Carmen Cummings
Biographic Data
| ID | 73619 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carmen Cummings |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carmen |
| FAMILY NAME | Cummings |
| SIGNATURE | CUMMINGS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas Tech University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9175-2843 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
A multilevel analysis exploring the association of daily parent-adolescent conflict and daily adolescent sleep satisfaction
Stressful family environments are critical in shaping adolescent sleep health; yet it remains unclear how both average levels and day-to-day fluctuations in parent-adolescent conflict may relate to daily adolescent sleep health. A community sample of adolescents ( N = 47; M age = 13.61, 91.5% White, non-Hispanic and 68.1% female) completed a 7-day daily diary. Multilevel modeling analysis revealed that average but not daily fluctuations in parent…
ADHD Symptoms and Sleep Problems During Middle Childhood
Intervention impact on the perceived emotion regulation repertoire of adolescents at-risk for risky sexual behaviors
Recent calls have been made to evaluate the range, rather than the frequency of use , of strategies within adolescents' emotion regulation repertoire. It is unknown whether an emotion regulation intervention may increase adolescents' emotion regulation repertoire. To examine the direct effect of an emotion regulation intervention on adolescents' perceived emotion regulation repertoire from baseline to immediately postintervention, when controllin…
Social power may be associated with health through positive emotion
Increased social power-defined as one's influence on another's behavior-guides activation of one's behavioral activation system which, in turn, elicits greater positive emotion. Positive emotion has also been linked to greater health. The current research assessed whether power and positive emotion are related to health. In Study 1, participants ( N = 403; M age = 48.33 years) wrote a narrative about a time in which they felt powerful or powerles…
Parental separation and death during childhood as predictors of adult psychopathology
Parental separation was a significant risk factor for adult psychopathology, but only for White participants. Parental death was not a risk factor for adult psychopathology no matter the person's race. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
The role of Covid-19 fears and related behaviors in understanding daily adolescent health behaviors during the pandemic
We examined the prospective associations of COVID-19 fears and behavior, and daily physical activity and dysregulated eating. Adolescents ( N = 31) aged 11-17 completed selected subscales of the Fear of Illness and Virus Evaluation and completed a 7-day health behavior diary. Greater fear of contamination was associated with lower daily physical activity. In contrast, greater COVID-19 precautionary behavior was associated with greater daily physi…
Traditional Laws Meet Emerging Biotechnologies
The increasing popularity and availability of genetic testing has the potential to play into debates surrounding forms of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land ownership known as “native title.” This paper draws on research with applied anthropologists working in native title, and a review of descriptions of native title holders in existing determinations, to address three key questions: Are native title holders and claimants interested in u…
Compassion Satisfaction, Compassion Fatigue, and Burnout
Past research has investigated the rates of compassion satisfaction (CS), compassion fatigue (CF), and burnout within health-care providers. Findings indicate higher levels of CS and lower levels of CF predict lower rates of burnout. The current study extended prior research by replicating past research findings, but with victim advocates. This study enrolled a national sample of 142 victim advocates. A hierarchal linear regression was run to tes…
Coping and Work-Related Stress Reactions in Protective Services Workers
Burnout, secondary traumatic stress (STS) and vicarious trauma (VT) are three highly prevalent work-related stress reactions experienced in helping professions, but prevalence rates and protective/risk factors of these stress reactions in protective services workers have been understudied. The purpose of the current study was to examine coping mechanisms utilised by protective services workers and their relationship with the experience of burnout…
The Vicarious Trauma Scale
Vicarious trauma is referred to as the detrimental change in the manner that professionals understand and interpret material, as a result of exposure to second-hand traumatic material (McCann & Pearlman [1990] Journal of Traumatic Stress, 3:131). According to Aparicio et al. (Health & Social Work, 2013, 38:199), vicarious trauma comprises both affective and cognitive components and, while it is distinct from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), …
Undocumented, to Dacamented, to Dacalimited
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) executive order intended to protect undocumented youth from deportation and mitigate the negative impact of their undocumented status. Using qualitative methods, eight DACA recipients were interviewed. Participants were primarily females, ranged in age from 19 and 27 years old, and had immigrated from Mexico. Our findings revealed that as participants grew up, they experienced a sense of liminalit…
Undocumented, to Dacamented, to Dacalimited
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) executive order intended to protect undocumented youth from deportation and mitigate the negative impact of their undocumented status. Using qualitative methods, eight DACA recipients were interviewed. Participants were primarily females, ranged in age from 19 and 27 years old, and had immigrated from Mexico. Our findings revealed that as participants grew up, they experienced a sense of liminalit…
The role of Covid-19 fears and related behaviors in understanding daily adolescent health behaviors during the pandemic
We examined the prospective associations of COVID-19 fears and behavior, and daily physical activity and dysregulated eating. Adolescents ( N = 31) aged 11-17 completed selected subscales of the Fear of Illness and Virus Evaluation and completed a 7-day health behavior diary. Greater fear of contamination was associated with lower daily physical activity. In contrast, greater COVID-19 precautionary behavior was associated with greater daily physi…
Compassion Satisfaction, Compassion Fatigue, and Burnout
Past research has investigated the rates of compassion satisfaction (CS), compassion fatigue (CF), and burnout within health-care providers. Findings indicate higher levels of CS and lower levels of CF predict lower rates of burnout. The current study extended prior research by replicating past research findings, but with victim advocates. This study enrolled a national sample of 142 victim advocates. A hierarchal linear regression was run to tes…
The Vicarious Trauma Scale
Vicarious trauma is referred to as the detrimental change in the manner that professionals understand and interpret material, as a result of exposure to second-hand traumatic material (McCann & Pearlman [1990] Journal of Traumatic Stress, 3:131). According to Aparicio et al. (Health & Social Work, 2013, 38:199), vicarious trauma comprises both affective and cognitive components and, while it is distinct from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), …
Coping and Work-Related Stress Reactions in Protective Services Workers
Burnout, secondary traumatic stress (STS) and vicarious trauma (VT) are three highly prevalent work-related stress reactions experienced in helping professions, but prevalence rates and protective/risk factors of these stress reactions in protective services workers have been understudied. The purpose of the current study was to examine coping mechanisms utilised by protective services workers and their relationship with the experience of burnout…
The Vicarious Trauma Scale
Vicarious trauma is referred to as the detrimental change in the manner that professionals understand and interpret material, as a result of exposure to second-hand traumatic material (McCann & Pearlman [1990] Journal of Traumatic Stress, 3:131). According to Aparicio et al. (Health & Social Work, 2013, 38:199), vicarious trauma comprises both affective and cognitive components and, while it is distinct from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), …
Undocumented, to Dacamented, to Dacalimited
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) executive order intended to protect undocumented youth from deportation and mitigate the negative impact of their undocumented status. Using qualitative methods, eight DACA recipients were interviewed. Participants were primarily females, ranged in age from 19 and 27 years old, and had immigrated from Mexico. Our findings revealed that as participants grew up, they experienced a sense of liminalit…
Traditional Laws Meet Emerging Biotechnologies
The increasing popularity and availability of genetic testing has the potential to play into debates surrounding forms of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land ownership known as “native title.” This paper draws on research with applied anthropologists working in native title, and a review of descriptions of native title holders in existing determinations, to address three key questions: Are native title holders and claimants interested in u…
Compassion Satisfaction, Compassion Fatigue, and Burnout
Past research has investigated the rates of compassion satisfaction (CS), compassion fatigue (CF), and burnout within health-care providers. Findings indicate higher levels of CS and lower levels of CF predict lower rates of burnout. The current study extended prior research by replicating past research findings, but with victim advocates. This study enrolled a national sample of 142 victim advocates. A hierarchal linear regression was run to tes…
Coping and Work-Related Stress Reactions in Protective Services Workers
Burnout, secondary traumatic stress (STS) and vicarious trauma (VT) are three highly prevalent work-related stress reactions experienced in helping professions, but prevalence rates and protective/risk factors of these stress reactions in protective services workers have been understudied. The purpose of the current study was to examine coping mechanisms utilised by protective services workers and their relationship with the experience of burnout…
Parental separation and death during childhood as predictors of adult psychopathology
Parental separation was a significant risk factor for adult psychopathology, but only for White participants. Parental death was not a risk factor for adult psychopathology no matter the person's race. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
The role of Covid-19 fears and related behaviors in understanding daily adolescent health behaviors during the pandemic
We examined the prospective associations of COVID-19 fears and behavior, and daily physical activity and dysregulated eating. Adolescents ( N = 31) aged 11-17 completed selected subscales of the Fear of Illness and Virus Evaluation and completed a 7-day health behavior diary. Greater fear of contamination was associated with lower daily physical activity. In contrast, greater COVID-19 precautionary behavior was associated with greater daily physi…
Intervention impact on the perceived emotion regulation repertoire of adolescents at-risk for risky sexual behaviors
Recent calls have been made to evaluate the range, rather than the frequency of use , of strategies within adolescents' emotion regulation repertoire. It is unknown whether an emotion regulation intervention may increase adolescents' emotion regulation repertoire. To examine the direct effect of an emotion regulation intervention on adolescents' perceived emotion regulation repertoire from baseline to immediately postintervention, when controllin…
Social power may be associated with health through positive emotion
Increased social power-defined as one's influence on another's behavior-guides activation of one's behavioral activation system which, in turn, elicits greater positive emotion. Positive emotion has also been linked to greater health. The current research assessed whether power and positive emotion are related to health. In Study 1, participants ( N = 403; M age = 48.33 years) wrote a narrative about a time in which they felt powerful or powerles…
ADHD Symptoms and Sleep Problems During Middle Childhood
A multilevel analysis exploring the association of daily parent-adolescent conflict and daily adolescent sleep satisfaction
Stressful family environments are critical in shaping adolescent sleep health; yet it remains unclear how both average levels and day-to-day fluctuations in parent-adolescent conflict may relate to daily adolescent sleep health. A community sample of adolescents ( N = 47; M age = 13.61, 91.5% White, non-Hispanic and 68.1% female) completed a 7-day daily diary. Multilevel modeling analysis revealed that average but not daily fluctuations in parent…
Psychology (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Psychological intervention (4 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Burnout (2 works)