Kathleen A Parks
Biographic Data
| ID | 5222990 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathleen A Parks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathleen A |
| FAMILY NAME | Parks |
| SIGNATURE | PARKS K A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University at Buffalo, State University of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6267-6212 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 89 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Assessing the Need for Adapting a Measure of Sexual Assault Risk Perception to be Culturally Specific for Black College Women
Using a mixed methods approach, this study sought feedback from Black college women ( n = 60) on an existing Video Vignette Risk Perception Measure (VVRPM) developed for assessing women's awareness of behavioral and environmental risk cues of sexual assault. Findings from this study suggest that the current VVRPM is not an accurate measure for assessing SA risk cue awareness in Black college women as it is not culturally congruent with their live…
The Role of Past and Current Medical Use on Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs among College Students: Exploring Same-Drug and Cross-Drug Class Associations
Background: Understanding the role that medical use of prescription drugs plays in nonmedical use of prescription drugs can inform prevention efforts. In order to understand fully the potential risk that medical use of prescription drugs conveys for nonmedical use of prescription drugs, the current study explored (a) the simultaneous associations between the medical use of several classes of prescription drugs with current nonmedical use of the s…
Sexual Assault Risks Among Gay and Bisexual Men
The goal of this study was to examine lifetime patterns of sexual assault and associated risks among a purposive sample of gay and bisexual men (N = 183; 18 to 35 years old, M = 24.3). Cross-sectional data were collected via written, self-administered questionnaires and face-to-face, event-based qualitative interviews. Alcohol severity scores indicated high rates of hazardous drinking (53.0%) and possible dependence (14.2%) among participants. On…
Sexual Victimization and Associated Risks Among Lesbian and Bisexual Women
This study examines relationships among childhood sexual abuse (CSA), risky alcohol use, and adult sexual victimization among bisexual and lesbian women. Half (51.2%) of women reported CSA and 71.2% reported adult sexual victimization. Perpetrators were generally male, and 56.4% of women's most recent adult sexual victimization incidents occurred after coming out. Regression results indicated that adult sexual victimization severity was associate…
Women Bar Drinkers’ Discussions About Birth Control and Risky Sexual Behavior
Daily Assessment of Alcohol Consumption and Condom Use with Known and Casual Partners Among Young Female Bar Drinkers
Women's Social Behavior When Meeting New Men: The Influence of Alcohol and Childhood Sexual Abuse
Heavy alcohol consumption (Testa & Parks, 1996) and childhood sexual abuse (CSA; Messman-Moore & Long, 2003) have been associated with adult sexual victimization. We examined the social behavior of 42 women under two alcohol conditions (high dose and low dose) in a bar laboratory. Women were videotaped interacting with a man they had just met. Women in the higher dose condition engaged in more open body position and talked, stood, and walked more…
Club Drugs: Reasons for and Consequences of Use
This preliminary descriptive study was designed to assess the reasons, primary contexts, and consequences (physical, psychological, lifestyle) of club drug use in a sample of young adults in a mid-size U.S. city. Fifty young adults (18 to 30 years old) reported on their use of club drugs (Ecstasy, GHB, ketamine, Rohypnol, methamphetamine, LSD) in face-to-face interviews that included quantitative and qualitative measures. Ecstasy was the most fre…
Male Bar Drinkers' Perspective on Female Bar Drinkers
Women's bar-related victimization: Refining and testing a conceptual model
A model of bar victimization is proposed that explores the relationships among a woman's exposure to the bar environment (i.e., frequency of going to bars), her intoxication in that setting (i.e., usual number of drinks), and such individual difference factors as her previous history of victimization (childhood sexual abuse, lifetime violence, and previous partner abuse) and personality characteristics (depression, social anxiety, sensation seeki…
Women's Descriptions of Drinking in Bars: Reasons and Risks
Bar Victimization of Women
Little is known about the types and specific circumstances that surround the victimization of women who drink in the public context of bars. This study provides a preliminary description of the types of violence experienced by women bar drinkers and the roles of exposure and impairment as risk factors for encountering bar-related aggression. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 52 women bar drinkers through self-administered…
Observations of increased activity and tool use in captive rhesus monkeys exposed to troughs of water
This study investigated the effects of water troughs on nonhuman primates housed in a captive environment. Two groups of rhesus monkeys ( Macaca mulatta ) were exposed to water‐filled troughs under three conditions: (1) standing water, (2) running water, and (3) a replication of standing and running water with novel objects. The effects of water exposure were assessed using a pretest phase (baseline), test phase (trough present), and posttest pha…
Women's Descriptions of Drinking in Bars: Reasons and Risks
Sexual Victimization and Associated Risks Among Lesbian and Bisexual Women
This study examines relationships among childhood sexual abuse (CSA), risky alcohol use, and adult sexual victimization among bisexual and lesbian women. Half (51.2%) of women reported CSA and 71.2% reported adult sexual victimization. Perpetrators were generally male, and 56.4% of women's most recent adult sexual victimization incidents occurred after coming out. Regression results indicated that adult sexual victimization severity was associate…
Bar Victimization of Women
Little is known about the types and specific circumstances that surround the victimization of women who drink in the public context of bars. This study provides a preliminary description of the types of violence experienced by women bar drinkers and the roles of exposure and impairment as risk factors for encountering bar-related aggression. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 52 women bar drinkers through self-administered…
Male Bar Drinkers' Perspective on Female Bar Drinkers
Sexual Assault Risks Among Gay and Bisexual Men
The goal of this study was to examine lifetime patterns of sexual assault and associated risks among a purposive sample of gay and bisexual men (N = 183; 18 to 35 years old, M = 24.3). Cross-sectional data were collected via written, self-administered questionnaires and face-to-face, event-based qualitative interviews. Alcohol severity scores indicated high rates of hazardous drinking (53.0%) and possible dependence (14.2%) among participants. On…
Women Bar Drinkers’ Discussions About Birth Control and Risky Sexual Behavior
Observations of increased activity and tool use in captive rhesus monkeys exposed to troughs of water
This study investigated the effects of water troughs on nonhuman primates housed in a captive environment. Two groups of rhesus monkeys ( Macaca mulatta ) were exposed to water‐filled troughs under three conditions: (1) standing water, (2) running water, and (3) a replication of standing and running water with novel objects. The effects of water exposure were assessed using a pretest phase (baseline), test phase (trough present), and posttest pha…
Bar Victimization of Women
Little is known about the types and specific circumstances that surround the victimization of women who drink in the public context of bars. This study provides a preliminary description of the types of violence experienced by women bar drinkers and the roles of exposure and impairment as risk factors for encountering bar-related aggression. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 52 women bar drinkers through self-administered…
Women's Descriptions of Drinking in Bars: Reasons and Risks
Women's bar-related victimization: Refining and testing a conceptual model
A model of bar victimization is proposed that explores the relationships among a woman's exposure to the bar environment (i.e., frequency of going to bars), her intoxication in that setting (i.e., usual number of drinks), and such individual difference factors as her previous history of victimization (childhood sexual abuse, lifetime violence, and previous partner abuse) and personality characteristics (depression, social anxiety, sensation seeki…
Male Bar Drinkers' Perspective on Female Bar Drinkers
Club Drugs: Reasons for and Consequences of Use
This preliminary descriptive study was designed to assess the reasons, primary contexts, and consequences (physical, psychological, lifestyle) of club drug use in a sample of young adults in a mid-size U.S. city. Fifty young adults (18 to 30 years old) reported on their use of club drugs (Ecstasy, GHB, ketamine, Rohypnol, methamphetamine, LSD) in face-to-face interviews that included quantitative and qualitative measures. Ecstasy was the most fre…
Women's Social Behavior When Meeting New Men: The Influence of Alcohol and Childhood Sexual Abuse
Heavy alcohol consumption (Testa & Parks, 1996) and childhood sexual abuse (CSA; Messman-Moore & Long, 2003) have been associated with adult sexual victimization. We examined the social behavior of 42 women under two alcohol conditions (high dose and low dose) in a bar laboratory. Women were videotaped interacting with a man they had just met. Women in the higher dose condition engaged in more open body position and talked, stood, and walked more…
Daily Assessment of Alcohol Consumption and Condom Use with Known and Casual Partners Among Young Female Bar Drinkers
Women Bar Drinkers’ Discussions About Birth Control and Risky Sexual Behavior
Sexual Victimization and Associated Risks Among Lesbian and Bisexual Women
This study examines relationships among childhood sexual abuse (CSA), risky alcohol use, and adult sexual victimization among bisexual and lesbian women. Half (51.2%) of women reported CSA and 71.2% reported adult sexual victimization. Perpetrators were generally male, and 56.4% of women's most recent adult sexual victimization incidents occurred after coming out. Regression results indicated that adult sexual victimization severity was associate…
Sexual Assault Risks Among Gay and Bisexual Men
The goal of this study was to examine lifetime patterns of sexual assault and associated risks among a purposive sample of gay and bisexual men (N = 183; 18 to 35 years old, M = 24.3). Cross-sectional data were collected via written, self-administered questionnaires and face-to-face, event-based qualitative interviews. Alcohol severity scores indicated high rates of hazardous drinking (53.0%) and possible dependence (14.2%) among participants. On…
The Role of Past and Current Medical Use on Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs among College Students: Exploring Same-Drug and Cross-Drug Class Associations
Background: Understanding the role that medical use of prescription drugs plays in nonmedical use of prescription drugs can inform prevention efforts. In order to understand fully the potential risk that medical use of prescription drugs conveys for nonmedical use of prescription drugs, the current study explored (a) the simultaneous associations between the medical use of several classes of prescription drugs with current nonmedical use of the s…
Assessing the Need for Adapting a Measure of Sexual Assault Risk Perception to be Culturally Specific for Black College Women
Using a mixed methods approach, this study sought feedback from Black college women ( n = 60) on an existing Video Vignette Risk Perception Measure (VVRPM) developed for assessing women's awareness of behavioral and environmental risk cues of sexual assault. Findings from this study suggest that the current VVRPM is not an accurate measure for assessing SA risk cue awareness in Black college women as it is not culturally congruent with their live…
Psychology (11 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies (8 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Poison control (6 works) · Sex work and related issues (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works)