Kirk von Sternberg

Biographic Data

ID5943248
NAMEKirk von Sternberg
GIVEN NAMESKirk
FAMILY NAMEvon Sternberg
SIGNATUREVON STERNBERG K
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Texas at Austin
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX1

  • Reasons and obstacles for changing risky drinking behavior among Latinas at risk of an alcohol-exposed pregnancy

    Mercedes Hernández, Kirk von Sternberg et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnicity in Substance…2021

    This study examined reasons and obstacles for changing risky alcohol use behavior among Latina adults at risk of an alcohol-exposed pregnancy. Using qualitative methods, data from CHOICES Plus intervention sessions of Latinas ( N = 59) were analyzed. Reasons for wanting to change risky alcohol use centered on health, parenting, interpersonal conflict, control, and risk of harm. Obstacles included social obstacles, belief that drinking was not ris…

  • Alcohol use and problems among Latinas at risk of an alcohol-exposed pregnancy

    Mercedes Hernández, Kirk von Sternberg et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnicity in Substance…2020

    Path analysis was used to examine the role of acculturation, helping relationships, partner status, age, and education on heavy drinking and alcohol problems among 119 Latina adults at risk of an alcohol-exposed pregnancy (AEP). Greater acculturation was positively related to more helping relationships and heavy drinking, and there was an indirect positive relationship between acculturation and alcohol problems. There was also a positive relation…

  • Choices-Teen

    Open AccessDanielle E Parrish, Kirk von Sternberg et al.ARTICLEResearch on Social Work Practice2018Cited by: 1

    The results suggest strong acceptability and feasibility with high client satisfaction and client/therapist ratings, 91% session completion, and positive open-ended responses. All youth were at risk at baseline, with the following proportions at reduced risk at follow-up: AEP (90% 1-month; 71.4% at 3-months; TEP (77% of smokers (n=17) at reduced risk at 1-month; 50% at 3-months); and HIV (52.4% 1-month; 28.6% at 3-months)

  • A Practitioner-Friendly Empirical Way to Evaluate Practice

    Allen Rubin, Kirk von SternbergARTICLESocial Work2017Cited by: 2References: 1

    Social work practitioners and the agencies that employ them have long been concerned with how best to evaluate whether the interventions that they adopt are being provided appropriately or with desired outcomes. The realities of practice in everyday service provision settings, however, make it difficult to use well-controlled research designs for evaluation purposes in such settings-especially designs involving the use of control groups. The purp…

  • A Comparison of Profiles of Transtheoretical Model Constructs of Change among Depressed and Nondepressed Women at Risk for an Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancy

    Open AccessShannon K Johnson, Kirk von Sternberg et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2016

  • Motivation for Treatment and Motivation for Change in Substance-Dependent Patients with Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders

    Gerdien H de Weert-van Oene, Vanesa Góngora et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychoactive Drugs2015

    The aims of this study were to examine the relationship between motivation for treatment and for change, and to explore their role in the prediction of treatment completion. The sample was composed of 560 predominantly polydrug-using inpatients with co-occurring psychiatric disorders. Motivation for treatment was assessed with the Motivation for Treatment Scales, and motivation for change was measured with the Readiness to Change Questionnaire. P…

  • Choices

    Open AccessShannon K Johnson, Mary M Velasquez et al.ARTICLEResearch on Social Work Practice2014Cited by: 1References: 1

    Examples of behavioral interventions that are efficacious in the research setting as well as practical and translatable to the “real-world” are critically needed as models for social work researchers and clinicians. This article presents the Changing High-Risk Alcohol Use and Improving Contraception Effectiveness Study (CHOICES) intervention as a case example of an empirically supported intervention that was systematically developed, implemented,…

  • Validation of the observational version of the motivation for treatment scale

    Vanesa Góngora, Gerdien H DeWeert-van Oene et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2012

    In this study, the psychometric properties of a clinician's observation version of Motivation for Treatment (MfT-O) were assessed and compared with the patient's version (MfT). The sample was composed of 243 inpatients that started inpatient treatment for substance dependence in The Netherlands. The EuropASI and the Motivation for Treatment (MfT) scales were administered to patients while the MfT-O was completed by clinicians during the first wee…

  • An Examination of the Path Between Recent Sexual Violence and Sexually Transmitted Infections

    Open AccessKirk von Sternberg, Jodi Berger Cardoso et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2012

  • Characteristics and Factors Associated with the Risk of a Nicotine Exposed Pregnancy

    Open AccessDanielle E Parrish, Kirk von Sternberg et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2011

  • Condom Use Among Sterilized and Nonsterilized Women in County Jail and Residential Treatment Centers

    Open AccessSandi L Pruitt, Kirk von Sternberg et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2010

  • Psychiatric Distress in Incarcerated Women With Recent Cocaine and Alcohol Abuse

    Open AccessMary M Velasquez, Kirk von Sternberg et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2007