Lauren Alvis
Biographic Data
| ID | 765484 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lauren Alvis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lauren |
| FAMILY NAME | Alvis |
| SIGNATURE | ALVIS L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Baylor College of Medicine |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6075-9110 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 72 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
In a racially unjust world, what good is mindfulness?” recommendations for bridging the gap between culturally grounded mindfulness interventions and critical consciousness development programming to …
). By leveraging these shared reflective processes, mindfulness and critical consciousness offer a synergistic, holistic approach to addressing the multifaceted challenges faced by marginalized youth. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
Covid‐19 Stress and Coping Among Black Youth: The Role of Socio‐Emotional Community Mentor Support
This study examined associations between COVID‐19 stress and the utilization of engaged and disengaged coping responses among diverse Black youth during the COVID‐19 pandemic. In addition, the role of mentor social‐emotional support was tested as a moderator of these associations. Participants were 1232 youth ages 11 to 18 year old from the United States who identified as Black/African American. Analyses indicated that COVID‐19 stress was positiv…
A Pilot Open Trial of an Individualized Adaptation of Trauma and Grief Component Therapy (TGCT) in Children and Adolescents
Protective Factors in the Context of Childhood Bereavement: Youth Gratitude, Future Orientation, and Purpose in Life
The objective of the study was to examine potential associations between positive youth development constructs (gratitude, future orientation, purpose in life) and psychological functioning (posttraumatic stress symptoms, depressive symptoms, maladaptive grief reactions) among bereaved youth and test whether these associations vary by age. A diverse sample of 197 clinic-referred bereaved youth (56.2% female; M = 12.36, SD = 3.18; 36.1% Hispanic, …
Measurement invariance of the Grief Facilitation Inventory with respect to youth gender, race, ethnicity, and age
The Grief Facilitation Inventory (GFI) assesses caregiver grief facilitation behaviors among bereaved youth. Initial analyses supported the GFI's reliability and validity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate measurement invariance of the GFI across gender, race/ethnicity, and age. Participants were 558 clinic-referred youth aged 7-18 (58.8% female; 43.6% Latino(a), 24.9% White, 14.9% Black, 16.6% Multiracial). Multigroup confirmatory factor…
Caregiver behaviors associated with positive youth development among bereaved children
Grounded in Multidimensional Grief Theory, this study examined the cross-sectional associations between child-reported caregiver grief facilitation behaviors (ongoing connection, grief expression, existential continuity and support, grief inhibition/avoidance) and positive youth development outcomes (future orientation, gratitude, social responsibility) in treatment-seeking bereaved children ages 7 to 18 ( N = 170; 54.1% girls; 35.9% Hispanic/Lat…
Critical Consciousness: Expanding Theory and Measurement
Critical consciousness represents the analysis of inequitable social conditions, the motivation to effect change, and the action taken to redress perceived inequities. Scholarship and practice in the last two decades have highlighted critical consciousness as a key developmental competency for those experiencing marginalization and as a pathway for navigating and resisting oppression. This competency is more urgent than ever given the current soc…
Associations between adolescents’ prosocial experiences and mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic
Adolescents’ developing awareness of inequality: Racial and ethnic differences in trajectories
To advance knowledge of critical consciousness development, this study examined age-related change in awareness of inequality by race and ethnicity, gender, parent education, generation status, and their interactions. With longitudinal data (2013–2017) from 5019 adolescents in grades 6–12 (55.0% female) from California, Minnesota, and West Virginia, multigroup second-order latent growth curves were estimated for Black (13.7%), Latinx (37.0%), Asi…
Validation of the four-item very brief University of California at Los Angeles Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index screening tool for children and adolescents
These findings provide support for the reliability and validity of the RI-5-VBF. Findings highlight the utility of the RI-5-VBF as a brief screening measure for PTSD in children and adolescents. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Prevalence and correlates of externalizing behaviors among youth seeking treatment following trauma exposure
Co-occurring PTSS and EXTs is a common presentation among trauma-exposed youth referred to treatment. These youth are also likely to suffer from other problems of clinical concern, including suicidal ideation, and their problems are associated with caregiver distress. More research is needed to examine unique risk and resiliency factors related to the development of youth EXTs in response to trauma exposure. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA…
Developmental Manifestations of Grief in Children and Adolescents: Caregivers as Key Grief Facilitators
Assessing the Link between Adolescents’ Awareness of Inequality and Civic Engagement across Time and Racial/Ethnic Groups
Civic Development within the Peer Context: Associations between Early Adolescent Social Connectedness and Civic Engagement
It's none of your business: Adolescents' reasons for keeping secrets about their engagement in problem behaviors
Although parental knowledge of youth behavior is associated with less adolescent engagement in problem behaviors, many adolescents keep their engagement in various activities secret from their parents. However, less research has examined why youth keep secrets about their engagement in problematic activities. The current study examined adolescents' reasons for keeping secrets from their parents regarding their engagement in problematic and multif…
Adolescents’ Evaluations of Political Leaders: The Case of President Donald Trump
The current study explored youths' views of President Donald Trump using quantitative ratings and open-ended responses from a diverse sample of 1,432 U.S. adolescents from three geographic regions. Adolescent demographic characteristics (i.e., gender, race, geographic location) were systematically associated with their views about Trump. Open-ended responses demonstrated substantial variability in youths' rationales for approving or disapproving …
Caregiver behaviors and childhood maladaptive grief: Initial validation of the Grief Facilitation Inventory
The Grief Facilitation Inventory (GFI) is a newly-developed measure of caregiver behaviors theorized to facilitate or hinder children's adaptive grief reactions. We examine its factor structure, reliability, and validity. An exploratory factor analysis identified four factors: Ongoing Connection , Existential Continuity/Support , Caregiver Grief Expression , and Grief Inhibition/Avoidance . Both child- and caregiver-report versions had adequate-t…
Similarities and Differences in Adolescents’ Organized and Civic Activity Networks across Rural and Non-Rural Communities
Dimensions of Adolescent Civic Reasoning: An Examination of Individual Differences
The current study examined sociodemographic characteristics and political discussion as correlates of adolescents’ qualitative understanding of three civic behaviors. Participants were 743 adolescents ( M age = 15.87, range = 13-20; 55.6% female; 89.9% White) from a midsized city and a small rural town in an Appalachian state. Open-ended responses to three civic behavior scenarios, asking participants why should people protest, vote, and voluntee…
Being a Latinx adolescent under a trump presidency: Analysis of Latinx youth's reactions to immigration politics
The Intersection of Emotional and Sociocognitive Competencies with Civic Engagement in Middle Childhood and Adolescence
Being a Latinx adolescent under a trump presidency: Analysis of Latinx youth's reactions to immigration politics
The Intersection of Emotional and Sociocognitive Competencies with Civic Engagement in Middle Childhood and Adolescence
Assessing the Link between Adolescents’ Awareness of Inequality and Civic Engagement across Time and Racial/Ethnic Groups
It's none of your business: Adolescents' reasons for keeping secrets about their engagement in problem behaviors
Although parental knowledge of youth behavior is associated with less adolescent engagement in problem behaviors, many adolescents keep their engagement in various activities secret from their parents. However, less research has examined why youth keep secrets about their engagement in problematic activities. The current study examined adolescents' reasons for keeping secrets from their parents regarding their engagement in problematic and multif…
Dimensions of Adolescent Civic Reasoning: An Examination of Individual Differences
The current study examined sociodemographic characteristics and political discussion as correlates of adolescents’ qualitative understanding of three civic behaviors. Participants were 743 adolescents ( M age = 15.87, range = 13-20; 55.6% female; 89.9% White) from a midsized city and a small rural town in an Appalachian state. Open-ended responses to three civic behavior scenarios, asking participants why should people protest, vote, and voluntee…
Civic Development within the Peer Context: Associations between Early Adolescent Social Connectedness and Civic Engagement
Adolescents’ Evaluations of Political Leaders: The Case of President Donald Trump
The current study explored youths' views of President Donald Trump using quantitative ratings and open-ended responses from a diverse sample of 1,432 U.S. adolescents from three geographic regions. Adolescent demographic characteristics (i.e., gender, race, geographic location) were systematically associated with their views about Trump. Open-ended responses demonstrated substantial variability in youths' rationales for approving or disapproving …
Similarities and Differences in Adolescents’ Organized and Civic Activity Networks across Rural and Non-Rural Communities
Being a Latinx adolescent under a trump presidency: Analysis of Latinx youth's reactions to immigration politics
The Intersection of Emotional and Sociocognitive Competencies with Civic Engagement in Middle Childhood and Adolescence
Dimensions of Adolescent Civic Reasoning: An Examination of Individual Differences
The current study examined sociodemographic characteristics and political discussion as correlates of adolescents’ qualitative understanding of three civic behaviors. Participants were 743 adolescents ( M age = 15.87, range = 13-20; 55.6% female; 89.9% White) from a midsized city and a small rural town in an Appalachian state. Open-ended responses to three civic behavior scenarios, asking participants why should people protest, vote, and voluntee…
Adolescents’ Evaluations of Political Leaders: The Case of President Donald Trump
The current study explored youths' views of President Donald Trump using quantitative ratings and open-ended responses from a diverse sample of 1,432 U.S. adolescents from three geographic regions. Adolescent demographic characteristics (i.e., gender, race, geographic location) were systematically associated with their views about Trump. Open-ended responses demonstrated substantial variability in youths' rationales for approving or disapproving …
Caregiver behaviors and childhood maladaptive grief: Initial validation of the Grief Facilitation Inventory
The Grief Facilitation Inventory (GFI) is a newly-developed measure of caregiver behaviors theorized to facilitate or hinder children's adaptive grief reactions. We examine its factor structure, reliability, and validity. An exploratory factor analysis identified four factors: Ongoing Connection , Existential Continuity/Support , Caregiver Grief Expression , and Grief Inhibition/Avoidance . Both child- and caregiver-report versions had adequate-t…
Similarities and Differences in Adolescents’ Organized and Civic Activity Networks across Rural and Non-Rural Communities
Civic Development within the Peer Context: Associations between Early Adolescent Social Connectedness and Civic Engagement
It's none of your business: Adolescents' reasons for keeping secrets about their engagement in problem behaviors
Although parental knowledge of youth behavior is associated with less adolescent engagement in problem behaviors, many adolescents keep their engagement in various activities secret from their parents. However, less research has examined why youth keep secrets about their engagement in problematic activities. The current study examined adolescents' reasons for keeping secrets from their parents regarding their engagement in problematic and multif…
Prevalence and correlates of externalizing behaviors among youth seeking treatment following trauma exposure
Co-occurring PTSS and EXTs is a common presentation among trauma-exposed youth referred to treatment. These youth are also likely to suffer from other problems of clinical concern, including suicidal ideation, and their problems are associated with caregiver distress. More research is needed to examine unique risk and resiliency factors related to the development of youth EXTs in response to trauma exposure. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA…
Developmental Manifestations of Grief in Children and Adolescents: Caregivers as Key Grief Facilitators
Assessing the Link between Adolescents’ Awareness of Inequality and Civic Engagement across Time and Racial/Ethnic Groups
Critical Consciousness: Expanding Theory and Measurement
Critical consciousness represents the analysis of inequitable social conditions, the motivation to effect change, and the action taken to redress perceived inequities. Scholarship and practice in the last two decades have highlighted critical consciousness as a key developmental competency for those experiencing marginalization and as a pathway for navigating and resisting oppression. This competency is more urgent than ever given the current soc…
Associations between adolescents’ prosocial experiences and mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic
Adolescents’ developing awareness of inequality: Racial and ethnic differences in trajectories
To advance knowledge of critical consciousness development, this study examined age-related change in awareness of inequality by race and ethnicity, gender, parent education, generation status, and their interactions. With longitudinal data (2013–2017) from 5019 adolescents in grades 6–12 (55.0% female) from California, Minnesota, and West Virginia, multigroup second-order latent growth curves were estimated for Black (13.7%), Latinx (37.0%), Asi…
Validation of the four-item very brief University of California at Los Angeles Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index screening tool for children and adolescents
These findings provide support for the reliability and validity of the RI-5-VBF. Findings highlight the utility of the RI-5-VBF as a brief screening measure for PTSD in children and adolescents. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
A Pilot Open Trial of an Individualized Adaptation of Trauma and Grief Component Therapy (TGCT) in Children and Adolescents
Protective Factors in the Context of Childhood Bereavement: Youth Gratitude, Future Orientation, and Purpose in Life
The objective of the study was to examine potential associations between positive youth development constructs (gratitude, future orientation, purpose in life) and psychological functioning (posttraumatic stress symptoms, depressive symptoms, maladaptive grief reactions) among bereaved youth and test whether these associations vary by age. A diverse sample of 197 clinic-referred bereaved youth (56.2% female; M = 12.36, SD = 3.18; 36.1% Hispanic, …
Measurement invariance of the Grief Facilitation Inventory with respect to youth gender, race, ethnicity, and age
The Grief Facilitation Inventory (GFI) assesses caregiver grief facilitation behaviors among bereaved youth. Initial analyses supported the GFI's reliability and validity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate measurement invariance of the GFI across gender, race/ethnicity, and age. Participants were 558 clinic-referred youth aged 7-18 (58.8% female; 43.6% Latino(a), 24.9% White, 14.9% Black, 16.6% Multiracial). Multigroup confirmatory factor…
Caregiver behaviors associated with positive youth development among bereaved children
Grounded in Multidimensional Grief Theory, this study examined the cross-sectional associations between child-reported caregiver grief facilitation behaviors (ongoing connection, grief expression, existential continuity and support, grief inhibition/avoidance) and positive youth development outcomes (future orientation, gratitude, social responsibility) in treatment-seeking bereaved children ages 7 to 18 ( N = 170; 54.1% girls; 35.9% Hispanic/Lat…
Covid‐19 Stress and Coping Among Black Youth: The Role of Socio‐Emotional Community Mentor Support
This study examined associations between COVID‐19 stress and the utilization of engaged and disengaged coping responses among diverse Black youth during the COVID‐19 pandemic. In addition, the role of mentor social‐emotional support was tested as a moderator of these associations. Participants were 1232 youth ages 11 to 18 year old from the United States who identified as Black/African American. Analyses indicated that COVID‐19 stress was positiv…
In a racially unjust world, what good is mindfulness?” recommendations for bridging the gap between culturally grounded mindfulness interventions and critical consciousness development programming to …
). By leveraging these shared reflective processes, mindfulness and critical consciousness offer a synergistic, holistic approach to addressing the multifaceted challenges faced by marginalized youth. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
Psychology (19 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Developmental psychology (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Youth Development and Social Support (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Civic engagement (6 works)