Melissa R Schick
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5381847 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Melissa R Schick |
| PRENOMES | Melissa R |
| SOBRENOME | Schick |
| ASSINATURA | SCHICK M R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Rhode Island |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0689-6672 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2019 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Likelihood of treatment access and barriers to treatment by substance use recovery status among U.S. adults.
Background: The process by which individuals change their substance use is personal and often non-linear, with periods of recovery, return to use, and treatment re-entry. This study characterizes utilization of substance use services and barriers to treatment access among United States (U.S.) adults with a self-identified lifetime alcohol and/or drug use problem who are versus are not in recovery. Methods: =5,260, 38.4% female, 24.5% people of co…
Racial Discrimination Moderates the Association Between Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Consequences Among One First Nation Reserve Community’s Youth
North American Indigenous (NAI) adolescents experience disproportionately high rates of alcohol-related consequences and racial discrimination but report similar rates of alcohol consumption as other racial/ethnic groups. Racial discrimination serves a deleterious role on adolescent development and well-being. To test if NAI adolescents’ disproportionate rates of alcohol-related consequences are related to the negative effects of racial discrimin…
The Protective Role of Savoring on Coping Motives for Cannabis Use and Consequences
Young adults use cannabis and experience negative consequences at high rates. Cannabis use motives include coping, conformity, enhancement, expansion, and social. Savoring involves focusing attention on positive events to intensify positive emotions. Savoring might be differentially protective or risky when considering motives in relation to cannabis outcomes. We examined the interactions between cannabis motives and savoring on cannabis frequenc…
Does personalized mean popular? A content analysis of suicide prevention smartphone applications
Primary Socialization Theory and American Indian Adolescents’ Intentions to Use Substances
Objective Intentions to use substances are a robust risk factor for future substance use. Primary Socialization Theory (PST), with its focus on relational factors, is well-suited to provide insight into American Indian adolescents’ intentions to use substances given the importance of relationships in American Indian communities. The goal of the present study was to examine the role of PST-related factors (i.e., parental monitoring, peer pressure,…
Discrimination and school outcomes in first nation youth
INTRODUCTION: Positive psychological characteristics have been found to be associated with discrimination and school outcomes separately; however, no work has examined these associations together or in North American Indigenous (NAI) populations. NAI adolescents experience high rates of racial discrimination. Because discrimination has a detrimental impact on academic outcomes it is critical to identify factors that could buffer this impact. The …
Trauma and Substance Use among Indigenous Peoples of the United States and Canada
Substance use has been identified by Indigenous populations as contributing to health disparities facing their communities. Rates of trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder are higher in Indigenous, compared to non-Indigenous, populations and have been linked to substance use. Historical trauma is thought to be one mechanism underlying substance use and related disorders. The purpose of the present study is to summarize the current sta…
Sexual and Gender Minority Inclusivity in Bystander Intervention Programs to Prevent Violence on College Campuses
Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals are at increased risk for experiencing sexual violence. Bystander intervention training programs are a first-line prevention recommendation for reducing sexual and dating violence on college campuses. Little is known regarding the extent to which SGM individuals are represented in the content of bystander intervention programs or are included in studies examining the effectiveness of bystander interven…
Depressive symptoms, alcohol use, and alcohol-related consequences
Results of the present study may inform the development of gender-sensitive recommendations for the assessment and treatment of alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences among AI adolescents. For instance, results suggest that treatments focusing on depressive symptoms may subsequently reduce alcohol use and related consequences for female AI adolescents
The Role of Savoring in Young Adult Cannabis Use and Associated Consequences
Young adults exhibit high rates of cannabis use and are at heightened risk of experiencing negative cannabis-associated consequences. The purpose of the present study was to replicate and extend to prior work on savoring, the ability to experience positive experiences/emotions, and cannabis use frequency on cannabis-associated consequences. Young adults (18-25 years old, N = 122, 36.1% women) who reported weekly cannabis use completed self-report…
Toward the advancement of equity in scientific publishing
Peer review represents the foundation and gatekeeper to scientific dissemination, making it among the most important points to improve the representation of members of diverse gender, racial/ethnic, and other sociodemographic groups. The American Psychological Association (APA) highlights equity, diversity, and inclusion among its guiding principles. APA journals publish a large volume of cutting-edge psychological research (processing 20,000 + s…
Positive Psychological Characteristics and Substance Use in First Nation Adolescents
BackgroundNorth American Indigenous (NAI) adolescents experience disproportionate harm related to substance use compared to non-Indigenous adolescents. Strengths-based approaches to substance use prevention and treatment are consistent with Indigenous conceptualizations of health, which tend to be holistic and incorporate more spirituality and community than mainstream Western conceptualizations. Despite this, little is known about how positive p…
Drinking to Fit in
Objective: Over the past two decades, rates of alcohol use among female students have risen to meet or even surpass those seen among males. Yet, little is known about factors that play a role in the relationship between drinking motives and alcohol consumption for female college students. The present study examines self-esteem as a moderator in the association between categories of drinking motives and alcohol use in a sample of female college st…
Correlates of Bystander Intervention Among Heavy Drinking College Men
The present study utilized survey assessments to examine correlates of bystander intervention intentions among heavy drinking college men ( N = 210). Intentions to engage in bystander intervention were associated with fewer heavy drinking days, lower alcohol-related consequences, greater use of strategies to limit drinking, and lower endorsement of alcohol expectancies. A range of constructs commonly associated with perpetration of sexual aggress…
Subjective happiness interrupts the association between alcohol expectancies and alcohol consumption among reserve-dwelling first nation adolescents
25). Results of the present study provide preliminary support for the utility of positive psychological interventions aiming to increase adolescent's subjective happiness to indirectly target alcohol consumption. Future work should test the effectiveness of such interventions and aim to replicate these findings in larger samples. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
The role of emotion dysregulation in the association between substance use stigma and depressive symptoms among trauma-exposed, substance-using individuals
Despite the well-documented association between experiences of substance use stigma and adverse mental health outcomes, little is known about the mechanisms underlying this association. Utilizing a community sample of substance-using adults who have experienced at least one traumatic event in their lifetime, the current study examined the role of dysregulation stemming from both negative and positive emotions in the relation between substance use…
Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity modulates avoidance of positive emotions among trauma-exposed military veterans in the community
Veterans with more severe PTSD symptoms may utilize avoidance strategies in the context of intense positive emotions. These findings may suggest the potential need for addressing positive emotional avoidance in interventions to reduce PTSD symptom severity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
The protective effects of self-compassion on alcohol-related problems among first nation adolescents
Given the disproportionate alcohol-related consequences experienced by North American Indigenous youth, there is a critical need to identify related risk and protective factors. Self-compassion, which has been found to mitigate the effects of trauma exposure, may serve as one such protective factor given the high-degree of historical trauma and contemporary discrimination identified as contributing to the alcohol-related disparities experienced b…
Testing the competing life reinforcers model for substance use in reserve-dwelling First Nation youth
PURPOSE: North American Indigenous (NAI) communities often cite substance misuse as problematic in their communities. The Competing Life Reinforcers (CLRs) model suggests that when reinforcers are valued, important, and incompatible with substance use, they will be associated with less substance misuse. Three categories of CLRs were identified in our formative work and include the following: cultural, social, and extracurricular activities. The a…
Identifying Competing Life Reinforcers for Substance Use in First Nation Adolescents
Background: Indigenous youth are at increased risk of initiating substance use at early ages and suffer greater negative consequences related to substance use as compared to non-Indigenous youth. Behavioral Theories of Choice suggests that substance use is contingent on the availability of substances and the availability of alternatives to substance use. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate risk and protective factors associated wit…
Structured and Unstructured Activities and Alcohol and Marijuana Use in Middle School
Background: Behavioral Theories of Choice applied to substance use suggests that use depends on availability of substances and alternative activities. Applying this theory to younger adolescents offers the possibility of investigating potentially malleable prevention and intervention targets. Objectives: The current study examines the role of perceived availability and engagement in structured and unstructured activities on adolescent alcohol and…
Difficulties Regulating Positive Emotions and Substance Misuse
Background: Alcohol and drug misuse present significant public health concerns due to their high prevalence and deleterious outcomes. A growing body of research provides support for the role of difficulties regulating positive emotions in alcohol and drug misuse. However, research is needed to better understand for whom difficulties regulating positive emotions are most strongly associated with alcohol and drug misuse to inform assessment and tre…
Ethnic-racial identity and posttraumatic stress disorder
Results underscore ethnic-racial differences in the way in which strength of ethnic-racial identity impacts PTSD. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
The factor structure of self-esteem and its association with alcohol use in American Indian (AI) adolescents
14.8, 47.7% female) attending schools on or near reservations across 11 states. Participants completed the American Drug and Alcohol Survey. Factor analytic results suggested 2 factors, representing intrapersonal (from intrinsic sources) and interpersonal self-esteem (from extrinsic sources). Multilevel regression analyses revealed that, with both factors entered into the model, intrapersonal self-esteem was negatively associated with alcohol con…
Regional and gender differences in tobacco use among American Indian youth
Tobacco use is among the top preventable causes of death in the United States, and American Indian (AI) adolescents tend to use tobacco at higher rates compared to the general population. To examine regional and gender differences in rates of smoked, smokeless, and poly-tobacco use among AI adolescents as compared to White counterparts, participants were sampled as part of a larger ongoing study examining substance use among American Indian adole…
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Regional and gender differences in tobacco use among American Indian youth
Tobacco use is among the top preventable causes of death in the United States, and American Indian (AI) adolescents tend to use tobacco at higher rates compared to the general population. To examine regional and gender differences in rates of smoked, smokeless, and poly-tobacco use among AI adolescents as compared to White counterparts, participants were sampled as part of a larger ongoing study examining substance use among American Indian adole…
Identifying Competing Life Reinforcers for Substance Use in First Nation Adolescents
Background: Indigenous youth are at increased risk of initiating substance use at early ages and suffer greater negative consequences related to substance use as compared to non-Indigenous youth. Behavioral Theories of Choice suggests that substance use is contingent on the availability of substances and the availability of alternatives to substance use. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate risk and protective factors associated wit…
Structured and Unstructured Activities and Alcohol and Marijuana Use in Middle School
Background: Behavioral Theories of Choice applied to substance use suggests that use depends on availability of substances and alternative activities. Applying this theory to younger adolescents offers the possibility of investigating potentially malleable prevention and intervention targets. Objectives: The current study examines the role of perceived availability and engagement in structured and unstructured activities on adolescent alcohol and…
Difficulties Regulating Positive Emotions and Substance Misuse
Background: Alcohol and drug misuse present significant public health concerns due to their high prevalence and deleterious outcomes. A growing body of research provides support for the role of difficulties regulating positive emotions in alcohol and drug misuse. However, research is needed to better understand for whom difficulties regulating positive emotions are most strongly associated with alcohol and drug misuse to inform assessment and tre…
Ethnic-racial identity and posttraumatic stress disorder
Results underscore ethnic-racial differences in the way in which strength of ethnic-racial identity impacts PTSD. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
The factor structure of self-esteem and its association with alcohol use in American Indian (AI) adolescents
14.8, 47.7% female) attending schools on or near reservations across 11 states. Participants completed the American Drug and Alcohol Survey. Factor analytic results suggested 2 factors, representing intrapersonal (from intrinsic sources) and interpersonal self-esteem (from extrinsic sources). Multilevel regression analyses revealed that, with both factors entered into the model, intrapersonal self-esteem was negatively associated with alcohol con…
The role of emotion dysregulation in the association between substance use stigma and depressive symptoms among trauma-exposed, substance-using individuals
Despite the well-documented association between experiences of substance use stigma and adverse mental health outcomes, little is known about the mechanisms underlying this association. Utilizing a community sample of substance-using adults who have experienced at least one traumatic event in their lifetime, the current study examined the role of dysregulation stemming from both negative and positive emotions in the relation between substance use…
Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity modulates avoidance of positive emotions among trauma-exposed military veterans in the community
Veterans with more severe PTSD symptoms may utilize avoidance strategies in the context of intense positive emotions. These findings may suggest the potential need for addressing positive emotional avoidance in interventions to reduce PTSD symptom severity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
The protective effects of self-compassion on alcohol-related problems among first nation adolescents
Given the disproportionate alcohol-related consequences experienced by North American Indigenous youth, there is a critical need to identify related risk and protective factors. Self-compassion, which has been found to mitigate the effects of trauma exposure, may serve as one such protective factor given the high-degree of historical trauma and contemporary discrimination identified as contributing to the alcohol-related disparities experienced b…
Testing the competing life reinforcers model for substance use in reserve-dwelling First Nation youth
PURPOSE: North American Indigenous (NAI) communities often cite substance misuse as problematic in their communities. The Competing Life Reinforcers (CLRs) model suggests that when reinforcers are valued, important, and incompatible with substance use, they will be associated with less substance misuse. Three categories of CLRs were identified in our formative work and include the following: cultural, social, and extracurricular activities. The a…
Positive Psychological Characteristics and Substance Use in First Nation Adolescents
BackgroundNorth American Indigenous (NAI) adolescents experience disproportionate harm related to substance use compared to non-Indigenous adolescents. Strengths-based approaches to substance use prevention and treatment are consistent with Indigenous conceptualizations of health, which tend to be holistic and incorporate more spirituality and community than mainstream Western conceptualizations. Despite this, little is known about how positive p…
Drinking to Fit in
Objective: Over the past two decades, rates of alcohol use among female students have risen to meet or even surpass those seen among males. Yet, little is known about factors that play a role in the relationship between drinking motives and alcohol consumption for female college students. The present study examines self-esteem as a moderator in the association between categories of drinking motives and alcohol use in a sample of female college st…
Correlates of Bystander Intervention Among Heavy Drinking College Men
The present study utilized survey assessments to examine correlates of bystander intervention intentions among heavy drinking college men ( N = 210). Intentions to engage in bystander intervention were associated with fewer heavy drinking days, lower alcohol-related consequences, greater use of strategies to limit drinking, and lower endorsement of alcohol expectancies. A range of constructs commonly associated with perpetration of sexual aggress…
Subjective happiness interrupts the association between alcohol expectancies and alcohol consumption among reserve-dwelling first nation adolescents
25). Results of the present study provide preliminary support for the utility of positive psychological interventions aiming to increase adolescent's subjective happiness to indirectly target alcohol consumption. Future work should test the effectiveness of such interventions and aim to replicate these findings in larger samples. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Primary Socialization Theory and American Indian Adolescents’ Intentions to Use Substances
Objective Intentions to use substances are a robust risk factor for future substance use. Primary Socialization Theory (PST), with its focus on relational factors, is well-suited to provide insight into American Indian adolescents’ intentions to use substances given the importance of relationships in American Indian communities. The goal of the present study was to examine the role of PST-related factors (i.e., parental monitoring, peer pressure,…
Discrimination and school outcomes in first nation youth
INTRODUCTION: Positive psychological characteristics have been found to be associated with discrimination and school outcomes separately; however, no work has examined these associations together or in North American Indigenous (NAI) populations. NAI adolescents experience high rates of racial discrimination. Because discrimination has a detrimental impact on academic outcomes it is critical to identify factors that could buffer this impact. The …
Trauma and Substance Use among Indigenous Peoples of the United States and Canada
Substance use has been identified by Indigenous populations as contributing to health disparities facing their communities. Rates of trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder are higher in Indigenous, compared to non-Indigenous, populations and have been linked to substance use. Historical trauma is thought to be one mechanism underlying substance use and related disorders. The purpose of the present study is to summarize the current sta…
Sexual and Gender Minority Inclusivity in Bystander Intervention Programs to Prevent Violence on College Campuses
Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals are at increased risk for experiencing sexual violence. Bystander intervention training programs are a first-line prevention recommendation for reducing sexual and dating violence on college campuses. Little is known regarding the extent to which SGM individuals are represented in the content of bystander intervention programs or are included in studies examining the effectiveness of bystander interven…
Depressive symptoms, alcohol use, and alcohol-related consequences
Results of the present study may inform the development of gender-sensitive recommendations for the assessment and treatment of alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences among AI adolescents. For instance, results suggest that treatments focusing on depressive symptoms may subsequently reduce alcohol use and related consequences for female AI adolescents
The Role of Savoring in Young Adult Cannabis Use and Associated Consequences
Young adults exhibit high rates of cannabis use and are at heightened risk of experiencing negative cannabis-associated consequences. The purpose of the present study was to replicate and extend to prior work on savoring, the ability to experience positive experiences/emotions, and cannabis use frequency on cannabis-associated consequences. Young adults (18-25 years old, N = 122, 36.1% women) who reported weekly cannabis use completed self-report…
Toward the advancement of equity in scientific publishing
Peer review represents the foundation and gatekeeper to scientific dissemination, making it among the most important points to improve the representation of members of diverse gender, racial/ethnic, and other sociodemographic groups. The American Psychological Association (APA) highlights equity, diversity, and inclusion among its guiding principles. APA journals publish a large volume of cutting-edge psychological research (processing 20,000 + s…
Does personalized mean popular? A content analysis of suicide prevention smartphone applications
The Protective Role of Savoring on Coping Motives for Cannabis Use and Consequences
Young adults use cannabis and experience negative consequences at high rates. Cannabis use motives include coping, conformity, enhancement, expansion, and social. Savoring involves focusing attention on positive events to intensify positive emotions. Savoring might be differentially protective or risky when considering motives in relation to cannabis outcomes. We examined the interactions between cannabis motives and savoring on cannabis frequenc…
Likelihood of treatment access and barriers to treatment by substance use recovery status among U.S. adults.
Background: The process by which individuals change their substance use is personal and often non-linear, with periods of recovery, return to use, and treatment re-entry. This study characterizes utilization of substance use services and barriers to treatment access among United States (U.S.) adults with a self-identified lifetime alcohol and/or drug use problem who are versus are not in recovery. Methods: =5,260, 38.4% female, 24.5% people of co…
Racial Discrimination Moderates the Association Between Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Consequences Among One First Nation Reserve Community’s Youth
North American Indigenous (NAI) adolescents experience disproportionately high rates of alcohol-related consequences and racial discrimination but report similar rates of alcohol consumption as other racial/ethnic groups. Racial discrimination serves a deleterious role on adolescent development and well-being. To test if NAI adolescents’ disproportionate rates of alcohol-related consequences are related to the negative effects of racial discrimin…
Psychology (21 obras) · Clinical Psychology (20 obras) · Psychiatry (15 obras) · Medicine (11 obras) · Social Psychology (11 obras) · Clinical Psychology (8 obras) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (8 obras) · Substance use (8 obras) · Alcohol (7 obras) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (7 obras)