Jerika C Norona
Biographic Data
| ID | 651774 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jerika C Norona |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jerika C |
| FAMILY NAME | Norona |
| SIGNATURE | NORONA J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tennessee at Knoxville |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1249-2001 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Effectiveness of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy in a Multidisciplinary Veterans Health Care Setting
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT) is an empirically validated treatment for relationship distress with well-established efficacy. However, there is an increased need to understand its effectiveness and applicability in real-life clinical environments, including hospital and training clinics, and across varying therapist training backgrounds. Our clinical training program in a multidisciplinary US Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital follows a s…
The Impact of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Substance Use Disorders on Veterans’ Interpersonal Difficulties
Background: Substance use disorders (SUDs) negatively impact veterans and their relationships with others. Although there are several evidence-based treatments for SUD symptoms, there is less research on whether reduction in SUD symptoms coincides with reduction in interpersonal difficulties. Methods: In this study we examined the relationship between SUD and relationships in a national sample of 458 veterans who received approximately 12 session…
Teaching romantic competence skills to emerging adults
Romantic relationships are a central component of life and are linked to well‐being, making adaptive functioning critical. Yet, there are few theory‐driven, systematic efforts to prepare young people to function skillfully. This study reports the results of a randomized controlled trial of a two‐session relationship education program based on Davila and colleagues' construct of romantic competence. Participants were 154 (68 relationship education…
Recommendations for affirming brief motivational interventions for sexual minority college student drinking
Purpose: College students who identify as a sexual minority consume alcohol at rates that are equal to, or greater than, their heterosexual peers and sexual minority stress factors (e.g. discrimination, sexual orientation-based violence) are predictors of their alcohol use. Despite research supporting the use of brief motivational interventions (BMIs) to reduce alcohol use among college student populations, there has yet to be a single study to i…
Effectiveness of a Theory-Based mHealth Intervention for High-Risk Drinking in College Students
Background: College students are among the most vulnerable groups to problems associated with high-risk drinking consequences such as illness, injury, sexual abuse, and death. Promising mobile health (mHealth) approaches, such as smartphone (SP) apps, can be used in interventions to address or prevent excessive drinking. Method: The aim of the investigation was to examine the efficacy of a theoretically based mHealth SP app for alcohol interventi…
Adolescents’ Sexual Encounters With Either Romantic or Casual Partners and the Quality of Their Romantic Relationships Four Years Later
Adolescent sexual behavior was examined within a health perspective. Assuming a developmental perspective, the current study investigated the associations between sexual behavior in either stable relationships or in casual encounters, and the quality of romantic relationships and affect 4 years later. Data were collected from 144 Israeli adolescents aged 16-18 years (mean age 16.57 years). Participants completed diary data over a period of 10 day…
Does Role Balance Influence the Effect of Personality on College Success? A Mediation Model
While the relationship between individual factors, including personality dimensions, and tertiary academic outcomes is well established, the mechanisms by which these factors influence academic success have been less fully explored. This study tested one potential mechanism, the developmental task of role balance, by which personality may influence college success. During emerging adulthood, young people simultaneously explore and establish both …
Romantic Relationship Dissolution in Emerging Adulthood
Relationship dissolution is a common occurrence in emerging adulthood but has received relatively less empirical attention than relationship formation and maintenance. This special issue includes six empirical studies that examine factors that contribute to romantic relationship dissolution during this developmental stage, its consequences, and factors related to postbreakup adjustment. Samples are drawn from the Canada, Israel, and the United St…
A Longitudinal Examination of the Directional Effects between Relationship Quality and Well-Being for a National Sample of U.S. Men and Women
Betrayals in Emerging Adulthood
Infidelity is associated with considerable distress and discord in dating relationships. The current mixed methods study examined both the written narratives and survey responses of 104 (59.6% women) emerging adults to investigate reasons for engaging in infidelity (i.e., sexual and emotional infidelity). Emerging adults' reasons for engaging in infidelity were attributed primarily to their primary relationships and/or their romantic partners not…
The Symbolic Nature of Trust in Heterosexual Adolescent Romantic Relationships
Do differences matter? A typology of emerging adult romantic relationship
Romantic relationships among emerging adults (individuals aged 18-25 years) are typically homogenously classified both theoretically and empirically as "exploratory" and "unstable." With a sample of college students ( N = 340), we examined within-group variation among romantic relationships in emerging adulthood using latent class analyses. Four predictor variables indicated four types of romantic relationships among emerging adult college studen…
Breaking Up in Emerging Adulthood
Using a unique sample of individuals who have and have not attended college, the present mixed-methods study examined narratives of 113 (47% women) emerging adults’ motivations for initiating breakups with romantic partners. Findings indicated that emerging adults’ motivations for ending their romantic relationships were largely due to their relationships and/or their romantic partners not fulfilling their needs for interdependence. Additionally,…
Developmental Trajectories and Health Outcomes Among Emerging Adult Women and Men
With a recent sample of emerging adults, the present longitudinal study examines multiple role trajectories that emerging adult women and men in the United States tend to traverse between the ages of 18 and 25, thereby partially replicating and furthering the work of Amato et al. Furthermore, the present study examines the physical and mental health of emerging adults in various trajectories. Findings revealed three trajectories for emerging adul…
Adolescents' understandings of infidelity
This study explored younger adolescents' (aged 14–17 years; N = 204; 50% girls) understandings of infidelity and whether these understandings differed for girls and boys. Analyses revealed that younger adolescents' understandings of infidelity included an array of physical, affective, cognitive, and verbal behaviors with an extradyadic partner. No gender differences were found. In addition, younger adolescents' understandings of infidelity were c…
I Learned Things That Make Me Happy, Things That Bring Me Down”
Early romantic relationships have been described as the “learning context” and “training ground” for future intimate relationships; however, research has yet to examine the lessons that individuals take away from such relationships. In the present mixed-methods, longitudinal study, 348 adolescents and emerging adults (53% girls/young women) between the ages of 15 and 23 years were asked to reflect on and report the lessons they learned from roman…
Patterns of Intimacy and Distancing as Young Women (and Men) Friends Exchange Stories of Romantic Relationships
Do differences matter? A typology of emerging adult romantic relationship
Romantic relationships among emerging adults (individuals aged 18-25 years) are typically homogenously classified both theoretically and empirically as "exploratory" and "unstable." With a sample of college students ( N = 340), we examined within-group variation among romantic relationships in emerging adulthood using latent class analyses. Four predictor variables indicated four types of romantic relationships among emerging adult college studen…
I Learned Things That Make Me Happy, Things That Bring Me Down”
Early romantic relationships have been described as the “learning context” and “training ground” for future intimate relationships; however, research has yet to examine the lessons that individuals take away from such relationships. In the present mixed-methods, longitudinal study, 348 adolescents and emerging adults (53% girls/young women) between the ages of 15 and 23 years were asked to reflect on and report the lessons they learned from roman…
A Longitudinal Examination of the Directional Effects between Relationship Quality and Well-Being for a National Sample of U.S. Men and Women
Betrayals in Emerging Adulthood
Infidelity is associated with considerable distress and discord in dating relationships. The current mixed methods study examined both the written narratives and survey responses of 104 (59.6% women) emerging adults to investigate reasons for engaging in infidelity (i.e., sexual and emotional infidelity). Emerging adults' reasons for engaging in infidelity were attributed primarily to their primary relationships and/or their romantic partners not…
The Symbolic Nature of Trust in Heterosexual Adolescent Romantic Relationships
Patterns of Intimacy and Distancing as Young Women (and Men) Friends Exchange Stories of Romantic Relationships
Patterns of Intimacy and Distancing as Young Women (and Men) Friends Exchange Stories of Romantic Relationships
Adolescents' understandings of infidelity
This study explored younger adolescents' (aged 14–17 years; N = 204; 50% girls) understandings of infidelity and whether these understandings differed for girls and boys. Analyses revealed that younger adolescents' understandings of infidelity included an array of physical, affective, cognitive, and verbal behaviors with an extradyadic partner. No gender differences were found. In addition, younger adolescents' understandings of infidelity were c…
I Learned Things That Make Me Happy, Things That Bring Me Down”
Early romantic relationships have been described as the “learning context” and “training ground” for future intimate relationships; however, research has yet to examine the lessons that individuals take away from such relationships. In the present mixed-methods, longitudinal study, 348 adolescents and emerging adults (53% girls/young women) between the ages of 15 and 23 years were asked to reflect on and report the lessons they learned from roman…
Breaking Up in Emerging Adulthood
Using a unique sample of individuals who have and have not attended college, the present mixed-methods study examined narratives of 113 (47% women) emerging adults’ motivations for initiating breakups with romantic partners. Findings indicated that emerging adults’ motivations for ending their romantic relationships were largely due to their relationships and/or their romantic partners not fulfilling their needs for interdependence. Additionally,…
Developmental Trajectories and Health Outcomes Among Emerging Adult Women and Men
With a recent sample of emerging adults, the present longitudinal study examines multiple role trajectories that emerging adult women and men in the United States tend to traverse between the ages of 18 and 25, thereby partially replicating and furthering the work of Amato et al. Furthermore, the present study examines the physical and mental health of emerging adults in various trajectories. Findings revealed three trajectories for emerging adul…
Does Role Balance Influence the Effect of Personality on College Success? A Mediation Model
While the relationship between individual factors, including personality dimensions, and tertiary academic outcomes is well established, the mechanisms by which these factors influence academic success have been less fully explored. This study tested one potential mechanism, the developmental task of role balance, by which personality may influence college success. During emerging adulthood, young people simultaneously explore and establish both …
Romantic Relationship Dissolution in Emerging Adulthood
Relationship dissolution is a common occurrence in emerging adulthood but has received relatively less empirical attention than relationship formation and maintenance. This special issue includes six empirical studies that examine factors that contribute to romantic relationship dissolution during this developmental stage, its consequences, and factors related to postbreakup adjustment. Samples are drawn from the Canada, Israel, and the United St…
A Longitudinal Examination of the Directional Effects between Relationship Quality and Well-Being for a National Sample of U.S. Men and Women
Betrayals in Emerging Adulthood
Infidelity is associated with considerable distress and discord in dating relationships. The current mixed methods study examined both the written narratives and survey responses of 104 (59.6% women) emerging adults to investigate reasons for engaging in infidelity (i.e., sexual and emotional infidelity). Emerging adults' reasons for engaging in infidelity were attributed primarily to their primary relationships and/or their romantic partners not…
The Symbolic Nature of Trust in Heterosexual Adolescent Romantic Relationships
Do differences matter? A typology of emerging adult romantic relationship
Romantic relationships among emerging adults (individuals aged 18-25 years) are typically homogenously classified both theoretically and empirically as "exploratory" and "unstable." With a sample of college students ( N = 340), we examined within-group variation among romantic relationships in emerging adulthood using latent class analyses. Four predictor variables indicated four types of romantic relationships among emerging adult college studen…
Adolescents’ Sexual Encounters With Either Romantic or Casual Partners and the Quality of Their Romantic Relationships Four Years Later
Adolescent sexual behavior was examined within a health perspective. Assuming a developmental perspective, the current study investigated the associations between sexual behavior in either stable relationships or in casual encounters, and the quality of romantic relationships and affect 4 years later. Data were collected from 144 Israeli adolescents aged 16-18 years (mean age 16.57 years). Participants completed diary data over a period of 10 day…
Effectiveness of a Theory-Based mHealth Intervention for High-Risk Drinking in College Students
Background: College students are among the most vulnerable groups to problems associated with high-risk drinking consequences such as illness, injury, sexual abuse, and death. Promising mobile health (mHealth) approaches, such as smartphone (SP) apps, can be used in interventions to address or prevent excessive drinking. Method: The aim of the investigation was to examine the efficacy of a theoretically based mHealth SP app for alcohol interventi…
Teaching romantic competence skills to emerging adults
Romantic relationships are a central component of life and are linked to well‐being, making adaptive functioning critical. Yet, there are few theory‐driven, systematic efforts to prepare young people to function skillfully. This study reports the results of a randomized controlled trial of a two‐session relationship education program based on Davila and colleagues' construct of romantic competence. Participants were 154 (68 relationship education…
Recommendations for affirming brief motivational interventions for sexual minority college student drinking
Purpose: College students who identify as a sexual minority consume alcohol at rates that are equal to, or greater than, their heterosexual peers and sexual minority stress factors (e.g. discrimination, sexual orientation-based violence) are predictors of their alcohol use. Despite research supporting the use of brief motivational interventions (BMIs) to reduce alcohol use among college student populations, there has yet to be a single study to i…
The Impact of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Substance Use Disorders on Veterans’ Interpersonal Difficulties
Background: Substance use disorders (SUDs) negatively impact veterans and their relationships with others. Although there are several evidence-based treatments for SUD symptoms, there is less research on whether reduction in SUD symptoms coincides with reduction in interpersonal difficulties. Methods: In this study we examined the relationship between SUD and relationships in a national sample of 458 veterans who received approximately 12 session…
Effectiveness of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy in a Multidisciplinary Veterans Health Care Setting
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT) is an empirically validated treatment for relationship distress with well-established efficacy. However, there is an increased need to understand its effectiveness and applicability in real-life clinical environments, including hospital and training clinics, and across varying therapist training backgrounds. Our clinical training program in a multidisciplinary US Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital follows a s…
Psychology (16 works) · Developmental psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (10 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Romance (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works)