Vaida Kazlauskaite
Biographic Data
| ID | 5066924 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vaida Kazlauskaite |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vaida |
| FAMILY NAME | Kazlauskaite |
| SIGNATURE | KAZLAUSKAITE V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7633-9372 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Addressing the Trauma of Executive Orders Restricting Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender and Gender-Expansive Youth
Across the United States, executive orders and legislative actions restricting gender-affirming care for transgender and gender-expansive (TGE) youth under the age of 19 have created psychological, medical, and familial trauma. These actions deny access to critical medical interventions, including puberty blockers and hormone therapy, disrupting evidence-based, healthcare plans that align with best practices in adolescent health. The consequences…
How Do I Tell My Children I Have Cancer?” Disclosing a Cancer Diagnosis to School-Aged Children
An Examination of the Lived Experiences of College Student Mentors and Their Experiences of Flourishing in a Youth Mentoring Program
This study examined college students' perceptions about whether volunteering as a youth mentor impacts their experience of flourishing. The aim was to examine how specific experiences in the mentoring program (e.g., relationships with staff and peers, belonging to an organization, and skill development) may lead to flourishing. This study was conducted using a phenomenological study design and was guided by the broaden‐and‐build theory of positiv…
Providers working with parents who are diagnosed with cancer
Navigating Difficult Conversations with Children When Parents are Ill
Identification of resiliency processes in dual-trauma couples
Results promote a balanced conceptualization (i.e., inclusion of both adaptive and maladaptive interactions) of couples affected by trauma exposure. Implications for clinical treatment and several areas for future research are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Adolescent Experience With Parental Cancer and Involvement With Medical Professionals
Experiencing the death of a loved one can be a difficult occurrence. Adolescents, in particular, experience death in a unique way. Yet there is relatively little research on adolescents’ experience with parental death and their involvement in the medical setting during a parent’s terminal illness. This qualitative study utilized heuristic inquiry, a type of phenomenological research, to investigate adolescents’ involvement in the hospital setting…
Adolescents’ experiences of mentor alliance and sense of belonging in a site-based mentoring intervention
Adolescents’ experiences of mentor alliance and sense of belonging in a site-based mentoring intervention
Navigating Difficult Conversations with Children When Parents are Ill
Adolescent Experience With Parental Cancer and Involvement With Medical Professionals
Experiencing the death of a loved one can be a difficult occurrence. Adolescents, in particular, experience death in a unique way. Yet there is relatively little research on adolescents’ experience with parental death and their involvement in the medical setting during a parent’s terminal illness. This qualitative study utilized heuristic inquiry, a type of phenomenological research, to investigate adolescents’ involvement in the hospital setting…
Adolescents’ experiences of mentor alliance and sense of belonging in a site-based mentoring intervention
Identification of resiliency processes in dual-trauma couples
Results promote a balanced conceptualization (i.e., inclusion of both adaptive and maladaptive interactions) of couples affected by trauma exposure. Implications for clinical treatment and several areas for future research are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Adolescent Experience With Parental Cancer and Involvement With Medical Professionals
Experiencing the death of a loved one can be a difficult occurrence. Adolescents, in particular, experience death in a unique way. Yet there is relatively little research on adolescents’ experience with parental death and their involvement in the medical setting during a parent’s terminal illness. This qualitative study utilized heuristic inquiry, a type of phenomenological research, to investigate adolescents’ involvement in the hospital setting…
Navigating Difficult Conversations with Children When Parents are Ill
Providers working with parents who are diagnosed with cancer
How Do I Tell My Children I Have Cancer?” Disclosing a Cancer Diagnosis to School-Aged Children
An Examination of the Lived Experiences of College Student Mentors and Their Experiences of Flourishing in a Youth Mentoring Program
This study examined college students' perceptions about whether volunteering as a youth mentor impacts their experience of flourishing. The aim was to examine how specific experiences in the mentoring program (e.g., relationships with staff and peers, belonging to an organization, and skill development) may lead to flourishing. This study was conducted using a phenomenological study design and was guided by the broaden‐and‐build theory of positiv…
Addressing the Trauma of Executive Orders Restricting Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender and Gender-Expansive Youth
Across the United States, executive orders and legislative actions restricting gender-affirming care for transgender and gender-expansive (TGE) youth under the age of 19 have created psychological, medical, and familial trauma. These actions deny access to critical medical interventions, including puberty blockers and hormone therapy, disrupting evidence-based, healthcare plans that align with best practices in adolescent health. The consequences…
Psychology (7 works) · Family Support in Illness (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (4 works) · Medical education (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works)