Amy E West
Biographic Data
| ID | 5936271 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amy E West |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amy E |
| FAMILY NAME | West |
| SIGNATURE | WEST A E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern California |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2933-8366 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Gender minority stress and resilience factors associated with persistent depressive symptoms among transgender and gender diverse adolescents and young adults accessing gender-affirming medical care.
Of College Students Who Engage in Non-Suicidal Self-injury Do Not Seek Treatment
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a high-risk behavior, yet much remains unknown about NSSI treatment utilization. The current study seeks to determine cross-national endorsement rates of NSSI and NSSI treatment utilization among college students. The present study uses baseline data from a survey study of 4,772 college students who completed a measure of NSSI recruited from the USA, Canada, Spain, South Africa, Argentina, and England. In total,…
Contextualizing experiences of cultural stress
Cultural stressors are dynamic and diverse. This study further informs cultural stress theory by cataloging how families' immigration history and national current events inform experiences of stress among youth. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
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Acculturative Stress and Self-rated Health among Hispanic Emerging Adults
Substance and Behavioral Addictions among American Indian and Alaska Native Populations
There is a dearth of research on behavioral addictions among AIANs. Unique risk factors in AIAN communities such as historical trauma and socioeconomic challenges have interfered with traditional cultural resilience factors and have increased the risk of behavioral addictions. Future research on resilience factors and effective prevention and treatment interventions could help AIANs avoid behavioral addictions
Substance use disorder and homelessness among American Indians and Alaska Natives in California
American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) communities have higher rates of substance use than other racial and ethnic groups. Substance use disorder (SUD) is tied to the increased risk of experiencing homelessness. National policies have also led to the disproportionate rates of homelessness among AIAN communities. However, specific experiences related to the occurrence of SUD and homelessness among AIAN in California, as well as seeking and acces…
American Indian Researcher Perspectives on Qualitative Inquiry About and Within American Indian Communities
Highlights Conducting research on American Indian ( AI ) issues may present unique challenges for AI researchers. Here, two AI researchers reflect upon qualitative research focused on AI issues and/or communities. Their reports highlight the need to increase personal and institutional support for AI researchers
A Mental Health Needs Assessment of Urban American Indian Youth and Families
American Indian (AI) youth experience significant mental health disparities. The majority of AI youth live in urban areas, yet urban AI youth are underserved and unstudied. This manuscript describes a qualitative study of community mental health needs in an urban population of AI youth, conducted as part of the planning process for a system of care (SOC). Participants included 107 urban AI youth and families that participated in one of 16 focus g…
Ordinary People and the Media
In Ordinary People and the Media: the Demotic Turn Graeme Turner calls for a critical reappraisal of contemporary thinking in relation to popular media forms and the increased visibility of ordinary people in the domains of media production, reception and celebrity. His use of the term ‘demotic’ is instructive, and deliberate. The demotic, defined on the opening page as meaning ‘of or for the common people’, is missing something: here we have the…
Childhood behavioral inhibition and the experience of social anxiety in American Indian adolescents
American Indian youth may be at increased risk for anxiety-related problems. Social anxiety is the most common form of anxiety experienced by adolescents, yet little research specific to American Indians has been conducted. Childhood temperament, especially behavioral inhibition (BI), has been identified as an important risk factor for social anxiety in other racial and ethnic groups. This study examined BI in relation to social anxiety in a cros…
Worried and Blue
Objective. This study explores relations between mild parental symptoms of anxiety and depression and the temperament and behavior patterns in preschool age children. Design. Parental report and laboratory observations were collected in a community sample (N = 65) of Head Start and other preschool attendees, ages 3-5 years. Results. Mild parental dysphoria is associated with measures of both child temperament and problem behaviors and these child…
Development of child-centered disease-specific questionnaires for living with asthma
Contemporary developments in the management of chronic diseases such as diabetes and asthma offer possibilities for optimal control, but patients increasingly need to take on responsibilities for self care. Health professionals require comprehensive assessments of outcome that include data reflecting patients' perceptions of their disorder and its management. Disease-specific, patient-centered questionnaires for evaluation of adults' health-relat…
A Mental Health Needs Assessment of Urban American Indian Youth and Families
American Indian (AI) youth experience significant mental health disparities. The majority of AI youth live in urban areas, yet urban AI youth are underserved and unstudied. This manuscript describes a qualitative study of community mental health needs in an urban population of AI youth, conducted as part of the planning process for a system of care (SOC). Participants included 107 urban AI youth and families that participated in one of 16 focus g…
Worried and Blue
Objective. This study explores relations between mild parental symptoms of anxiety and depression and the temperament and behavior patterns in preschool age children. Design. Parental report and laboratory observations were collected in a community sample (N = 65) of Head Start and other preschool attendees, ages 3-5 years. Results. Mild parental dysphoria is associated with measures of both child temperament and problem behaviors and these child…
American Indian Researcher Perspectives on Qualitative Inquiry About and Within American Indian Communities
Highlights Conducting research on American Indian ( AI ) issues may present unique challenges for AI researchers. Here, two AI researchers reflect upon qualitative research focused on AI issues and/or communities. Their reports highlight the need to increase personal and institutional support for AI researchers
Ordinary People and the Media
In Ordinary People and the Media: the Demotic Turn Graeme Turner calls for a critical reappraisal of contemporary thinking in relation to popular media forms and the increased visibility of ordinary people in the domains of media production, reception and celebrity. His use of the term ‘demotic’ is instructive, and deliberate. The demotic, defined on the opening page as meaning ‘of or for the common people’, is missing something: here we have the…
Childhood behavioral inhibition and the experience of social anxiety in American Indian adolescents
American Indian youth may be at increased risk for anxiety-related problems. Social anxiety is the most common form of anxiety experienced by adolescents, yet little research specific to American Indians has been conducted. Childhood temperament, especially behavioral inhibition (BI), has been identified as an important risk factor for social anxiety in other racial and ethnic groups. This study examined BI in relation to social anxiety in a cros…
Development of child-centered disease-specific questionnaires for living with asthma
Contemporary developments in the management of chronic diseases such as diabetes and asthma offer possibilities for optimal control, but patients increasingly need to take on responsibilities for self care. Health professionals require comprehensive assessments of outcome that include data reflecting patients' perceptions of their disorder and its management. Disease-specific, patient-centered questionnaires for evaluation of adults' health-relat…
Worried and Blue
Objective. This study explores relations between mild parental symptoms of anxiety and depression and the temperament and behavior patterns in preschool age children. Design. Parental report and laboratory observations were collected in a community sample (N = 65) of Head Start and other preschool attendees, ages 3-5 years. Results. Mild parental dysphoria is associated with measures of both child temperament and problem behaviors and these child…
Childhood behavioral inhibition and the experience of social anxiety in American Indian adolescents
American Indian youth may be at increased risk for anxiety-related problems. Social anxiety is the most common form of anxiety experienced by adolescents, yet little research specific to American Indians has been conducted. Childhood temperament, especially behavioral inhibition (BI), has been identified as an important risk factor for social anxiety in other racial and ethnic groups. This study examined BI in relation to social anxiety in a cros…
A Mental Health Needs Assessment of Urban American Indian Youth and Families
American Indian (AI) youth experience significant mental health disparities. The majority of AI youth live in urban areas, yet urban AI youth are underserved and unstudied. This manuscript describes a qualitative study of community mental health needs in an urban population of AI youth, conducted as part of the planning process for a system of care (SOC). Participants included 107 urban AI youth and families that participated in one of 16 focus g…
Ordinary People and the Media
In Ordinary People and the Media: the Demotic Turn Graeme Turner calls for a critical reappraisal of contemporary thinking in relation to popular media forms and the increased visibility of ordinary people in the domains of media production, reception and celebrity. His use of the term ‘demotic’ is instructive, and deliberate. The demotic, defined on the opening page as meaning ‘of or for the common people’, is missing something: here we have the…
American Indian Researcher Perspectives on Qualitative Inquiry About and Within American Indian Communities
Highlights Conducting research on American Indian ( AI ) issues may present unique challenges for AI researchers. Here, two AI researchers reflect upon qualitative research focused on AI issues and/or communities. Their reports highlight the need to increase personal and institutional support for AI researchers
Substance use disorder and homelessness among American Indians and Alaska Natives in California
American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) communities have higher rates of substance use than other racial and ethnic groups. Substance use disorder (SUD) is tied to the increased risk of experiencing homelessness. National policies have also led to the disproportionate rates of homelessness among AIAN communities. However, specific experiences related to the occurrence of SUD and homelessness among AIAN in California, as well as seeking and acces…
Substance and Behavioral Addictions among American Indian and Alaska Native Populations
There is a dearth of research on behavioral addictions among AIANs. Unique risk factors in AIAN communities such as historical trauma and socioeconomic challenges have interfered with traditional cultural resilience factors and have increased the risk of behavioral addictions. Future research on resilience factors and effective prevention and treatment interventions could help AIANs avoid behavioral addictions
Sharing is in fact about caring
Acculturative Stress and Self-rated Health among Hispanic Emerging Adults
Contextualizing experiences of cultural stress
Cultural stressors are dynamic and diverse. This study further informs cultural stress theory by cataloging how families' immigration history and national current events inform experiences of stress among youth. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Of College Students Who Engage in Non-Suicidal Self-injury Do Not Seek Treatment
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a high-risk behavior, yet much remains unknown about NSSI treatment utilization. The current study seeks to determine cross-national endorsement rates of NSSI and NSSI treatment utilization among college students. The present study uses baseline data from a survey study of 4,772 college students who completed a measure of NSSI recruited from the USA, Canada, Spain, South Africa, Argentina, and England. In total,…
Gender minority stress and resilience factors associated with persistent depressive symptoms among transgender and gender diverse adolescents and young adults accessing gender-affirming medical care.
Psychology (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Ethnic group (4 works) · Public health (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)