Colleen S Conley
Biographic Data
| ID | 5452707 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Colleen S Conley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Colleen S |
| FAMILY NAME | Conley |
| SIGNATURE | CONLEY C S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Loyola University Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1413-5235 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Technology-Delivered Mindfulness-Based Intervention Facilitates a Reduction in Depression Symptoms via Change in Positive Affect
Wellness Advising
Wellness advising with motivational interviewing (WAMI) is a novel intervention that leverages the routine nature of academic support services (e.g., academic advising) by training staff to connect students with unmet mental health needs to professional mental health services, using a semi-structured protocol. This paper describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of the WAMI intervention, demonstrating its feasibility and acceptabi…
Developmental Trajectories and Predictors of Psychological Well-Being and Distress Across the College Years
Psychological well-being and distress are critical components of college adjustment that are intricately entwined with student retention and success during and after college. This 5-wave longitudinal study used growth mixture modeling to explore heterogeneous trajectories of psychological well-being (self-esteem) and distress (depression, anxiety, stress) spanning just before college to the end of the fourth year. Students (N = 5,537) most common…
Finding Silver Linings
This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on college students' lives. A mixed methods approach, analyzing open- and closed-ended questions about challenges and opportunities, reveals numerous ways in which the pandemic has impacted students in general and differentially by gender, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, and family income. Cisgender male and heterosexual students generally reported less of a mental health impact from the…
Honest, open, proud—college
Honest, open, proud–college
Navigating the College Years
College presents unique opportunities and stressors that challenge psychosocial adjustment. This 4-year longitudinal study examines multiple aspects of adjustment in 5,532 college students from immediately pre-college across each of 4 academic years. Student adjustment generally worsens across the first 2 years in the domains of psychological functioning (decreased self-esteem; increased depression, anxiety, and stress), cognitive-affective strat…
Looking Good and Making It Seem Easy
Unhealthy weight control behaviors are a significant health concern among adolescents and emerging adults, and perfectionism plays a role in the development/maintenance of these behaviors. Effortless perfectionism, or pressure to be perfect with apparent ease, is linked to maladjustment, but its role in weight control behaviors is unexplored. Longitudinal data on effortless perfectionism, body image, body mass index (BMI), and weight control beha…
Negotiating the Transition to College
The transition to college, which for the majority of youth coincides with the transition to emerging adulthood, is stressful and disruptive. Using latent growth curve modeling (LGM), this study examines the longitudinal course of psychosocial adjustment in a sample of 2,095 emerging adults, at three time-points across this transition: In the week prior to college entry and at the end of each semester of the first year. Overall, the immediate tran…
The Socioemotional Costs and Benefits of Social‐Evaluative Concerns
This research investigated the hypothesis that girls' heightened concerns about social evaluation contribute to sex differences in depression and interpersonal competence during early adolescence. A short‐term longitudinal study was conducted with 474 adolescents to examine the consequences of heightened social‐evaluative concerns. Adolescents reported on their levels of social‐evaluative concerns and depressive symptoms. Teachers provided rating…
Developmental Trajectories and Predictors of Psychological Well-Being and Distress Across the College Years
Psychological well-being and distress are critical components of college adjustment that are intricately entwined with student retention and success during and after college. This 5-wave longitudinal study used growth mixture modeling to explore heterogeneous trajectories of psychological well-being (self-esteem) and distress (depression, anxiety, stress) spanning just before college to the end of the fourth year. Students (N = 5,537) most common…
The Socioemotional Costs and Benefits of Social‐Evaluative Concerns
This research investigated the hypothesis that girls' heightened concerns about social evaluation contribute to sex differences in depression and interpersonal competence during early adolescence. A short‐term longitudinal study was conducted with 474 adolescents to examine the consequences of heightened social‐evaluative concerns. Adolescents reported on their levels of social‐evaluative concerns and depressive symptoms. Teachers provided rating…
Negotiating the Transition to College
The transition to college, which for the majority of youth coincides with the transition to emerging adulthood, is stressful and disruptive. Using latent growth curve modeling (LGM), this study examines the longitudinal course of psychosocial adjustment in a sample of 2,095 emerging adults, at three time-points across this transition: In the week prior to college entry and at the end of each semester of the first year. Overall, the immediate tran…
Looking Good and Making It Seem Easy
Unhealthy weight control behaviors are a significant health concern among adolescents and emerging adults, and perfectionism plays a role in the development/maintenance of these behaviors. Effortless perfectionism, or pressure to be perfect with apparent ease, is linked to maladjustment, but its role in weight control behaviors is unexplored. Longitudinal data on effortless perfectionism, body image, body mass index (BMI), and weight control beha…
Navigating the College Years
College presents unique opportunities and stressors that challenge psychosocial adjustment. This 4-year longitudinal study examines multiple aspects of adjustment in 5,532 college students from immediately pre-college across each of 4 academic years. Student adjustment generally worsens across the first 2 years in the domains of psychological functioning (decreased self-esteem; increased depression, anxiety, and stress), cognitive-affective strat…
Honest, open, proud–college
Honest, open, proud—college
Finding Silver Linings
This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on college students' lives. A mixed methods approach, analyzing open- and closed-ended questions about challenges and opportunities, reveals numerous ways in which the pandemic has impacted students in general and differentially by gender, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, and family income. Cisgender male and heterosexual students generally reported less of a mental health impact from the…
Developmental Trajectories and Predictors of Psychological Well-Being and Distress Across the College Years
Psychological well-being and distress are critical components of college adjustment that are intricately entwined with student retention and success during and after college. This 5-wave longitudinal study used growth mixture modeling to explore heterogeneous trajectories of psychological well-being (self-esteem) and distress (depression, anxiety, stress) spanning just before college to the end of the fourth year. Students (N = 5,537) most common…
Wellness Advising
Wellness advising with motivational interviewing (WAMI) is a novel intervention that leverages the routine nature of academic support services (e.g., academic advising) by training staff to connect students with unmet mental health needs to professional mental health services, using a semi-structured protocol. This paper describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of the WAMI intervention, demonstrating its feasibility and acceptabi…
Technology-Delivered Mindfulness-Based Intervention Facilitates a Reduction in Depression Symptoms via Change in Positive Affect
Psychology (9 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Mental health (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Cognition (3 works) · Distress (3 works)