Cynthia A Rohrbeck
Biographic Data
| ID | 769726 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cynthia A Rohrbeck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cynthia A |
| FAMILY NAME | Rohrbeck |
| SIGNATURE | ROHRBECK C A |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Washington University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5680-5690 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The role of self-efficacy in emergency preparedness
The negative effects of disasters highlight the importance of effective emergency preparedness and response, of which self-efficacy is a consistent predictor. However, existing preparedness self-efficacy measures are often disaster- or hazard-specific, limiting their use across different disasters. To address this gap, this research presents the development and validation of the Emergency Preparedness Self-Efficacy (EPSE) Scale , an all-hazards m…
Using Artificial Intelligence to assess the impact of social, physical, and financial health and personality on subjective well-being in a representative, multinational sample of older European and Is…
Background: Subjective well-being (SWB) is an important outcome influenced by other aspects of health and personality. However, we know little about the independent effects of multiple health and personality dimensions on SWB in large, representative international samples. Artificial Intelligence (AI) models are particularly well-suited to detect multi-factor patterns in complex topics such as SWB. Methods: This study involved a representative sa…
Age differences in emotional support buffering on the relationship between physical disability and psychological distress
Greater levels of physical disability are often accompanied by greater levels of psychological distress. Stress Buffering Theory ( Cohen & Wills, 1985 ; Thoits, 2011 ) posits that the level of social support buffers this relationship. Life Stage Theory proposes the previously untested hypothesis that the salience of the buffering offered by social support may decrease with age - i.e., that as individuals age, emotional support offers a weaker buf…
Anxiety effects on disaster precautionary behaviors
Previous studies have revealed a negative relationship between anxiety and health-promoting behavior. This study identified three cognitive pathways through which anxiety operates on preparedness behaviors for terrorist attacks. Preparedness was regressed on trait anxiety, perceived threat, and self-efficacy based on data from 306 adults. Mediating paths through perceived threat (positive) and self-efficacy (negative) and an independent negative …
Quantity and quality of communication during parental deployment
Using an online survey methodology, we examined individual differences in distance communication between 75 adolescents and their deployed parents and found substantial individual differences in both the quantity and quality of their communication. We also examined the statistical associations between these features of distance communication and adolescents’ functioning, including emotional reactions following communication, health-related qualit…
Peer-assisted learning interventions with elementary school students
A meta-analytic review of group comparison design studies evaluating peer-assisted learning (PAL) interventions with elementary school students produced positive effect sizes (ESs) indicating increases in achievement (unweighted mean ES = 0.59, SD = 0.90; weighted ES, d = 0.33, p < .0001, 95% confidence interval = 0.29-0.37). PAL interventions were most effective with younger, urban, low-income, and minority students. Interventions that used inte…
Employment of Adolescents while in High School
Prior research documenting a negative relationship between intense parttime employment and grade point average among high school students has failed to address whether the students themselves perceive a negative relationship, and if so whether parents, teachers, and other school officials are perceived as discouraging intense employment by low-achieving students who want to go on to college. Based on the responses of 457 randomly sampled students…
The Teacher-Child Rating Scale
This paper presents two related studies describing the development and validation of the Teacher-Child Rating Scale (T-CRS), a brief objective socioemotional measure. More than 200 teachers rated 1,379 K-6th graders on the T-CRS. These ratings were factor analyzed into three six-item problem and three six-item competence scales. Indices of reliability and validity support the use of the T-CRS as a parsimonious diagnostic and screening measure. Po…
Anxiety effects on disaster precautionary behaviors
Previous studies have revealed a negative relationship between anxiety and health-promoting behavior. This study identified three cognitive pathways through which anxiety operates on preparedness behaviors for terrorist attacks. Preparedness was regressed on trait anxiety, perceived threat, and self-efficacy based on data from 306 adults. Mediating paths through perceived threat (positive) and self-efficacy (negative) and an independent negative …
Age differences in emotional support buffering on the relationship between physical disability and psychological distress
Greater levels of physical disability are often accompanied by greater levels of psychological distress. Stress Buffering Theory ( Cohen & Wills, 1985 ; Thoits, 2011 ) posits that the level of social support buffers this relationship. Life Stage Theory proposes the previously untested hypothesis that the salience of the buffering offered by social support may decrease with age - i.e., that as individuals age, emotional support offers a weaker buf…
Employment of Adolescents while in High School
Prior research documenting a negative relationship between intense parttime employment and grade point average among high school students has failed to address whether the students themselves perceive a negative relationship, and if so whether parents, teachers, and other school officials are perceived as discouraging intense employment by low-achieving students who want to go on to college. Based on the responses of 457 randomly sampled students…
The Teacher-Child Rating Scale
This paper presents two related studies describing the development and validation of the Teacher-Child Rating Scale (T-CRS), a brief objective socioemotional measure. More than 200 teachers rated 1,379 K-6th graders on the T-CRS. These ratings were factor analyzed into three six-item problem and three six-item competence scales. Indices of reliability and validity support the use of the T-CRS as a parsimonious diagnostic and screening measure. Po…
Employment of Adolescents while in High School
Prior research documenting a negative relationship between intense parttime employment and grade point average among high school students has failed to address whether the students themselves perceive a negative relationship, and if so whether parents, teachers, and other school officials are perceived as discouraging intense employment by low-achieving students who want to go on to college. Based on the responses of 457 randomly sampled students…
Peer-assisted learning interventions with elementary school students
A meta-analytic review of group comparison design studies evaluating peer-assisted learning (PAL) interventions with elementary school students produced positive effect sizes (ESs) indicating increases in achievement (unweighted mean ES = 0.59, SD = 0.90; weighted ES, d = 0.33, p < .0001, 95% confidence interval = 0.29-0.37). PAL interventions were most effective with younger, urban, low-income, and minority students. Interventions that used inte…
Quantity and quality of communication during parental deployment
Using an online survey methodology, we examined individual differences in distance communication between 75 adolescents and their deployed parents and found substantial individual differences in both the quantity and quality of their communication. We also examined the statistical associations between these features of distance communication and adolescents’ functioning, including emotional reactions following communication, health-related qualit…
Anxiety effects on disaster precautionary behaviors
Previous studies have revealed a negative relationship between anxiety and health-promoting behavior. This study identified three cognitive pathways through which anxiety operates on preparedness behaviors for terrorist attacks. Preparedness was regressed on trait anxiety, perceived threat, and self-efficacy based on data from 306 adults. Mediating paths through perceived threat (positive) and self-efficacy (negative) and an independent negative …
Age differences in emotional support buffering on the relationship between physical disability and psychological distress
Greater levels of physical disability are often accompanied by greater levels of psychological distress. Stress Buffering Theory ( Cohen & Wills, 1985 ; Thoits, 2011 ) posits that the level of social support buffers this relationship. Life Stage Theory proposes the previously untested hypothesis that the salience of the buffering offered by social support may decrease with age - i.e., that as individuals age, emotional support offers a weaker buf…
Using Artificial Intelligence to assess the impact of social, physical, and financial health and personality on subjective well-being in a representative, multinational sample of older European and Is…
Background: Subjective well-being (SWB) is an important outcome influenced by other aspects of health and personality. However, we know little about the independent effects of multiple health and personality dimensions on SWB in large, representative international samples. Artificial Intelligence (AI) models are particularly well-suited to detect multi-factor patterns in complex topics such as SWB. Methods: This study involved a representative sa…
The role of self-efficacy in emergency preparedness
The negative effects of disasters highlight the importance of effective emergency preparedness and response, of which self-efficacy is a consistent predictor. However, existing preparedness self-efficacy measures are often disaster- or hazard-specific, limiting their use across different disasters. To address this gap, this research presents the development and validation of the Emergency Preparedness Self-Efficacy (EPSE) Scale , an all-hazards m…
Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (2 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (2 works) · Disaster Response and Management (2 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (2 works) · Poison control (2 works)