Alannah Shelby Rivers
Biographic Data
| ID | 761449 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alannah Shelby Rivers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alannah Shelby |
| FAMILY NAME | Rivers |
| SIGNATURE | RIVERS A S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas Woman's University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8826-4606 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Parental Attachment for Emerging Adults in Psychiatric Residential Treatment
Some emerging adults (ages 18–29) develop severe psychological symptoms for which psychiatric residential treatment may be needed. Attachment theory suggests that experiences with caregivers have long-term effects on psychological well-being, but little is known about parental attachment for these residential emerging adults. The goal of the current study was to test an integrative model of parental attachment in relation to anxiety and depressiv…
Unique and interactive associations between maternal and paternal attachment predicting depressive symptoms in Iranian female adolescents
Romantic, Friendship, and Close Relationship Self-Efficacy in Emerging Adulthood
For emerging adults, developing and maintaining close relationships is an important developmental task relevant for well-being. Therefore, it is important to understand and assess relationship self-efficacy (RSE), reflecting one’s confidence in maintaining and managing close relationships. Most previous research on RSE has focused on romantic relationships, but developing work suggests similar processes may occur in friendships and other types of…
Can Research on Family Factors in Youth Psychiatric Residential Treatment Programs Inform Efforts to Implement Family-Centered Care
Every year, numerous youths seeking mental health services are placed in psychiatric residential treatment programs, often leaving their families for extended periods of time. The clinical and policy community has become increasingly interested in incorporating families into the treatment process, which may have a positive impact on care. Despite this interest, limited work has reviewed the impact of family factors across the entire treatment pro…
ADHD Identity
Coping with Type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a common, chronic condition. People with T2D often report poor mental wellbeing and treatment engagement, especially when stressed. Coping mechanisms may help manage stress, but it is crucial to identify which strategies are most common and (mal)adaptive. Using a psychometrically-informed approach and a series of pilot studies ( n = 570) to develop and test the structural validity of a final item pool of coping strategies…
Social relationships, stress, and treatment adherence perceptions in type 2 diabetes and hypertension
OBJECTIVE: Type 2 diabetes and hypertension are "intertwined" conditions with lifestyle treatment plans, but patients often struggle to consistently engage in and follow treatment plans. To identify potential mechanisms for improving patient adherence to lifestyle treatment plans for type 2 diabetes and hypertension, this longitudinal study investigated the extent to which situational changes in patient-practitioner relationships, close relations…
Attachment to parental figures in emerging adults from Brazil, India, and Nigeria
Attachment theory suggests that experiences with parents and other caregivers are relevant for psychological functioning into adulthood, especially in relation to anxiety and depressive symptoms. However, this work has largely focused on Western countries and has often neglected relationships with paternal figures. The goal of the current study was to test four competing models of parental figure attachment (monotropy, only one attachment relates…
Assessing internalizing disorders and sleep in school‐age children
Depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbance are common among school‐age children and can impair functioning. Schools are in a unique position to assess and refer these children for intervention services, but standardized screening is underutilized. One challenge with screening is the lack of psychometrically strong mental health screening tools that can be efficiently and effectively administered in school settings. The Behavioral Health Works pro…
Suicide risk screening in the school environment
Family and Peer Relationships in a Residential Youth Sample
Close relationships are consequential for youth depressive symptoms and suicide risk, but nuanced research examining intersecting factors is needed to improve identification and intervention. This study examines a clinical, residential sample of 939 adolescents and young adults ages 10 to 23 years old (M = 15.84, SD = 1.53; 97.7% white, 99.5% non-Hispanic, 55% female). The final model found that family conflict, parental criticism, verbal bullyin…
Assessing Attitudes Toward Covid-19 Prevention
Attitudinal and social predictors of adherence to oral endocrine therapy
There is a need for a psychometrically-informed model identifying attitudinal and social factors explaining adherence to oral endocrine therapy (OET) for women with hormone receptor positive breast cancer. This study tested a model with variables selected by stringent psychometric criteria, including attitudes about benefit and burden, patient-practitioner alliance and confusion, and positive and negative interpersonal interactions. Self-report s…
Interpersonal Resilience Inventory
When people face difficult life situations, close interpersonal interactions that are positive (supportive, warm, and intimate) and negative (critical, withdrawing, and unhelpful) can be assessed with the Interpersonal Resilience Inventory and should be distinct from social support indices (structural support and perceived support schema), associated with stress and well‐being, and salient across different stress contexts. Online participants com…
When we say "perceived support," what do we mean? Contexts and components of support among people with serious medical conditions
Perceived social support is important for numerous health outcomes in people with serious medical conditions; however, previous studies have targeted different assessment contexts (including single people or partnered people reporting on either general or relationship-specific support) and different components of perceived support (including positive and negative interactions and support availability). The present study investigated potential fun…
When we say "perceived support," what do we mean? Contexts and components of support among people with serious medical conditions
Perceived social support is important for numerous health outcomes in people with serious medical conditions; however, previous studies have targeted different assessment contexts (including single people or partnered people reporting on either general or relationship-specific support) and different components of perceived support (including positive and negative interactions and support availability). The present study investigated potential fun…
Attachment to parental figures in emerging adults from Brazil, India, and Nigeria
Attachment theory suggests that experiences with parents and other caregivers are relevant for psychological functioning into adulthood, especially in relation to anxiety and depressive symptoms. However, this work has largely focused on Western countries and has often neglected relationships with paternal figures. The goal of the current study was to test four competing models of parental figure attachment (monotropy, only one attachment relates…
Family and Peer Relationships in a Residential Youth Sample
Close relationships are consequential for youth depressive symptoms and suicide risk, but nuanced research examining intersecting factors is needed to improve identification and intervention. This study examines a clinical, residential sample of 939 adolescents and young adults ages 10 to 23 years old (M = 15.84, SD = 1.53; 97.7% white, 99.5% non-Hispanic, 55% female). The final model found that family conflict, parental criticism, verbal bullyin…
Attitudinal and social predictors of adherence to oral endocrine therapy
There is a need for a psychometrically-informed model identifying attitudinal and social factors explaining adherence to oral endocrine therapy (OET) for women with hormone receptor positive breast cancer. This study tested a model with variables selected by stringent psychometric criteria, including attitudes about benefit and burden, patient-practitioner alliance and confusion, and positive and negative interpersonal interactions. Self-report s…
When we say "perceived support," what do we mean? Contexts and components of support among people with serious medical conditions
Perceived social support is important for numerous health outcomes in people with serious medical conditions; however, previous studies have targeted different assessment contexts (including single people or partnered people reporting on either general or relationship-specific support) and different components of perceived support (including positive and negative interactions and support availability). The present study investigated potential fun…
Interpersonal Resilience Inventory
When people face difficult life situations, close interpersonal interactions that are positive (supportive, warm, and intimate) and negative (critical, withdrawing, and unhelpful) can be assessed with the Interpersonal Resilience Inventory and should be distinct from social support indices (structural support and perceived support schema), associated with stress and well‐being, and salient across different stress contexts. Online participants com…
Family and Peer Relationships in a Residential Youth Sample
Close relationships are consequential for youth depressive symptoms and suicide risk, but nuanced research examining intersecting factors is needed to improve identification and intervention. This study examines a clinical, residential sample of 939 adolescents and young adults ages 10 to 23 years old (M = 15.84, SD = 1.53; 97.7% white, 99.5% non-Hispanic, 55% female). The final model found that family conflict, parental criticism, verbal bullyin…
Assessing Attitudes Toward Covid-19 Prevention
Attitudinal and social predictors of adherence to oral endocrine therapy
There is a need for a psychometrically-informed model identifying attitudinal and social factors explaining adherence to oral endocrine therapy (OET) for women with hormone receptor positive breast cancer. This study tested a model with variables selected by stringent psychometric criteria, including attitudes about benefit and burden, patient-practitioner alliance and confusion, and positive and negative interpersonal interactions. Self-report s…
Assessing internalizing disorders and sleep in school‐age children
Depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbance are common among school‐age children and can impair functioning. Schools are in a unique position to assess and refer these children for intervention services, but standardized screening is underutilized. One challenge with screening is the lack of psychometrically strong mental health screening tools that can be efficiently and effectively administered in school settings. The Behavioral Health Works pro…
Suicide risk screening in the school environment
Social relationships, stress, and treatment adherence perceptions in type 2 diabetes and hypertension
OBJECTIVE: Type 2 diabetes and hypertension are "intertwined" conditions with lifestyle treatment plans, but patients often struggle to consistently engage in and follow treatment plans. To identify potential mechanisms for improving patient adherence to lifestyle treatment plans for type 2 diabetes and hypertension, this longitudinal study investigated the extent to which situational changes in patient-practitioner relationships, close relations…
Attachment to parental figures in emerging adults from Brazil, India, and Nigeria
Attachment theory suggests that experiences with parents and other caregivers are relevant for psychological functioning into adulthood, especially in relation to anxiety and depressive symptoms. However, this work has largely focused on Western countries and has often neglected relationships with paternal figures. The goal of the current study was to test four competing models of parental figure attachment (monotropy, only one attachment relates…
Can Research on Family Factors in Youth Psychiatric Residential Treatment Programs Inform Efforts to Implement Family-Centered Care
Every year, numerous youths seeking mental health services are placed in psychiatric residential treatment programs, often leaving their families for extended periods of time. The clinical and policy community has become increasingly interested in incorporating families into the treatment process, which may have a positive impact on care. Despite this interest, limited work has reviewed the impact of family factors across the entire treatment pro…
ADHD Identity
Coping with Type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a common, chronic condition. People with T2D often report poor mental wellbeing and treatment engagement, especially when stressed. Coping mechanisms may help manage stress, but it is crucial to identify which strategies are most common and (mal)adaptive. Using a psychometrically-informed approach and a series of pilot studies ( n = 570) to develop and test the structural validity of a final item pool of coping strategies…
Parental Attachment for Emerging Adults in Psychiatric Residential Treatment
Some emerging adults (ages 18–29) develop severe psychological symptoms for which psychiatric residential treatment may be needed. Attachment theory suggests that experiences with caregivers have long-term effects on psychological well-being, but little is known about parental attachment for these residential emerging adults. The goal of the current study was to test an integrative model of parental attachment in relation to anxiety and depressiv…
Unique and interactive associations between maternal and paternal attachment predicting depressive symptoms in Iranian female adolescents
Romantic, Friendship, and Close Relationship Self-Efficacy in Emerging Adulthood
For emerging adults, developing and maintaining close relationships is an important developmental task relevant for well-being. Therefore, it is important to understand and assess relationship self-efficacy (RSE), reflecting one’s confidence in maintaining and managing close relationships. Most previous research on RSE has focused on romantic relationships, but developing work suggests similar processes may occur in friendships and other types of…
Psychology (12 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Anxiety (6 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (5 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Medicine (5 works)