Stephanie Grace Prost
Biographic Data
| ID | 72069 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephanie Grace Prost |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephanie Grace |
| FAMILY NAME | Prost |
| SIGNATURE | PROST S G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Louisville |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5110-7287 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
An analysis of stressful relationships
Death Anxiety Among Peer Caregivers of Older Persons in Two US Prisons
Background: Death anxiety is marked by worrisome thoughts and feelings surrounding death. It can influence health care workers’ performance and increase workforce attrition, yet no study has examined death anxiety among persons who provide peer care in the correctional system. Methods: Two small samples of peer caregivers working in two US prisons were surveyed (N = 27). Using the 15-item Death Anxiety Scale, we first described death anxiety usin…
The health burdens of segregation for older incarcerated adults
Mental health among lesbian, gay, bisexual and other non-heterosexual adults in United States prisons
Forgotten and without Protections
The number of older adults incarcerated in prisons is growing significantly, and there is a great need for legal authority, processes, and resources to mitigate individual and social burdens of elder neglect and abuse within these settings. Older adults in prison may be particularly vulnerable to abuse, neglect, or exploitation. They are dependent on the carceral system for basic resources, are at risk for retaliatory actions for reporting mistre…
Acculturation and negative relationships as determinants of well-being
Houselessness, Sexual Orientation, and Mental Health Among Adults in United States Prisons
Examining Awareness of Social Services and the Relationship Between Social Participation and Social Service Use Among Older Adults
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, social services integral to the health and well-being of older adults were shuttered to curtail the spread of the virus. In this context, social participation and awareness of social services may be especially important factors in shaping older adults’ social service use. This study described older adults’ social participation, awareness of social services, and social service use. This study also examined awareness…
Correlates of post-traumatic stress among victimized women on probation and parole
The current study aimed to identify the correlates of post-traumatic stress among a sample of women on probation and parole with a history of victimization. Community-based sampling was used to recruit 406 women on probation and parole in Jefferson County, Kentucky. The post-traumatic stress diagnostic scale was used to measure three indicators of post-traumatic stress: post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis, symptom severity, and the number of…
Not All Traumas Are Equal
Measures of well-being have gained importance in criminal justice. Examining the relationship between interpersonal traumatic experiences, post-traumatic stress (PTS), and quality of life (QOL) is thus an essential contribution to existing literature. Using data from interviews conducted with a sample of women incarcerated in a U.S. state prison (n = 83), we examined differences in PTS and QOL between groups of women who did and did not report ex…
Older Adults' perspectives on death and dying in prison
Examining the World Health Organization’s WHOQOL-BREF
Psychometric exploration of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire—BREF (WHOQOL-BREF, WHOQOL Group, 1998) is warranted. The role of life satisfaction in health and social outcomes, variations within and across populations surrounding quality of life, and the potential influence of social and political changes since the development of the measure beget assessment of the structural and construct validity of the WHOQOL-BREF in a…
The light and dark sides of social capital
Background: Adults aged 55 or above represent a large and growing proportion of the US and international correctional populations and more physical and mental health problems than their non-incarcerated peers. Social capital represents the collective cognitive and network structure resources accessible through social relationships and may serve as a potential asset in carceral settings in the amelioration of depressive symptoms among older adults…
Strategies to Optimize the Use of Compassionate Release From US Prisons
Mental Health and Women on Probation or Parole
This study examined the robustness of the proposed factor structure of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI-18) in a sample of justice-involved women (N = 406). Efforts to assess accurately and intervene effectively regarding mental health issues (namely, somatization, depression, and anxiety) are critical due to growing proportions of women involved in the criminal justice system and the link between mental health and justice-system outcomes among w…
Coping and Post-traumatic Stress after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Recent hurricanes have focused on lives and properties lost, however, additional mental health concerns may emerge in these post-disaster settings. Post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) are particularly problematic for minorities due to pre-disaster disparities. Scholars must thus examine the antecedents of PTSS to support these and other vulnerable individuals and communities. This study examined racial disparities regarding active and avoidant …
Development and Validation of the Hospice Professionals’ Understanding of Preparatory Grief Scale
Purpose: It is critical to assess hospice professionals’ discrimination between adaptive and maladaptive reactions to terminal illness in persons at the end-of-life to assure targeted intervention aimed at maintaining quality of life. The proposed measure, the Hospice Professionals Understanding of Preparatory Grief scale (HPPG), contains affective, behavioral, and cognitive reactions to terminal illness and asks respondents to identify which ref…
Responses of Police Officers to Cases of Officer Domestic Violence
Hospice and Self-Assessed Quality of Life in the Dying
This review summarizes the impact of hospice and palliative end-of-life care on the self-assessed quality of life (QoL) in terminally ill persons. Articles were included if researchers utilized at least two observations post–hospice admission and were published in English between January of 2000 and December 2012. Findings from included studies synthesize results of a variety of terminal patients (n = 1,017) across settings. Only one study utiliz…
Responses of Police Officers to Cases of Officer Domestic Violence
Examining Awareness of Social Services and the Relationship Between Social Participation and Social Service Use Among Older Adults
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, social services integral to the health and well-being of older adults were shuttered to curtail the spread of the virus. In this context, social participation and awareness of social services may be especially important factors in shaping older adults’ social service use. This study described older adults’ social participation, awareness of social services, and social service use. This study also examined awareness…
Strategies to Optimize the Use of Compassionate Release From US Prisons
Coping and Post-traumatic Stress after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Recent hurricanes have focused on lives and properties lost, however, additional mental health concerns may emerge in these post-disaster settings. Post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) are particularly problematic for minorities due to pre-disaster disparities. Scholars must thus examine the antecedents of PTSS to support these and other vulnerable individuals and communities. This study examined racial disparities regarding active and avoidant …
Hospice and Self-Assessed Quality of Life in the Dying
This review summarizes the impact of hospice and palliative end-of-life care on the self-assessed quality of life (QoL) in terminally ill persons. Articles were included if researchers utilized at least two observations post–hospice admission and were published in English between January of 2000 and December 2012. Findings from included studies synthesize results of a variety of terminal patients (n = 1,017) across settings. Only one study utiliz…
Development and Validation of the Hospice Professionals’ Understanding of Preparatory Grief Scale
Purpose: It is critical to assess hospice professionals’ discrimination between adaptive and maladaptive reactions to terminal illness in persons at the end-of-life to assure targeted intervention aimed at maintaining quality of life. The proposed measure, the Hospice Professionals Understanding of Preparatory Grief scale (HPPG), contains affective, behavioral, and cognitive reactions to terminal illness and asks respondents to identify which ref…
Responses of Police Officers to Cases of Officer Domestic Violence
Coping and Post-traumatic Stress after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Recent hurricanes have focused on lives and properties lost, however, additional mental health concerns may emerge in these post-disaster settings. Post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) are particularly problematic for minorities due to pre-disaster disparities. Scholars must thus examine the antecedents of PTSS to support these and other vulnerable individuals and communities. This study examined racial disparities regarding active and avoidant …
Mental Health and Women on Probation or Parole
This study examined the robustness of the proposed factor structure of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI-18) in a sample of justice-involved women (N = 406). Efforts to assess accurately and intervene effectively regarding mental health issues (namely, somatization, depression, and anxiety) are critical due to growing proportions of women involved in the criminal justice system and the link between mental health and justice-system outcomes among w…
The light and dark sides of social capital
Background: Adults aged 55 or above represent a large and growing proportion of the US and international correctional populations and more physical and mental health problems than their non-incarcerated peers. Social capital represents the collective cognitive and network structure resources accessible through social relationships and may serve as a potential asset in carceral settings in the amelioration of depressive symptoms among older adults…
Strategies to Optimize the Use of Compassionate Release From US Prisons
Examining the World Health Organization’s WHOQOL-BREF
Psychometric exploration of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire—BREF (WHOQOL-BREF, WHOQOL Group, 1998) is warranted. The role of life satisfaction in health and social outcomes, variations within and across populations surrounding quality of life, and the potential influence of social and political changes since the development of the measure beget assessment of the structural and construct validity of the WHOQOL-BREF in a…
Correlates of post-traumatic stress among victimized women on probation and parole
The current study aimed to identify the correlates of post-traumatic stress among a sample of women on probation and parole with a history of victimization. Community-based sampling was used to recruit 406 women on probation and parole in Jefferson County, Kentucky. The post-traumatic stress diagnostic scale was used to measure three indicators of post-traumatic stress: post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis, symptom severity, and the number of…
Not All Traumas Are Equal
Measures of well-being have gained importance in criminal justice. Examining the relationship between interpersonal traumatic experiences, post-traumatic stress (PTS), and quality of life (QOL) is thus an essential contribution to existing literature. Using data from interviews conducted with a sample of women incarcerated in a U.S. state prison (n = 83), we examined differences in PTS and QOL between groups of women who did and did not report ex…
Older Adults' perspectives on death and dying in prison
Mental health among lesbian, gay, bisexual and other non-heterosexual adults in United States prisons
Forgotten and without Protections
The number of older adults incarcerated in prisons is growing significantly, and there is a great need for legal authority, processes, and resources to mitigate individual and social burdens of elder neglect and abuse within these settings. Older adults in prison may be particularly vulnerable to abuse, neglect, or exploitation. They are dependent on the carceral system for basic resources, are at risk for retaliatory actions for reporting mistre…
Acculturation and negative relationships as determinants of well-being
Houselessness, Sexual Orientation, and Mental Health Among Adults in United States Prisons
Examining Awareness of Social Services and the Relationship Between Social Participation and Social Service Use Among Older Adults
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, social services integral to the health and well-being of older adults were shuttered to curtail the spread of the virus. In this context, social participation and awareness of social services may be especially important factors in shaping older adults’ social service use. This study described older adults’ social participation, awareness of social services, and social service use. This study also examined awareness…
An analysis of stressful relationships
Death Anxiety Among Peer Caregivers of Older Persons in Two US Prisons
Background: Death anxiety is marked by worrisome thoughts and feelings surrounding death. It can influence health care workers’ performance and increase workforce attrition, yet no study has examined death anxiety among persons who provide peer care in the correctional system. Methods: Two small samples of peer caregivers working in two US prisons were surveyed (N = 27). Using the 15-item Death Anxiety Scale, we first described death anxiety usin…
The health burdens of segregation for older incarcerated adults
Psychology (18 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (8 works) · Criminology (8 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Political science (6 works)