Changes in positive and negative peer influences and depressive symptoms from adolescence to young adulthood
INTRODUCTION: Peers are believed to continue as prominent sources of influence for young adults. However, having peers who use alcohol and drugs is associated with depressive symptoms in young adults and research on the effects of having peers who model positive activities beyond adolescence is scarce. METHOD: In this 10-year study of 644 Canadian youth (52% female), we used multilevel modeling to examine the effects of within-person and between-…
Improving Girls’ Developmental Assets Using a Mentor-Led Approach in Atlantic Canada
Do Drinking Motives and Drinking Contexts Mediate the Relationship Between Social Avoidance and Alcohol Problems? Evidence from Two Studies of Undergraduate Drinkers
An assessment of federal alcohol policies in Canada and priority recommendations
Many evidence-informed alcohol policies have not been adopted, or been adopted only partially, by the Canadian federal government. Urgent adoption of the recommended policies is needed to prevent and reduce the enormous health, social, and economic costs of alcohol use in Canada
Enhancing Social Responsibility and Prosocial Leadership to Prevent Aggression, Peer Victimization, and Emotional Problems in Elementary School Children
Testing the theories that form the basis of prevention programs can enhance our understanding of behavioral change and inform the development, coordination, and adaptation of prevention programs. However, theories of change showing the linkages from intervention program components to risk or protective factors to desired outcomes across time are rarely specified or tested. In this 2‐year longitudinal study, we test the theory that increases in tw…
Building a community of practice to address alcohol harms in Canada
A ‘standard joint’? The role of quantity in predicting cannabis-related problems
The ‘standard drink’ concept is widely used as a standardized measure of alcohol consumption. There is no equivalent measure of cannabis consumption, perhaps due to challenges such as varied joint size, tetrahydrocannabinol content, and means of delivery. This study introduces a new measure of cannabis quantity and examines whether it predicts cannabis-related social problems with and without controlling for frequency of use. Cannabis-related pro…
Queer Imaginings
Book Review| October 01 2012 Queer Imaginings Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics, and LiteratureDriskill, Qwo-Li, Finley, Chris, Gilley, Brian Joseph, and Morgensen, Scott Lauria, eds. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2011. vi + 246 pp. Kara Thompson Kara Thompson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google GLQ (2012) 18 (4): 615–617. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-1600761 Cite Icon Cite Shar…
The Effect of Types of Postsecondary Education on Drinking
Using longitudinal data from early adolescence through young adulthood, this study examined the association between different types of postsecondary education (PSE), age of enrollment in PSE, and the trajectory of alcohol use for Canadian young adults ( N = 521). Trajectories of alcohol use were compared across young adults at 2-year colleges, 4-year universities, transfer programs (started at a 2-year college and transferred to a 4-year universi…
How much did you actually drink last night? An evaluation of standard drink labels as an aid to monitoring personal consumption
Background: Barriers exist for drinkers who wish to comply with low-risk guidelines when these are expressed in terms of numbers of “standard drinks” of alcohol. The increasing variability of container sizes and alcoholic strengths mean that percent alcohol by volume (%ABV) labels alone may be insufficient. Aims: To investigate whether standard drink (SD) labels would improve drinkers’ accuracy when estimating personal alcohol consumption. Settin…
Gender Differences in Emotion-Mediated Pathways from Childhood Sexual Abuse to Problem Drinking in Adolescents in the Child Welfare System
Enhancing Social Responsibility and Prosocial Leadership to Prevent Aggression, Peer Victimization, and Emotional Problems in Elementary School Children
Testing the theories that form the basis of prevention programs can enhance our understanding of behavioral change and inform the development, coordination, and adaptation of prevention programs. However, theories of change showing the linkages from intervention program components to risk or protective factors to desired outcomes across time are rarely specified or tested. In this 2‐year longitudinal study, we test the theory that increases in tw…
University Students’ Perceptions of Links Between Substance Use and Mental Health
There is a consensus among addictions researchers and clinicians that mental health concerns and substance use problems are often interrelated. It is less clear to what extent the general public, and university students in particular, understand connections between substance use and mental health. The current study aimed to understand university students’ perceived links between substance use and mental health by conducting three semistructured f…
Unsettled Time, Sensuous Duration
Review Article| October 01 2018 Unsettled Time, Sensuous Duration: Methodologies of Native Becoming Beyond Settler Time: Temporal Sovereignty and Indigenous Self-DeterminationRifkin, MarkDurham, NC: Duke University Press, 2017. vii + 277 pp. Kara Thompson Kara Thompson Kara Thompson is assistant professor of English and American studies at the College of William and Mary. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google GLQ (2018) 24 (4…
Do Drinking Motives and Drinking Contexts Mediate the Relationship Between Social Avoidance and Alcohol Problems? Evidence from Two Studies of Undergraduate Drinkers
Changes in positive and negative peer influences and depressive symptoms from adolescence to young adulthood
INTRODUCTION: Peers are believed to continue as prominent sources of influence for young adults. However, having peers who use alcohol and drugs is associated with depressive symptoms in young adults and research on the effects of having peers who model positive activities beyond adolescence is scarce. METHOD: In this 10-year study of 644 Canadian youth (52% female), we used multilevel modeling to examine the effects of within-person and between-…
Improving Girls’ Developmental Assets Using a Mentor-Led Approach in Atlantic Canada
The Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation project
Alcohol retail privatisation in Canadian provinces between 2012 and 2017. Is decision making oriented to harm reduction
Personality to Prescription Drug Misuse in Adolescents
Background: Fifteen to 25-year-olds are the age group most likely to misuse prescription drugs. Few studies have tested theory-driven models of adolescent risk for prescription drug misuse. Moreover, rarely are distinct pathways to different forms of prescription drug misuse considered. Methods: We tested mediational paths from personality to mental health symptoms to prescription drug misuse, informed by etiological models of addiction. We speci…
Co-Use of Alcohol and Cannabis
Increases in cannabis use among young people has heightened concern about the potential interactive health effects of cannabis with other drugs. We examined the longitudinal association between concurrent and simultaneous (SAM) co-use of alcohol and cannabis in young adulthood on mental health symptoms, substance use behaviors, and substance-related harms two years later. Data were drawn from Time 5 (T5; n = 464; 46% male) and 6 (T6; n = 478; 45%…
The Mediating Effects of Protective Behavioral Strategies on the Relationship between Addiction-Prone Personality Traits and Alcohol-Related Problems among Emerging Adults
Alcohol consumption and associated harms are an issue among emerging adults, and protective behavioral strategies (PBS) are actions with potential to minimize these harms. We conducted two studies aimed at determining whether the associations of at-risk personality traits (sensation-seeking [SS], impulsivity [IMP], hopelessness [HOP], and anxiety-sensitivity [AS]) with increased problematic alcohol use could be explained through these variables' …
Alcohol access and purchasing behaviour during Covid ‐19 pandemic restrictions
Hazardous Drinking Mediates the Relation Between Externalizing Personality and Reduced Adherence to Covid-19 Public Health Guidelines in University Students
Using a multigroup path analysis, we examined if hazardous alcohol use mediated the relations between elevated externalizing personality traits (i.e., impulsivity or sensation seeking) and reduced adherence to COVID-19 public health guidelines. We hypothesized that those high in externalizing personality traits would demonstrate less adherence to public health guidelines and that hazardous alcohol use would mediate this relationship. First- and s…
Cheers
Background: Alcohol marketing is a known risk factor for youth drinking. The growth in digital marketing has generated a new form of alcohol advertisement in which brands solicit and/or share consumer-generated or user-generated content. Objectives: The current study investigates the prevalence of UGC alcohol advertising on social media and examines the content of UGC advertising to determine potential violations of current regulatory guidelines.…
A descriptive analysis of children seeking medical attention for problematic sexualized behavior
These results highlight that the number of children presenting for medical evaluation with concern of PSB is a significant underestimation of the prevalence of PSB in the community. This notable gap in identification of children engaging in PSB prevents service delivery for these children, including medical evaluation. The results also demonstrate that children displaying PSB were disproportionately missing from care and represent a specific area…
Sex Differences in Indicators of Mental and Cardiovascular Health in Cannabis-Using Undergraduates
This study investigated sex differences in indicators of mental health (anxiety, depression) and cardiovascular health (e.g., physical activity levels, heart rate, VO 2 max) in a sample of cannabis-using undergraduates. The sample included 209 participants (65% female) who completed two daily diaries for 14 days on their mobile devices; half of whom ( n = 100) also wore a Fitbit Charge 4. Females (vs. males) reported significantly more psychologi…
Personality Traits and Links between Bullying, Emotional Distress, and Substance Use among Emerging Adults
Building a community of practice to address alcohol harms in Canada
An assessment of federal alcohol policies in Canada and priority recommendations
Many evidence-informed alcohol policies have not been adopted, or been adopted only partially, by the Canadian federal government. Urgent adoption of the recommended policies is needed to prevent and reduce the enormous health, social, and economic costs of alcohol use in Canada
Assessing the implementation of evidence-based alcohol policies on Atlantic Canadian post-secondary campuses
Atlantic Canadian universities are collectively achieving less than half their potential to reduce student alcohol-related harm. However, this study identifies opportunities where policies can be enhanced or modified. The fact that most policies are present at one or more campuses highlights that policy recommendations are an achievable goal for campuses. Campuses are encouraged to look to each other as models for improving their own policies
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