Lewayne D Gilchrist
Biographic Data
| ID | 5508053 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lewayne D Gilchrist |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lewayne D |
| FAMILY NAME | Gilchrist |
| SIGNATURE | GILCHRIST L D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Washington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 29 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Assessing Variations in Developmental Outcomes Among Teenage Offspring of Teen Mothers
This study investigated potential heterogeneity in development among offspring (age 17) of teen mothers and maternal life course as correlates of variation. Using latent class analysis, subgroups of developmental outcomes were identified. Maternal standing in two life course realms (i.e., socioeconomic and domestic) was considered as a potential explanation for heterogeneity in offspring's development. Offspring reported on measures assessing the…
Life Course Heterogeneity in the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood Among Adolescent Mothers
Longitudinal data were used to examine pathways taken by 227 adolescent mothers during the transition from adolescence into adulthood. Latent profile analysis identified three sub‐groups of adolescent mothers from 6 months to 6 years postpartum: a problem‐prone profile (15%), a psychologically vulnerable profile (42%), and a normative profile (43%). Group membership was related to long‐term adult outcomes (adult status markers, health‐risk and de…
Multigenerational Coresidence and Childrearing Conflict
We examine the associations among multigenerational coresidence, intrafamilial conflict over childrearing, and parenting stress in 190 young adolescent mothers at 6, 12, and 24 months postpartum. Analyses assessed the association between coresidence and conflict on parenting stress in 2 ways. To investigate associations between coresidence and conflict at specific points postpartum, 3 cross-sectional analyses were conducted. To assess the associa…
Identifying and Predicting Offending Trajectories among Poor Children
Using data from the Seattle Social Development Project, we identify childhood predictors of offending trajectories among poor children. Five trajectories are identified: nonoffenders, late onsetters, desisters, escalators, and chronic offenders. Among initial nonoffenders, late onsetters are distinguished from nonoffenders by early alcohol drinking. Among youths already delinquent at age 13, escalators are distinguished from desisters by poor fam…
The Prevention Research Development Center at the University of Washington
Serving the “whole child”
Social work's early contributions in the domain of prevention are explored through an examination of the United States Children's Bureau campaign to prevent infant mortality in the first quarter of the twentieth century. The article brings into sharper focus the distinctive amalgam of ideology, research, and practice activities at the core of the Children's Bureau prevention paradigm, and presents evidence for the effectiveness of this approach i…
Childbearing Adolescents and Problem Behavior Theory
Understanding problem behavior among adolescent mothers is critical, as their behaviors affect not only their own lives but the lives of their children. Using confirmatory factor analysis with an ethnically diverse sample of 233 pregnant adolescents, we test a hypothesis derived from problem behavior theory that diverse problem behaviors are manifestations of a single underlying construct Three measurement models of problem behaviors are compared…
Factors related to cigarette smoking during adolescent pregnancy
Response Bias Associated with Asking Former Study Participants to Assist in New Research
To limit research costs, former parent-participants from a completed pediatric neurology study were asked to assist with new research on behavioral contributors to childhood injury. An evaluation of the response bias associated with this recontact effort showed that 224 parents who completed the survey did not differ from the 51 who failed to complete it in race, age, education, or income. Nonresponders were significantly less likely to be marrie…
The transition to junior high school
Cross-Cultural Service Delivery to Minority Communities
Feasibility of cross-cultural prevention efforts hinges on extensive collaborative interaction. The State-wide Indian Drug Prevention Program (IDPP) emphasis on collaboration resulted in successful delivery of a culturally tailored drug abuse prevention program to six groups of Native American youth in urban and rural communities. Procedures used by IDPP staff are detailed, and process data including attendance, participant demographics, and cons…
Life Skills Counseling for Preventing Problems in Adolescence
Many social and health problems first appear in adolescence. Prevention is a humane and cost effective approach for human services professionals who work with young people. This paper addresses theoretical, methodological, and outcome issues for the behavioral approach called life skills counseling for helping adolescents avoid potentially serious social and health problems. The authors define life skills, discuss the applicability of the life sk…
Creative Change
Stress-management intervention to prevent family violence
Hassles, Role Strain, and Peer Relations in Young Adolescents
The impact of hassles, or daily stressors, on the lives of adults has been demonstrated by Lazarus and his colleagues. Conceptual relevance of the hassles construct for young adolescent populations, theoretical interplay between self-reported hassles and role strain in youth, and the relationship between role strain and adolescent peer relations have received scant research attention to date. To address these issues, the authors developed the Ado…
Preparing Students for Junior High School
The entrance into junior high school is a critical but seldom studied event in the life of the adolescent. Little has been done to prepare youths for the transition. This study evaluated a skills building approach to prepare sixth graders for the entry to junior high. The curriculum was administered to two grade schools (n = 138) with two additional grade schools (n= 140) serving as controls. At the conclusion of post testing, youths in the skill…
Definitions and methods for prevention research with youth and families
Preventing Substance Abuse Among American Indian and Alaska Native Youth
Research on the prevention of substance abuse among American Indian and Alaska Native youth offers challenges and demands careful methods. This paper describes such challenges in terms of philosophical, political, and cultural issues surmundiig substance abuse prevention research with American Indian and Alaska Native people. The authors suggest how social work researchers can address these issues through strategies of community 'collaboration, g…
The Ecological Paradigm in Child, Youth, and Family Services
This paper identifies and explores the implications of the ecological paradigm for child, youth, and family services. Historical and theoretical roots of the "person-in-environment" configuration are examined along with recent empirical evidence that suggests the complementarity of "life skills teaching" and "social support facilitation" as elements of effective service programs for children, youths, and families. Implications are drawn for polic…
Assessment of Refusal Skill in Minority Youth
The Assertive Friend Cartoon Test was developed and evaluated for Native American youth. Preliminary findings on this refusal skill assessment approach are reported. Psychometric data and feedback from adolescent ethnic group spokespersons support using cartoons to augment paper-pencil measurement
A critique of progress in adolescent smoking prevention
Utilization of Social Work Research
Journal Article Utilization of Social Work Research: Reaching the Practitioner Get access Robert F. Schilling, MSW, Robert F. Schilling, MSW doctoral candidate School of Social Work Research, Child Development and Mental Retardation Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Steven Paul Schinke, Ph.D., Steven Paul Schinke, Ph.D. Professor School of Social W…
Preventing cigarette smoking with youth
Teenage Pregnancy and Public Policy
Pregnancy among teenagers has caused widespread concern. The number of pregnant adolescents and the difficulties they face are significant. This paper outlines what social science reveals about the scope and consequences of teenage pregnancy. The authors review the history of policies and legislation that have addressed the problem and summarize the complexities of public involvement in teenagers' contraception, unplanned pregnancy, and parenthoo…
The adolescent
Life Course Heterogeneity in the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood Among Adolescent Mothers
Longitudinal data were used to examine pathways taken by 227 adolescent mothers during the transition from adolescence into adulthood. Latent profile analysis identified three sub‐groups of adolescent mothers from 6 months to 6 years postpartum: a problem‐prone profile (15%), a psychologically vulnerable profile (42%), and a normative profile (43%). Group membership was related to long‐term adult outcomes (adult status markers, health‐risk and de…
The Ecological Paradigm in Child, Youth, and Family Services
This paper identifies and explores the implications of the ecological paradigm for child, youth, and family services. Historical and theoretical roots of the "person-in-environment" configuration are examined along with recent empirical evidence that suggests the complementarity of "life skills teaching" and "social support facilitation" as elements of effective service programs for children, youths, and families. Implications are drawn for polic…
Identifying and Predicting Offending Trajectories among Poor Children
Using data from the Seattle Social Development Project, we identify childhood predictors of offending trajectories among poor children. Five trajectories are identified: nonoffenders, late onsetters, desisters, escalators, and chronic offenders. Among initial nonoffenders, late onsetters are distinguished from nonoffenders by early alcohol drinking. Among youths already delinquent at age 13, escalators are distinguished from desisters by poor fam…
Hassles, Role Strain, and Peer Relations in Young Adolescents
The impact of hassles, or daily stressors, on the lives of adults has been demonstrated by Lazarus and his colleagues. Conceptual relevance of the hassles construct for young adolescent populations, theoretical interplay between self-reported hassles and role strain in youth, and the relationship between role strain and adolescent peer relations have received scant research attention to date. To address these issues, the authors developed the Ado…
Teenage Pregnancy and Public Policy
Pregnancy among teenagers has caused widespread concern. The number of pregnant adolescents and the difficulties they face are significant. This paper outlines what social science reveals about the scope and consequences of teenage pregnancy. The authors review the history of policies and legislation that have addressed the problem and summarize the complexities of public involvement in teenagers' contraception, unplanned pregnancy, and parenthoo…
Pregnancy-Prevention Groups for Adolescents
Journal Article Pregnancy-Prevention Groups for Adolescents Get access Betty J. Blythe, MSW, Betty J. Blythe, MSW doctoral student Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Lewayne D. Gilchrist, MSW, Lewayne D. Gilchrist, MSW Research Scientist Child Development and Mental Retardation Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Steven P. Schinke, Ph.D. Steven P. Schi…
Serving the “whole child”
Social work's early contributions in the domain of prevention are explored through an examination of the United States Children's Bureau campaign to prevent infant mortality in the first quarter of the twentieth century. The article brings into sharper focus the distinctive amalgam of ideology, research, and practice activities at the core of the Children's Bureau prevention paradigm, and presents evidence for the effectiveness of this approach i…
Childbearing Adolescents and Problem Behavior Theory
Understanding problem behavior among adolescent mothers is critical, as their behaviors affect not only their own lives but the lives of their children. Using confirmatory factor analysis with an ethnically diverse sample of 233 pregnant adolescents, we test a hypothesis derived from problem behavior theory that diverse problem behaviors are manifestations of a single underlying construct Three measurement models of problem behaviors are compared…
Preparing Students for Junior High School
The entrance into junior high school is a critical but seldom studied event in the life of the adolescent. Little has been done to prepare youths for the transition. This study evaluated a skills building approach to prepare sixth graders for the entry to junior high. The curriculum was administered to two grade schools (n = 138) with two additional grade schools (n= 140) serving as controls. At the conclusion of post testing, youths in the skill…
A critique of progress in adolescent smoking prevention
Utilization of Social Work Research
Journal Article Utilization of Social Work Research: Reaching the Practitioner Get access Robert F. Schilling, MSW, Robert F. Schilling, MSW doctoral candidate School of Social Work Research, Child Development and Mental Retardation Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Steven Paul Schinke, Ph.D., Steven Paul Schinke, Ph.D. Professor School of Social W…
Assessing Variations in Developmental Outcomes Among Teenage Offspring of Teen Mothers
This study investigated potential heterogeneity in development among offspring (age 17) of teen mothers and maternal life course as correlates of variation. Using latent class analysis, subgroups of developmental outcomes were identified. Maternal standing in two life course realms (i.e., socioeconomic and domestic) was considered as a potential explanation for heterogeneity in offspring's development. Offspring reported on measures assessing the…
Interviewing-Skills Training
After completing a pretraining assessment battery, 23 graduate student subjects were,assigned randomly either to an experimental condition, trained in specific inte~ewingskills, or to a delayed-training control condition. Based on videotaped interviews, pretraining to posttraining change scores showed experimental condition subjects superior to control condition subjects on ratings of forward trunk lean, open-ended questions, content and affect s…
Stress-management intervention to prevent family violence
Preventing Substance Abuse Among American Indian and Alaska Native Youth
Research on the prevention of substance abuse among American Indian and Alaska Native youth offers challenges and demands careful methods. This paper describes such challenges in terms of philosophical, political, and cultural issues surmundiig substance abuse prevention research with American Indian and Alaska Native people. The authors suggest how social work researchers can address these issues through strategies of community 'collaboration, g…
Primary prevention services for children and youth
Interviewing-Skills Training
After completing a pretraining assessment battery, 23 graduate student subjects were,assigned randomly either to an experimental condition, trained in specific inte~ewingskills, or to a delayed-training control condition. Based on videotaped interviews, pretraining to posttraining change scores showed experimental condition subjects superior to control condition subjects on ratings of forward trunk lean, open-ended questions, content and affect s…
Primary prevention services for children and youth
Preventing unwanted adolescent pregnancy
Teenage pregnancy is a growing social problem in the United States. Past interventive failures and current research suggest new directions for primary prevention. A comprehensive prevention program is outlined, and training techniques based on a cognitive-behavioral approach are proposed to help adolescents acquire skills necessary to avoid unwanted pregnancies
Pregnancy-Prevention Groups for Adolescents
Journal Article Pregnancy-Prevention Groups for Adolescents Get access Betty J. Blythe, MSW, Betty J. Blythe, MSW doctoral student Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Lewayne D. Gilchrist, MSW, Lewayne D. Gilchrist, MSW Research Scientist Child Development and Mental Retardation Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Steven P. Schinke, Ph.D. Steven P. Schi…
The adolescent
Teenage Pregnancy and Public Policy
Pregnancy among teenagers has caused widespread concern. The number of pregnant adolescents and the difficulties they face are significant. This paper outlines what social science reveals about the scope and consequences of teenage pregnancy. The authors review the history of policies and legislation that have addressed the problem and summarize the complexities of public involvement in teenagers' contraception, unplanned pregnancy, and parenthoo…
Preventing cigarette smoking with youth
Assessment of Refusal Skill in Minority Youth
The Assertive Friend Cartoon Test was developed and evaluated for Native American youth. Preliminary findings on this refusal skill assessment approach are reported. Psychometric data and feedback from adolescent ethnic group spokespersons support using cartoons to augment paper-pencil measurement
A critique of progress in adolescent smoking prevention
Utilization of Social Work Research
Journal Article Utilization of Social Work Research: Reaching the Practitioner Get access Robert F. Schilling, MSW, Robert F. Schilling, MSW doctoral candidate School of Social Work Research, Child Development and Mental Retardation Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Steven Paul Schinke, Ph.D., Steven Paul Schinke, Ph.D. Professor School of Social W…
Stress-management intervention to prevent family violence
Hassles, Role Strain, and Peer Relations in Young Adolescents
The impact of hassles, or daily stressors, on the lives of adults has been demonstrated by Lazarus and his colleagues. Conceptual relevance of the hassles construct for young adolescent populations, theoretical interplay between self-reported hassles and role strain in youth, and the relationship between role strain and adolescent peer relations have received scant research attention to date. To address these issues, the authors developed the Ado…
Preparing Students for Junior High School
The entrance into junior high school is a critical but seldom studied event in the life of the adolescent. Little has been done to prepare youths for the transition. This study evaluated a skills building approach to prepare sixth graders for the entry to junior high. The curriculum was administered to two grade schools (n = 138) with two additional grade schools (n= 140) serving as controls. At the conclusion of post testing, youths in the skill…
Definitions and methods for prevention research with youth and families
Preventing Substance Abuse Among American Indian and Alaska Native Youth
Research on the prevention of substance abuse among American Indian and Alaska Native youth offers challenges and demands careful methods. This paper describes such challenges in terms of philosophical, political, and cultural issues surmundiig substance abuse prevention research with American Indian and Alaska Native people. The authors suggest how social work researchers can address these issues through strategies of community 'collaboration, g…
The Ecological Paradigm in Child, Youth, and Family Services
This paper identifies and explores the implications of the ecological paradigm for child, youth, and family services. Historical and theoretical roots of the "person-in-environment" configuration are examined along with recent empirical evidence that suggests the complementarity of "life skills teaching" and "social support facilitation" as elements of effective service programs for children, youths, and families. Implications are drawn for polic…
Life Skills Counseling for Preventing Problems in Adolescence
Many social and health problems first appear in adolescence. Prevention is a humane and cost effective approach for human services professionals who work with young people. This paper addresses theoretical, methodological, and outcome issues for the behavioral approach called life skills counseling for helping adolescents avoid potentially serious social and health problems. The authors define life skills, discuss the applicability of the life sk…
Creative Change
The transition to junior high school
Cross-Cultural Service Delivery to Minority Communities
Feasibility of cross-cultural prevention efforts hinges on extensive collaborative interaction. The State-wide Indian Drug Prevention Program (IDPP) emphasis on collaboration resulted in successful delivery of a culturally tailored drug abuse prevention program to six groups of Native American youth in urban and rural communities. Procedures used by IDPP staff are detailed, and process data including attendance, participant demographics, and cons…
Response Bias Associated with Asking Former Study Participants to Assist in New Research
To limit research costs, former parent-participants from a completed pediatric neurology study were asked to assist with new research on behavioral contributors to childhood injury. An evaluation of the response bias associated with this recontact effort showed that 224 parents who completed the survey did not differ from the 51 who failed to complete it in race, age, education, or income. Nonresponders were significantly less likely to be marrie…
Factors related to cigarette smoking during adolescent pregnancy
Childbearing Adolescents and Problem Behavior Theory
Understanding problem behavior among adolescent mothers is critical, as their behaviors affect not only their own lives but the lives of their children. Using confirmatory factor analysis with an ethnically diverse sample of 233 pregnant adolescents, we test a hypothesis derived from problem behavior theory that diverse problem behaviors are manifestations of a single underlying construct Three measurement models of problem behaviors are compared…
The Prevention Research Development Center at the University of Washington
Serving the “whole child”
Social work's early contributions in the domain of prevention are explored through an examination of the United States Children's Bureau campaign to prevent infant mortality in the first quarter of the twentieth century. The article brings into sharper focus the distinctive amalgam of ideology, research, and practice activities at the core of the Children's Bureau prevention paradigm, and presents evidence for the effectiveness of this approach i…
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