Elaine K Miller
Biographic Data
| ID | 814539 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elaine K Miller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elaine K |
| FAMILY NAME | Miller |
| SIGNATURE | MILLER E K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Case Western Reserve University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6757-3829 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Maternal Depressive Symptomology and Black Children’s Functioning
Research findings: Maternal depressive symptoms have been shown to impact children across different developmental domains of life, including socio-emotional, physical, and cognitive. Black women are more likely to face psychosocial stressors that contribute to long-term, negative mental health challenges, such as depressive symptoms. This study examines (1) the burden of maternal depressive symptomology among a heterogeneous sample of Black mothe…
Strengthening Education Through Equitable and Inclusive Evidence-Based Teaching Practices
This scoping review provides clarity on the landscape of evidence-based and High-Leverage Practices that have been shown to be effective with students with disabilities and have the potential to meet the needs of marginalized students across lines of difference. Of 672 articles screened, 85 met eligibility criteria, including 46 studies, 11 systematic reviews, and 28 conceptual papers. Among included articles, instruction practices were the most …
Adolescence into adulthood
This study utilized three waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) to examine patterns of suicidal thoughts and behaviors and changes in religiosity from adolescence into young adulthood between sexual minority and heterosexual individuals. Repeated measure latent class analysis revealed sexual minority participants were more likely to be in the "high adolescent/lower adult risk" and "moderate-…
Mental Health, Social Support, and Relational Regulation During Covid-19 Among Trauma Exposed Adults
A latent class analysis of lifetime potentially traumatic event exposure and the buffering role of social support on anxiety during the Covid-19 pandemic
This study examined relationships among lifetime trauma exposure, perceived social support, and anxiety during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The sample included 246 diverse adults (59.8% women, M age = 44.39 [SD = 12.96]) living in Ohio who completed questionnaires on trauma exposure, perceived social support, and anxiety symptoms. Latent class analysis identified four distinct classes based on patterns of potentially traumatic event e…
Theories of Relational Health in Interpersonal Violence Research
Interpersonal violence is a pervasive public health problem that leads to emotional, behavioral, and physical health challenges. Theoretically, sound research examining protective factors, such as relational health, is imperative for developing effective interventions. However, the use of relational health theories in existing research needs to be better understood within the literature and should be further explored. Using scoping review methodo…
Predictors of social emotional learning in after‐school programming
After‐school youth development programs support social‐emotional functioning which leads to better academic and behavioral outcomes. This article examines three common predictors of social‐emotional functioning individually and concurrently to better understand the role of these predictors in the after‐school setting. The common predictors are staff/student relationships, sense of belonging, and program engagement. That data came from 144, 3rd th…
Illuminating the landscape of sibling relationship quality
This paper used an evidence and gap map (EGM) to advance the scientific understanding of sibling relationship quality among children aged 2 to 18 years by synthesizing literature on 277 empirical studies from 1985 to 2022 to delineate patterns of study design, sampling, and measurement. Most existing research has utilized majority of White, middle-to-upper class, and/or two-caregiver family samples. Nearly 85% (n = 235) of studies used quantitati…
Trauma & the Brain
This qualitative study examines “Trauma & the Brain”—a case-based training series for graduate-level social work students focused on the neurodevelopmental impact of childhood trauma. Four focus groups were conducted with 17 participants from the Trauma & the Brain training series. Reflexive thematic analysis identified six themes regarding students’ application of training series content to their field work: nurturing a learning community, bridg…
Advancing Family-Focused Health Equity
In this commentary, we address the strengths and limitations of prevailing conceptualizations of family, particularly in relation to advancing health equity. To better attend to the continuing evolution and diversification of family experiences in the United States, we propose the CHIEF framework, which represents chosen, household, immediate, extended, and fictive kin families. We call on social work and its governing bodies to center diverse fa…
Victim Service Agency Perspectives on the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Victim service agencies felt widespread impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic on their staff, organizational practices, and client populations. This study offers a qualitative exploration of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across a broad spectrum of victim service settings, including court-based, mental health, medical, child welfare, interpersonal violence, and advocacy agencies. An electronic survey was completed by Ohio agency workers (N = 17…
Mothers’ Experiences of Emotional Connection During Covid-19 in the United States
Understanding the role of social support in mitigating the stress associated with disease outbreaks is imperative. This qualitative study explored how mothers with children between the ages of 5 and 12 years ( N = 185) in the United States drew on social support resources to maintain emotional connections during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were gathered through an online survey. Technology and physically distanced, in-person interactions with a c…
The Effect of Childhood Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Exposure on Bullying
Childhood Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Effects on Social-Emotional Competence
Nearly 50 Years of Child Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence Empirical Research
Sex Differences in Doctoral Student Publication Rates
Women in the sciences who earn PhDs are less likely than their male counterparts to pursue tenure-track positions at research universities. Moreover, among those who become STEM researchers, men have been found to publish more than women. These patterns raise questions about when sex differences in publication begin. Using data from a survey of doctoral students at one large institution, this study finds that men submitted and published more scho…
Mexican Folk Narrative from the Los Angeles Area
Folktales of Mexico
Sex Differences in Doctoral Student Publication Rates
Women in the sciences who earn PhDs are less likely than their male counterparts to pursue tenure-track positions at research universities. Moreover, among those who become STEM researchers, men have been found to publish more than women. These patterns raise questions about when sex differences in publication begin. Using data from a survey of doctoral students at one large institution, this study finds that men submitted and published more scho…
Nearly 50 Years of Child Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence Empirical Research
Advancing Family-Focused Health Equity
In this commentary, we address the strengths and limitations of prevailing conceptualizations of family, particularly in relation to advancing health equity. To better attend to the continuing evolution and diversification of family experiences in the United States, we propose the CHIEF framework, which represents chosen, household, immediate, extended, and fictive kin families. We call on social work and its governing bodies to center diverse fa…
Mexican Folk Narrative from the Los Angeles Area
Mexican Folk Narrative from the Los Angeles Area
Folktales of Mexico
Sex Differences in Doctoral Student Publication Rates
Women in the sciences who earn PhDs are less likely than their male counterparts to pursue tenure-track positions at research universities. Moreover, among those who become STEM researchers, men have been found to publish more than women. These patterns raise questions about when sex differences in publication begin. Using data from a survey of doctoral students at one large institution, this study finds that men submitted and published more scho…
Mothers’ Experiences of Emotional Connection During Covid-19 in the United States
Understanding the role of social support in mitigating the stress associated with disease outbreaks is imperative. This qualitative study explored how mothers with children between the ages of 5 and 12 years ( N = 185) in the United States drew on social support resources to maintain emotional connections during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were gathered through an online survey. Technology and physically distanced, in-person interactions with a c…
The Effect of Childhood Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Exposure on Bullying
Childhood Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Effects on Social-Emotional Competence
Nearly 50 Years of Child Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence Empirical Research
Trauma & the Brain
This qualitative study examines “Trauma & the Brain”—a case-based training series for graduate-level social work students focused on the neurodevelopmental impact of childhood trauma. Four focus groups were conducted with 17 participants from the Trauma & the Brain training series. Reflexive thematic analysis identified six themes regarding students’ application of training series content to their field work: nurturing a learning community, bridg…
Advancing Family-Focused Health Equity
In this commentary, we address the strengths and limitations of prevailing conceptualizations of family, particularly in relation to advancing health equity. To better attend to the continuing evolution and diversification of family experiences in the United States, we propose the CHIEF framework, which represents chosen, household, immediate, extended, and fictive kin families. We call on social work and its governing bodies to center diverse fa…
Victim Service Agency Perspectives on the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Victim service agencies felt widespread impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic on their staff, organizational practices, and client populations. This study offers a qualitative exploration of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across a broad spectrum of victim service settings, including court-based, mental health, medical, child welfare, interpersonal violence, and advocacy agencies. An electronic survey was completed by Ohio agency workers (N = 17…
Theories of Relational Health in Interpersonal Violence Research
Interpersonal violence is a pervasive public health problem that leads to emotional, behavioral, and physical health challenges. Theoretically, sound research examining protective factors, such as relational health, is imperative for developing effective interventions. However, the use of relational health theories in existing research needs to be better understood within the literature and should be further explored. Using scoping review methodo…
Predictors of social emotional learning in after‐school programming
After‐school youth development programs support social‐emotional functioning which leads to better academic and behavioral outcomes. This article examines three common predictors of social‐emotional functioning individually and concurrently to better understand the role of these predictors in the after‐school setting. The common predictors are staff/student relationships, sense of belonging, and program engagement. That data came from 144, 3rd th…
Illuminating the landscape of sibling relationship quality
This paper used an evidence and gap map (EGM) to advance the scientific understanding of sibling relationship quality among children aged 2 to 18 years by synthesizing literature on 277 empirical studies from 1985 to 2022 to delineate patterns of study design, sampling, and measurement. Most existing research has utilized majority of White, middle-to-upper class, and/or two-caregiver family samples. Nearly 85% (n = 235) of studies used quantitati…
Strengthening Education Through Equitable and Inclusive Evidence-Based Teaching Practices
This scoping review provides clarity on the landscape of evidence-based and High-Leverage Practices that have been shown to be effective with students with disabilities and have the potential to meet the needs of marginalized students across lines of difference. Of 672 articles screened, 85 met eligibility criteria, including 46 studies, 11 systematic reviews, and 28 conceptual papers. Among included articles, instruction practices were the most …
Adolescence into adulthood
This study utilized three waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) to examine patterns of suicidal thoughts and behaviors and changes in religiosity from adolescence into young adulthood between sexual minority and heterosexual individuals. Repeated measure latent class analysis revealed sexual minority participants were more likely to be in the "high adolescent/lower adult risk" and "moderate-…
Mental Health, Social Support, and Relational Regulation During Covid-19 Among Trauma Exposed Adults
A latent class analysis of lifetime potentially traumatic event exposure and the buffering role of social support on anxiety during the Covid-19 pandemic
This study examined relationships among lifetime trauma exposure, perceived social support, and anxiety during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The sample included 246 diverse adults (59.8% women, M age = 44.39 [SD = 12.96]) living in Ohio who completed questionnaires on trauma exposure, perceived social support, and anxiety symptoms. Latent class analysis identified four distinct classes based on patterns of potentially traumatic event e…
Maternal Depressive Symptomology and Black Children’s Functioning
Research findings: Maternal depressive symptoms have been shown to impact children across different developmental domains of life, including socio-emotional, physical, and cognitive. Black women are more likely to face psychosocial stressors that contribute to long-term, negative mental health challenges, such as depressive symptoms. This study examines (1) the burden of maternal depressive symptomology among a heterogeneous sample of Black mothe…
Psychology (12 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works)