Elizabeth J D’amico
Biographic Data
| ID | 84717 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth J D’amico |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth J |
| FAMILY NAME | D’amico |
| SIGNATURE | D’AMICO E J |
| AFFILIATIONS | RAND Corporation |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8527-7804 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 44 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 77 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 44 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
A protocol for a randomized controlled comparative effectiveness trial of two brief interventions focused on social and cultural connectedness to reduce risk for suicide and substance misuse in young …
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05360888; Registered December 22, 2022. https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05360888
Social networks, cultural pride, and historical loss among non-reservation American Indian/Alaska native emerging adults
Generations of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations in the United States have endured disruptions to their community networks due to policies such as forced relocation and language prohibitions. Traumas resulting from these disruptions may have a ripple effect on subsequent generations’ mental, behavioral, and physical health. Evidence shows that cultural identity and participation in traditional practices promote resilience and prot…
Social Safety and Health Outcomes in Emerging Adults: Interactions of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Discrimination
Social safety theory suggests that individuals from minoritized racial and ethnic groups or sexual and gender diverse (SGD) groups are exposed to multilevel and interacting stressors, which can set the stage for adverse health outcomes. Using a social safety framework, we examine interactions between discrimination and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on health outcomes and how these interactions may differ by race and ethnicity or SGD status…
Investigating Change in Psychosocial Outcomes for Young Adults Experiencing Homelessness in Los Angeles With and Without Pregnancy Experiences
Context Young adults experiencing homelessness (YAEH) have higher rates of pregnancy than stably housed young adults. Pregnant and parenting YAEH face several challenges, but little is known about outcome change over time. Methods 276 YAEH (aged 18–25, 28% female sex at birth) receiving services at drop‐in centers in Los Angeles, California, participated in an intervention study to address substance use and sexual health. At each survey, particip…
"Am I Not Native Enough?" A Qualitative Exploration of Experienced Discrimination Among American Indian/Alaska Native Emerging Adults
Enhancing sleep health in urban American Indian/Alaska Native adolescents: Implications for culturally tailored interventions
BACKGROUND: Urban American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) adolescents are vulnerable to sleep and other health-related disparities due to numerous social drivers, including historical trauma and relocation to urban areas. This study aims to identify strategies to increase protective factors and culturally tailor sleep health interventions for this population. METHODS: Using community-based participatory research, the NAYSHAW study conducted in-dept…
Physical Pain Among Urban Native American Emerging Adults: Sociocultural Risk and Protective Factors
OBJECTIVE: American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) people have high rates of physical pain. Pain is understudied in urban-dwelling, AI/AN emerging adults, a group with unique sociocultural risk and protective factors. We explore associations between socioeconomic disadvantage, additional sociocultural factors, and pain among urban AI/AN emerging adults. METHODS: AI/AN participants aged 18-25 years ( N = 417) were recruited via social media. Regress…
Safety, feasibility, tolerability, and clinical effects of repeated psilocybin dosing combined with non-directive support in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder: Protocol for a randomized, …
This study seeks to advance our ability to treat refractory OCD, and catalyze future research seeking to optimize the process of psilocybin treatment for OCD through understanding relevant psychological mechanisms. Clinical trial registration : ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier NCT05370911
Associations between service use and behavioral health trajectories among young adults experiencing homelessness
Perceptions from emerging adults with a history of homelessness on their experiences with housing, health and other support services
Voices of Identity: Exploring Identity Development and Transformation Among Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Emerging Adults
Emerging adulthood shapes personal, professional, and overall well-being through identity exploration. This study addresses a gap in the minority identity literature by investigating how urban AI/AN emerging adults think about their identity and discussing challenges and protective factors associated with exploring their identity holistically. This mixed-methods study created a sampling framework based on discrimination experiences, cultural iden…
Differential item functioning of the Acculturation, Habits, and Interests Multicultural Scale for Adolescents (Ahimsa) by race/ethnicity
Risk and Resilience Among Families in Urban AI/AN Communities: The Role of Young Adults
Alcohol and Cannabis Use Within Emerging Adults’ Committed Romantic Relationships: Associations With Relationship Functioning and Quality of Life
This study examines alcohol and cannabis use within emerging adults' committed romantic relationships and its association with relationship functioning (satisfaction, stability) and well-being (life satisfaction, anxiety, depression). Participants completed surveys in 2020 and 2021 (N=1,214). Latent profile analysis identified four classes of couples' substance use patterns: concordant (similar) infrequent use (81.9% of sample), near-daily partne…
Secondary Outcomes of a Brief Group Alcohol and Risky Sex Intervention for Emerging Adults Experiencing Homelessness
AWARE is a four-session group-based motivational enhancement intervention designed to reduce substance use and sexual risk behavior among emerging adults experiencing homelessness. Expanding on promising intervention effects on substance use and risky sex outcomes, this study explored intervention effects on changes in secondary outcomes from baseline to 12-month post-intervention: depression, physical health (general health ratings, physical sym…
Safety, tolerability, and clinical and neural effects of single-dose psilocybin in obsessive–compulsive disorder: Protocol for a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, non-crossover trial
This study may represent an advance in our ability to treat refractory OCD, and pave the way for future studies of neurobiological mechanisms of OCD that may respond to psilocybin
Sociodemographic and Behavioral Risk Correlates of PrEP Interest and Use Among Young Adults Experiencing Homelessness in Los Angeles
Young adults experiencing homelessness (YAEH) are at elevated risk for HIV compared to their stably housed peers. Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective at preventing HIV infection, yet YAEH have been largely overlooked in PrEP efforts to date despite YAEH reporting high overall interest in PrEP. We assessed individual, social, and structural variables associated with PrEP interest and use among a sample of 195 YAEH (ages 18-25) recru…
The Association between Housing Stability and Perceived Quality of Life among Emerging Adults with a History of Homelessness
Many cities across the United States are experiencing homelessness at crisis levels, including rises in the number of unhoused emerging adults (18–25). Emerging adults experiencing homelessness may be at higher risk of experiencing negative outcomes, given that being unhoused increases risk for a variety of behaviors. To better understand the current living circumstances of emerging adults with a history of homelessness, as well as their percepti…
How Do College Students Use Their Free Time? A Latent Profile Analysis of Leisure Activities and Substance Use
College is a critical period of transition to independence and the substantial amount of time that students have to participate in leisure activities may be conducive to substance use. However, little is known about the associations between leisure activities and substance use over time, or whether these associations differ by residential status (i.e., living with parents vs. on their own). Using latent profile analysis, this study found six dist…
Alcohol and Cannabis Use Trajectories and Outcomes in a Sample of Hispanic, White, and Asian Sexual and Gender Minority Emerging Adults
Substance use disproportionately affects health and psychosocial outcomes for some racial/ethnic groups, but few longitudinal studies examine the extent to which sexual and gender minority (SGM) emerging adults of different racial/ethnic groups may experience disparities in outcomes at similar levels of alcohol or cannabis use. This study used five waves of annual survey data (spanning 2015 (average age 18) to 2020 (average age 23)) from an ongoi…
Neighborhood social environment change in late adolescence predicts substance use in emerging adulthood
Cross-Lagged Associations of Insecure Attachment Style, Alcohol Use, and Sexual Behavior During Emerging Adulthood
Mental health, family functioning, and sleep in cultural context among American Indian/Alaska Native urban youth: A mixed methods analysis
Effects of homophobic name‐calling and verbal sexual harassment on substance use among young adults
Verbal aggression victimization, such as homophobic name‐calling, has been linked to heavier substance use among young people, but little longitudinal research has examined how different types of victimization may affect substance use or whether certain psychosocial factors moderate these risks. In a diverse cohort ( N = 2,663), latent transition analysis was used to model heterogeneity in victimization (age 19) and substance use (age 20). Four v…
Identifying as American Indian/Alaska Native in Urban Areas: Implications for Adolescent Behavioral Health and Well-Being
American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth exhibit multiple health disparities, including high rates of alcohol and other drug (AOD) use, violence and delinquency, and mental health problems. Approximately 70% of AI/AN youth reside in urban areas, where negative outcomes on behavioral health and well-being are often high. Identity development may be particularly complex in urban settings, where youth may face more fragmented and lower densit…
Unveiling an ‘invisible population: Health, substance use, sexual behavior, culture, and discrimination among urban American Indian/Alaska Native adolescents in California
Objectives: There are limited public health data on urban American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations, particularly adolescents. The current study attempted to address gaps by providing descriptive information on experiences of urban AI/AN adolescents across northern, central, and southern California. Design: We describe demographics and several behavioral health and cultural domains, including: alcohol and other drug (AOD) use, risky sexua…
To educate or to incarcerate: Factors in disproportionality in school discipline
Overt Perceived Discrimination and Racial Microaggressions and their Association with Health Risk Behaviors among a Sample of Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Adolescents
Identifying as American Indian/Alaska Native in Urban Areas: Implications for Adolescent Behavioral Health and Well-Being
American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth exhibit multiple health disparities, including high rates of alcohol and other drug (AOD) use, violence and delinquency, and mental health problems. Approximately 70% of AI/AN youth reside in urban areas, where negative outcomes on behavioral health and well-being are often high. Identity development may be particularly complex in urban settings, where youth may face more fragmented and lower densit…
Substance Use Research with Indigenous Communities: Exploring and Extending Foundational Principles of Community Psychology
Highlights Indigenous Peoples are concerned with previous experience of substance use research as disempowering. Community psychology principles may inform ethical community‐driven substance use research. We explore these principles through seven Indigenous substance use studies across the U.S. and Canada. Indigenous substance use research reflects, expands, and challenges community psychology principles. We discuss implications for Indigenous su…
Recruitment and Retention of Homeless Youth in a Substance Use and HIV-risk Reduction Program
Conducting intervention studies with homeless populations can be difficult, particularly in terms of retaining participants across multiple sessions and locating them for subsequent follow-up assessments. Homeless youth are even more challenging to engage due to substance use, mental health problems, wariness of authority figures, and frequent relocations. This article describes methods used to successfully recruit a sample of 200 homeless youth …
Beyond Health Equity: Achieving Wellness Within American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
AffiliationsValarie Blue Bird Jernigan and Alicia L. Salvatore are with the College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Tulsa. Michael Peercy and Bobby Saunkeah are with the Health Services Division, Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, Ada. Dannielle Branam and David Wharton are with the Health Services Division, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Talihina. Marilyn Winkleby is with the Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford…
Mental health, family functioning, and sleep in cultural context among American Indian/Alaska Native urban youth: A mixed methods analysis
Examination of neighborhood disadvantage and sleep in a multi-ethnic cohort of adolescents
Mental Health, Physical Health, and Cultural Characteristics Among American Indians/Alaska Natives Seeking Substance Use Treatment in an Urban Setting: A Descriptive Study
Long-term Associations Between Substance Use-Related Media Exposure, Descriptive Norms, and Alcohol Use from Adolescence to Young Adulthood
Voluntary After‐School Alcohol and Drug Programs for Middle School Youth: If You Build it Right , They Will Come
Few after-school programs target alcohol and other drug (AOD) use because it is difficult to encourage a diverse group of youth to voluntarily attend. The current study describes attendance at a voluntary after-school program called CHOICE, which targeted AOD use among middle school students. Over 4,000 students across eight schools completed surveys and 15% participated in CHOICE. Analyses indicated that there were some differences between CHOIC…
Voices of Identity: Exploring Identity Development and Transformation Among Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Emerging Adults
Emerging adulthood shapes personal, professional, and overall well-being through identity exploration. This study addresses a gap in the minority identity literature by investigating how urban AI/AN emerging adults think about their identity and discussing challenges and protective factors associated with exploring their identity holistically. This mixed-methods study created a sampling framework based on discrimination experiences, cultural iden…
How Do College Students Use Their Free Time? A Latent Profile Analysis of Leisure Activities and Substance Use
College is a critical period of transition to independence and the substantial amount of time that students have to participate in leisure activities may be conducive to substance use. However, little is known about the associations between leisure activities and substance use over time, or whether these associations differ by residential status (i.e., living with parents vs. on their own). Using latent profile analysis, this study found six dist…
Cross-Lagged Associations of Insecure Attachment Style, Alcohol Use, and Sexual Behavior During Emerging Adulthood
"Am I Not Native Enough?" A Qualitative Exploration of Experienced Discrimination Among American Indian/Alaska Native Emerging Adults
Risk and Resilience Factors in Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Youth during the Coronavirus Pandemic
American Indians and Alaska Natives suffer disproportionately from poverty and other inequities and are vulnerable to adverse health and socioeconomic effects of COVID-19. Using surveys and interviews (May-July 2020), we examined urban American Indian/Alaska Native adolescents' (N=50) health and behaviors, family dynamics, community cohesion, and traditional practice participation during COVID-19. About 20% of teens reported clinically significan…
Associations of Alcohol and Marijuana Use With Condom Use Among Young Adults: The Moderating Role of Partner Type
This study used multiple levels of analysis to examine associations of alcohol and marijuana (AM) use with condom use, including the moderating role of partner type, in a general sample of 754 sexually active young adults (mean age = 18.6, SD = 0.63; 77% non-White). Multivariable models examined associations over the past 30 days (global) and at the most recent sexual event (event specific). Over the past 30 days, participants who had a recent ca…
Intoxicated sexual risk taking: An expectancy or cognitive impairment explanation?
OBJECTIVE: Two experimental studies tested expectancy and impairment explanations for the association between alcohol consumption and unsafe sexual behaviors. METHOD: Young adults, who were administered alcohol (blood alcohol concentration mean = .08 mg%), placebo or water, rated the likelihood that potential consequences would result from risky sexual practices (Study 1, N = 161) and listed potential consequences that could result from having se…
Victimization from mental and physical bullying and substance use in early adolescence
A Pilot of a Tripartite Prevention Program for Homeless Young Women in the Transition to Adulthood
Multicultural web-based motivational interviewing for clients with a first-time DUI offense
Culturally and linguistically appropriate interventions are needed to reduce the risk of driving under the influence (DUI) recidivism among diverse populations. Using core elements of Motivational Interviewing, we developed a culturally relevant web-MI intervention (web-MI) in English and Spanish to serve as a standalone or adjunctive program in DUI educational settings and evaluated its feasibility and acceptability among clients with first-time…
Voluntary After‐School Alcohol and Drug Programs for Middle School Youth: If You Build it Right , They Will Come
Few after-school programs target alcohol and other drug (AOD) use because it is difficult to encourage a diverse group of youth to voluntarily attend. The current study describes attendance at a voluntary after-school program called CHOICE, which targeted AOD use among middle school students. Over 4,000 students across eight schools completed surveys and 15% participated in CHOICE. Analyses indicated that there were some differences between CHOIC…
Differences in substance use and substance use risk factors by Asian subgroups
The present study examined differences in lifetime use and initiation of substance use and associated risk factors for alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana among seven subgroups of Asian American (AA) adolescents: Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Mixed heritage Asian. Sixth and 7th grade AA adolescents in Southern California were surveyed five times over three academic years. We examined subgroup differences in (1) lifet…
Beyond Health Equity: Achieving Wellness Within American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
AffiliationsValarie Blue Bird Jernigan and Alicia L. Salvatore are with the College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Tulsa. Michael Peercy and Bobby Saunkeah are with the Health Services Division, Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, Ada. Dannielle Branam and David Wharton are with the Health Services Division, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Talihina. Marilyn Winkleby is with the Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford…
To educate or to incarcerate: Factors in disproportionality in school discipline
Examination of neighborhood disadvantage and sleep in a multi-ethnic cohort of adolescents
Associations of Alcohol and Marijuana Use With Condom Use Among Young Adults: The Moderating Role of Partner Type
This study used multiple levels of analysis to examine associations of alcohol and marijuana (AM) use with condom use, including the moderating role of partner type, in a general sample of 754 sexually active young adults (mean age = 18.6, SD = 0.63; 77% non-White). Multivariable models examined associations over the past 30 days (global) and at the most recent sexual event (event specific). Over the past 30 days, participants who had a recent ca…
Recruitment and Retention of Homeless Youth in a Substance Use and HIV-risk Reduction Program
Conducting intervention studies with homeless populations can be difficult, particularly in terms of retaining participants across multiple sessions and locating them for subsequent follow-up assessments. Homeless youth are even more challenging to engage due to substance use, mental health problems, wariness of authority figures, and frequent relocations. This article describes methods used to successfully recruit a sample of 200 homeless youth …
Substance Use Research with Indigenous Communities: Exploring and Extending Foundational Principles of Community Psychology
Highlights Indigenous Peoples are concerned with previous experience of substance use research as disempowering. Community psychology principles may inform ethical community‐driven substance use research. We explore these principles through seven Indigenous substance use studies across the U.S. and Canada. Indigenous substance use research reflects, expands, and challenges community psychology principles. We discuss implications for Indigenous su…
Long-term Associations Between Substance Use-Related Media Exposure, Descriptive Norms, and Alcohol Use from Adolescence to Young Adulthood
Unveiling an ‘invisible population: Health, substance use, sexual behavior, culture, and discrimination among urban American Indian/Alaska Native adolescents in California
Objectives: There are limited public health data on urban American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations, particularly adolescents. The current study attempted to address gaps by providing descriptive information on experiences of urban AI/AN adolescents across northern, central, and southern California. Design: We describe demographics and several behavioral health and cultural domains, including: alcohol and other drug (AOD) use, risky sexua…
Overt Perceived Discrimination and Racial Microaggressions and their Association with Health Risk Behaviors among a Sample of Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Adolescents
Changes in Cigarette, E-Cigarette, and Cannabis Use among U.S. College Students Studying Abroad
Background: Study abroad experiences among U.S. college students are risky environments for alcohol use; however little work has examined how studying abroad may affect other substance use. Purpose: This study assesses changes in frequency of cigarette, e-cigarette, and cannabis use among students studying abroad. Methods: We recruited study abroad students from 63 institutions who studied in the 12 most popular destinations; 2,086 students compl…
Sources of cannabis among young adults and associations with cannabis-related outcomes
Mental Health, Physical Health, and Cultural Characteristics Among American Indians/Alaska Natives Seeking Substance Use Treatment in an Urban Setting: A Descriptive Study
Risk and Resilience Factors in Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Youth during the Coronavirus Pandemic
American Indians and Alaska Natives suffer disproportionately from poverty and other inequities and are vulnerable to adverse health and socioeconomic effects of COVID-19. Using surveys and interviews (May-July 2020), we examined urban American Indian/Alaska Native adolescents' (N=50) health and behaviors, family dynamics, community cohesion, and traditional practice participation during COVID-19. About 20% of teens reported clinically significan…
Effects of homophobic name‐calling and verbal sexual harassment on substance use among young adults
Verbal aggression victimization, such as homophobic name‐calling, has been linked to heavier substance use among young people, but little longitudinal research has examined how different types of victimization may affect substance use or whether certain psychosocial factors moderate these risks. In a diverse cohort ( N = 2,663), latent transition analysis was used to model heterogeneity in victimization (age 19) and substance use (age 20). Four v…
Identifying as American Indian/Alaska Native in Urban Areas: Implications for Adolescent Behavioral Health and Well-Being
American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth exhibit multiple health disparities, including high rates of alcohol and other drug (AOD) use, violence and delinquency, and mental health problems. Approximately 70% of AI/AN youth reside in urban areas, where negative outcomes on behavioral health and well-being are often high. Identity development may be particularly complex in urban settings, where youth may face more fragmented and lower densit…
Alcohol and Cannabis Use Trajectories and Outcomes in a Sample of Hispanic, White, and Asian Sexual and Gender Minority Emerging Adults
Substance use disproportionately affects health and psychosocial outcomes for some racial/ethnic groups, but few longitudinal studies examine the extent to which sexual and gender minority (SGM) emerging adults of different racial/ethnic groups may experience disparities in outcomes at similar levels of alcohol or cannabis use. This study used five waves of annual survey data (spanning 2015 (average age 18) to 2020 (average age 23)) from an ongoi…
Neighborhood social environment change in late adolescence predicts substance use in emerging adulthood
Cross-Lagged Associations of Insecure Attachment Style, Alcohol Use, and Sexual Behavior During Emerging Adulthood
Mental health, family functioning, and sleep in cultural context among American Indian/Alaska Native urban youth: A mixed methods analysis
Psychology (41 works) · Medicine (33 works) · Psychiatry (31 works) · Clinical Psychology (24 works) · Gerontology (19 works) · Clinical Psychology (18 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (15 works) · Environmental health (14 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works)