James A Cranford
Biographic Data
| ID | 650311 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James A Cranford |
| GIVEN NAMES | James A |
| FAMILY NAME | Cranford |
| SIGNATURE | CRANFORD J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2068-9282 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Adolescents' exposure to community violence and associations with after‐school activities across two samples
INTRODUCTION: Exposure to community violence (ECV) continues to be a major public health problem among urban adolescents in the United States. We sought to identify subgroups of adolescents' ECV and examine how after-school activities are related to exposure subgroups across two samples. METHODS: = 16 years; 54% girls) from the After-School Activity Study (ASAS; 2015-2017) in Chicago and Detroit. RESULTS: Exploratory latent class analyses yielded…
Understanding Latina/o adolescents’ intersectional experiences of discrimination
Examining Mothers’ Exposure to Community Violence
Alcohol Use and Blood Pressure Among Older Couples
Findings indicated that spousal drinking concordance, although often associated with positive marital quality, may have negative long-term health effects
Latino/a adolescents facing neighborhood dangers
While ample research examines community violence as a serious public health problem that disproportionately affects minority adolescents, less attention focuses on adolescents' experiences of gender‐based harassment in poor, urban neighborhoods. Using data from 416 urban, low‐income Latino/a adolescents (53% female; M age = 15.5), this study examined (a) the relations between community violence exposure (CVE), gender‐based harassment, and posttra…
What Happens After School? Linking Latino Adolescents’ Activities and Exposure to Community Violence
Latina Mothers’ Awareness of Their Children’s Exposure to Community Violence
This study examines (a) the degree of agreement between mother-reported child community violence exposure and children’s self-reports and whether agreement changes over time; (b) whether child gender is associated with mother-child agreement; and (c) whether greater mother-child agreement is concurrently and longitudinally associated with children’s psychological well-being. We conducted secondary data analyses using longitudinal data with a soci…
Feasibility and acceptability of text messaging to assess daily substance use and sexual behaviors among urban emerging adults
Participants in this urban, resource-constrained sample found the daily text message methodology acceptable for reporting sensitive information. With rapid advancements in technologies and increased accessibility, text messaging remains a promising methodology for the study of daily processes in substance use and HIV risk behaviors. Keywords: text messaging; assessment; emerging adults; substance use; risky sex; mobile technology
Drinking Patterns Among Older Couples
The present findings stress the importance of considering the drinking status rather than the amount of alcohol consumed of both members of the couple when attempting to understand drinking and marital quality among older couples. These findings are particularly salient given the increased drinking among baby boomers and the importance of marital quality for health among older couples
Stress and Negative Relationship Quality among Older Couples
Findings support the dyadic biopsychosocial model of marriage and health indicating: (a) stress and relationship quality directly effect the cardiovascular system, (b) relationship quality moderates the effect of stress, and (c) the dyad rather than only the individual should be considered when examining marriage and health
Predictors of Membership in Alcoholics Anonymous in a Sample of Successfully Remitted Alcoholics
This study identifies factors associated with Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) membership in a sample of 81 persons who have achieved at least one year of total abstinence from alcohol and other drugs. Forty-four were AA members, 37 were not. Logistic regression was used to test the cross-sectional associations of baseline demographic, substance-related, spiritual and religious, and personality variables with AA membership. Significant variables from th…
Race/Ethnicity and Gender Differences in Drug Use and Abuse Among College Students
This study examines race/ethnicity and gender differences in drug use and abuse for substances other than alcohol among undergraduate college students. A probability-based sample of 4,580 undergraduate students at a Midwestern research university completed a cross-sectional Web-based questionnaire that included demographic information and several substance use measures. Male students were generally more likely to report drug use and abuse than fe…
A Procedure for Evaluating Sensitivity to Within-Person Change
The recent growth in diary and experience sampling research has increased research attention on how people change over time in natural settings. Often however, the measures in these studies were originally developed for studying between-person differences, and their sensitivity to within-person changes is usually unknown. Using a Generalizability Theory framework, the authors illustrate a procedure for developing reliable measures of change using…
Stress‐buffering or stress‐exacerbation? Social support and social undermining as moderators of the relationship between perceived stress and depressive symptoms among married people
This prospective panel study examined social support and social undermining from the spouse as moderators of the relationship between perceived stress and depressive symptoms. Participants were 181 married people who completed questionnaires at two points in time. The interval between time 1 (T1) and time 2 (T2) was approximately 6 weeks. Multiple regression analysis showed that T1 perceived stress and T1 spouse undermining, but not T1 spouse sup…
Prognostic importance of marital quality for survival of congestive heart failure
Psychological Distress Among Male and Female Congestive Heart Failure Patients and Their Spouses
Department of Family Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Michigan Medical Center
Stress and Negative Relationship Quality among Older Couples
Findings support the dyadic biopsychosocial model of marriage and health indicating: (a) stress and relationship quality directly effect the cardiovascular system, (b) relationship quality moderates the effect of stress, and (c) the dyad rather than only the individual should be considered when examining marriage and health
What Happens After School? Linking Latino Adolescents’ Activities and Exposure to Community Violence
Drinking Patterns Among Older Couples
The present findings stress the importance of considering the drinking status rather than the amount of alcohol consumed of both members of the couple when attempting to understand drinking and marital quality among older couples. These findings are particularly salient given the increased drinking among baby boomers and the importance of marital quality for health among older couples
Latino/a adolescents facing neighborhood dangers
While ample research examines community violence as a serious public health problem that disproportionately affects minority adolescents, less attention focuses on adolescents' experiences of gender‐based harassment in poor, urban neighborhoods. Using data from 416 urban, low‐income Latino/a adolescents (53% female; M age = 15.5), this study examined (a) the relations between community violence exposure (CVE), gender‐based harassment, and posttra…
Latina Mothers’ Awareness of Their Children’s Exposure to Community Violence
This study examines (a) the degree of agreement between mother-reported child community violence exposure and children’s self-reports and whether agreement changes over time; (b) whether child gender is associated with mother-child agreement; and (c) whether greater mother-child agreement is concurrently and longitudinally associated with children’s psychological well-being. We conducted secondary data analyses using longitudinal data with a soci…
Psychological Distress Among Male and Female Congestive Heart Failure Patients and Their Spouses
Department of Family Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Michigan Medical Center
Prognostic importance of marital quality for survival of congestive heart failure
Stress‐buffering or stress‐exacerbation? Social support and social undermining as moderators of the relationship between perceived stress and depressive symptoms among married people
This prospective panel study examined social support and social undermining from the spouse as moderators of the relationship between perceived stress and depressive symptoms. Participants were 181 married people who completed questionnaires at two points in time. The interval between time 1 (T1) and time 2 (T2) was approximately 6 weeks. Multiple regression analysis showed that T1 perceived stress and T1 spouse undermining, but not T1 spouse sup…
A Procedure for Evaluating Sensitivity to Within-Person Change
The recent growth in diary and experience sampling research has increased research attention on how people change over time in natural settings. Often however, the measures in these studies were originally developed for studying between-person differences, and their sensitivity to within-person changes is usually unknown. Using a Generalizability Theory framework, the authors illustrate a procedure for developing reliable measures of change using…
Race/Ethnicity and Gender Differences in Drug Use and Abuse Among College Students
This study examines race/ethnicity and gender differences in drug use and abuse for substances other than alcohol among undergraduate college students. A probability-based sample of 4,580 undergraduate students at a Midwestern research university completed a cross-sectional Web-based questionnaire that included demographic information and several substance use measures. Male students were generally more likely to report drug use and abuse than fe…
Predictors of Membership in Alcoholics Anonymous in a Sample of Successfully Remitted Alcoholics
This study identifies factors associated with Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) membership in a sample of 81 persons who have achieved at least one year of total abstinence from alcohol and other drugs. Forty-four were AA members, 37 were not. Logistic regression was used to test the cross-sectional associations of baseline demographic, substance-related, spiritual and religious, and personality variables with AA membership. Significant variables from th…
Stress and Negative Relationship Quality among Older Couples
Findings support the dyadic biopsychosocial model of marriage and health indicating: (a) stress and relationship quality directly effect the cardiovascular system, (b) relationship quality moderates the effect of stress, and (c) the dyad rather than only the individual should be considered when examining marriage and health
Drinking Patterns Among Older Couples
The present findings stress the importance of considering the drinking status rather than the amount of alcohol consumed of both members of the couple when attempting to understand drinking and marital quality among older couples. These findings are particularly salient given the increased drinking among baby boomers and the importance of marital quality for health among older couples
Feasibility and acceptability of text messaging to assess daily substance use and sexual behaviors among urban emerging adults
Participants in this urban, resource-constrained sample found the daily text message methodology acceptable for reporting sensitive information. With rapid advancements in technologies and increased accessibility, text messaging remains a promising methodology for the study of daily processes in substance use and HIV risk behaviors. Keywords: text messaging; assessment; emerging adults; substance use; risky sex; mobile technology
Latina Mothers’ Awareness of Their Children’s Exposure to Community Violence
This study examines (a) the degree of agreement between mother-reported child community violence exposure and children’s self-reports and whether agreement changes over time; (b) whether child gender is associated with mother-child agreement; and (c) whether greater mother-child agreement is concurrently and longitudinally associated with children’s psychological well-being. We conducted secondary data analyses using longitudinal data with a soci…
What Happens After School? Linking Latino Adolescents’ Activities and Exposure to Community Violence
Examining Mothers’ Exposure to Community Violence
Alcohol Use and Blood Pressure Among Older Couples
Findings indicated that spousal drinking concordance, although often associated with positive marital quality, may have negative long-term health effects
Latino/a adolescents facing neighborhood dangers
While ample research examines community violence as a serious public health problem that disproportionately affects minority adolescents, less attention focuses on adolescents' experiences of gender‐based harassment in poor, urban neighborhoods. Using data from 416 urban, low‐income Latino/a adolescents (53% female; M age = 15.5), this study examined (a) the relations between community violence exposure (CVE), gender‐based harassment, and posttra…
Understanding Latina/o adolescents’ intersectional experiences of discrimination
Adolescents' exposure to community violence and associations with after‐school activities across two samples
INTRODUCTION: Exposure to community violence (ECV) continues to be a major public health problem among urban adolescents in the United States. We sought to identify subgroups of adolescents' ECV and examine how after-school activities are related to exposure subgroups across two samples. METHODS: = 16 years; 54% girls) from the After-School Activity Study (ASAS; 2015-2017) in Chicago and Detroit. RESULTS: Exploratory latent class analyses yielded…
Psychology (15 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (6 works) · Poison control (6 works) · Suicide prevention (6 works)