Alison C Mcleish
Biographic Data
| ID | 90532 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison C Mcleish |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison C |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcleish |
| SIGNATURE | MCLEISH A C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Louisville |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4243-8786 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Internalizing symptoms associated with nicotine and THC vaping and poly-product use among youth and young adults
Emotion Dysregulation and E-Cigarette Expectancies among College Student E-Cigarette Users
Background: E-cigarette outcome expectancies (i.e., beliefs about the expected consequences of e-cigarette use) are a key factor in motivating use. Emotion regulation difficulties have demonstrated significant associations with outcome expectancies; however, there has yet to be an examination of associations between specific emotion regulation difficulties and specific e-cigarette outcome expectancies, which could serve as targets for interventio…
E-Cigarette Use Behavior and Expectancies Among Sexual Minority and Heterosexual College Student E-Cigarette Users
Background: College students who identify as a sexual minority (i.e., lesbian, gay, bisexual, or other sexual orientation) are at higher risk for e-cigarette use than their heterosexual or “straight” peers. However, little is known about factors, such as e-cigarette outcome expectancies, that might influence these differences in prevalence rates. Therefore, the current study examined differences between heterosexual and sexual minority college st…
Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Cardiometabolic Diseases: A Systematic Review
Lifestyle Factors and Associations with Individual and Comorbid Cardiometabolic and Pulmonary Disease Among U.S. Adults
Lifestyle factors were associated with increased odds of individual and comorbid CMD and PD among adults. CMD and PD prevention should involve promoting lifestyle modification and implementation of policies that eliminate structural barriers to healthy lifestyle adoption
Intolerance of Uncertainty, Negative Reinforcement Alcohol Use Motives, and Hazardous Drinking in College Students with Clinically Elevated Worry
Background: Hazardous drinking has remained high for college students in recent years, and individuals who endorse drinking to cope with emotional distress or to conform socially report higher levels of alcohol use. Intolerance of uncertainty, a core process underlying generalized anxiety disorder, has been linked to negative reinforcement drinking motives; however, no research, to date, has examined the role of intolerance of uncertainty in term…
The Role of Perceived Neighborhood Cohesion in the Association between Depressive Symptoms and Cigarette Smoking
Background Greater depression has been linked to increased smoking rates. However, the mechanisms underlying this association are not fully understood. It is possible that high perceived neighborhood cohesion may serve as one such mechanism given its associations with decreased depression and smoking. Having increased levels of depression likely impacts one’s perceptions of neighborhood cohesion, which could lead to further increases in depressio…
College Student E-Cigarette Users’ Knowledge about E-Cigarettes: Ingredients, Health Risks, Device Modifications, and Information Sources
Although college students represent a growing demographic of e-cigarette users, it is unclear how knowledgeable they are about the product they use. The lack of such knowledge could result in unsafe practices and greater health risks. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to examine college student e-cigarette users' knowledge about e-cigarette ingredients and health risks, how often they modify their devices, and whether they utilize r…
Anxiety Sensitivity and Emotion Dysregulation in Dual and Exclusive E-Cigarette Users
Background: E-cigarette use has increased exponentially over the past decade, particularly among current combustible cigarette users. Preliminary evidence has demonstrated differences across exclusive and dual e-cigarette/combustible cigarette users, such that dual users represent a more clinically severe group. Yet, the extent to which these groups differ on critical transdiagnostic risk factors that may promote and maintain nicotine dependence,…
Partner Assisted Smoking Cessation Treatment: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Background: Partner Assisted Smoking Cessation Treatment (PACT) was designed to improve smoking abstinence rates by integrating evidence-based relationship education strategies to build effective couple support into standard cognitive behavioral smoking cessation treatment (CBT). Methods: This small randomized clinical trial examined the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of PACT versus CBT in improving couple support processes and smoking …
Emotional Nonacceptance and Anxiety Sensitivity in Relation to Anxious Arousal, Social Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms Among African American Young Adults
Past work suggests African American college students may be a segment of the college population at heightened risk for anxiety and depressive symptoms; however, there remains an overarching need to broaden our understanding of individual difference variables that may be related to adverse emotional states. The purpose of the present study was to test a theoretically driven interactive model of two individual difference variables (anxiety sensitiv…
Emotion regulation difficulties and posttraumatic stress disorder symptom cluster severity among trauma-exposed college students
The present investigation examined the role of emotion regulation difficulties in predicting severity of the 3 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom clusters (i.e., reexperiencing, hyperarousal, avoidance) in a sample of undergraduates who reported exposure to at least 1 DSM-IV-TR Criterion A traumatic event (n = 297; 77.1% female, Mage = 20.46, SD = 4.64, range = 18-50 years). Results indicated that greater difficulties with emotional acc…
Relative Importance of Emotional Dysregulation, Hostility, and Impulsiveness in Predicting Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrated by Men in Alcohol Treatment
The current study employs dominance analysis to assess the relative importance of three constructs—hostility, impulsiveness, and emotional dysregulation (difficulties managing one’s emotions when experiencing negative emotion or distress)—in explaining psychological, physical, and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration by men seeking alcohol treatment. A sample of 121 predominantly White, heterosexual men (average age 33.28, range = …
Asthma and its relation to smoking behavior and cessation motives among adult daily smokers
Despite the negative effects of smoking on lung functioning and overall health, smoking is more prevalent among individuals with asthma compared to those without asthma. The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive ability of asthma diagnosis in terms of smoking behavior and reasons for quitting. Participants were 251 regular daily smokers: 125 smokers with self-reported, physician-diagnosed asthma and 126 smokers without asthma. Asthm…
The Role of Anxiety Sensitivity in terms of Asthma Control: A Pilot Test among Young Adult Asthmatics
The aim of the present pilot investigation was to examine the role of specific subfactors of anxiety sensitivity (physical, cognitive, and social concerns) in terms of asthma control among a young adult sample ( N = 56; M age = 20.0; SD = 3.9; Range = 18-45 years). Results indicated that, after controlling for gender, cigarette smoking status, and negative affectivity, the physical concerns factor of anxiety sensitivity, relative to cognitive and…
Asthma and cigarette smoking in a representative sample of adults
The current study examined the association between asthma and both smoking and nicotine dependence in the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication (NCS-R) as well as the temporal patterning between smoking and asthma onset ( N = 5692; 53% female; Mage = 45.01, SD = 17.9). Results indicated lifetime history of daily smoking and nicotine dependence were both significantly associated with asthma diagnosis and half of individuals with asthma reported …
Emotional Nonacceptance and Anxiety Sensitivity in Relation to Anxious Arousal, Social Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms Among African American Young Adults
Past work suggests African American college students may be a segment of the college population at heightened risk for anxiety and depressive symptoms; however, there remains an overarching need to broaden our understanding of individual difference variables that may be related to adverse emotional states. The purpose of the present study was to test a theoretically driven interactive model of two individual difference variables (anxiety sensitiv…
The Role of Anxiety Sensitivity in terms of Asthma Control: A Pilot Test among Young Adult Asthmatics
The aim of the present pilot investigation was to examine the role of specific subfactors of anxiety sensitivity (physical, cognitive, and social concerns) in terms of asthma control among a young adult sample ( N = 56; M age = 20.0; SD = 3.9; Range = 18-45 years). Results indicated that, after controlling for gender, cigarette smoking status, and negative affectivity, the physical concerns factor of anxiety sensitivity, relative to cognitive and…
The Role of Anxiety Sensitivity in terms of Asthma Control: A Pilot Test among Young Adult Asthmatics
The aim of the present pilot investigation was to examine the role of specific subfactors of anxiety sensitivity (physical, cognitive, and social concerns) in terms of asthma control among a young adult sample ( N = 56; M age = 20.0; SD = 3.9; Range = 18-45 years). Results indicated that, after controlling for gender, cigarette smoking status, and negative affectivity, the physical concerns factor of anxiety sensitivity, relative to cognitive and…
Asthma and cigarette smoking in a representative sample of adults
The current study examined the association between asthma and both smoking and nicotine dependence in the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication (NCS-R) as well as the temporal patterning between smoking and asthma onset ( N = 5692; 53% female; Mage = 45.01, SD = 17.9). Results indicated lifetime history of daily smoking and nicotine dependence were both significantly associated with asthma diagnosis and half of individuals with asthma reported …
Relative Importance of Emotional Dysregulation, Hostility, and Impulsiveness in Predicting Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrated by Men in Alcohol Treatment
The current study employs dominance analysis to assess the relative importance of three constructs—hostility, impulsiveness, and emotional dysregulation (difficulties managing one’s emotions when experiencing negative emotion or distress)—in explaining psychological, physical, and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration by men seeking alcohol treatment. A sample of 121 predominantly White, heterosexual men (average age 33.28, range = …
Asthma and its relation to smoking behavior and cessation motives among adult daily smokers
Despite the negative effects of smoking on lung functioning and overall health, smoking is more prevalent among individuals with asthma compared to those without asthma. The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive ability of asthma diagnosis in terms of smoking behavior and reasons for quitting. Participants were 251 regular daily smokers: 125 smokers with self-reported, physician-diagnosed asthma and 126 smokers without asthma. Asthm…
Emotion regulation difficulties and posttraumatic stress disorder symptom cluster severity among trauma-exposed college students
The present investigation examined the role of emotion regulation difficulties in predicting severity of the 3 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom clusters (i.e., reexperiencing, hyperarousal, avoidance) in a sample of undergraduates who reported exposure to at least 1 DSM-IV-TR Criterion A traumatic event (n = 297; 77.1% female, Mage = 20.46, SD = 4.64, range = 18-50 years). Results indicated that greater difficulties with emotional acc…
Emotional Nonacceptance and Anxiety Sensitivity in Relation to Anxious Arousal, Social Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms Among African American Young Adults
Past work suggests African American college students may be a segment of the college population at heightened risk for anxiety and depressive symptoms; however, there remains an overarching need to broaden our understanding of individual difference variables that may be related to adverse emotional states. The purpose of the present study was to test a theoretically driven interactive model of two individual difference variables (anxiety sensitiv…
Partner Assisted Smoking Cessation Treatment: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Background: Partner Assisted Smoking Cessation Treatment (PACT) was designed to improve smoking abstinence rates by integrating evidence-based relationship education strategies to build effective couple support into standard cognitive behavioral smoking cessation treatment (CBT). Methods: This small randomized clinical trial examined the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of PACT versus CBT in improving couple support processes and smoking …
Anxiety Sensitivity and Emotion Dysregulation in Dual and Exclusive E-Cigarette Users
Background: E-cigarette use has increased exponentially over the past decade, particularly among current combustible cigarette users. Preliminary evidence has demonstrated differences across exclusive and dual e-cigarette/combustible cigarette users, such that dual users represent a more clinically severe group. Yet, the extent to which these groups differ on critical transdiagnostic risk factors that may promote and maintain nicotine dependence,…
College Student E-Cigarette Users’ Knowledge about E-Cigarettes: Ingredients, Health Risks, Device Modifications, and Information Sources
Although college students represent a growing demographic of e-cigarette users, it is unclear how knowledgeable they are about the product they use. The lack of such knowledge could result in unsafe practices and greater health risks. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to examine college student e-cigarette users' knowledge about e-cigarette ingredients and health risks, how often they modify their devices, and whether they utilize r…
Intolerance of Uncertainty, Negative Reinforcement Alcohol Use Motives, and Hazardous Drinking in College Students with Clinically Elevated Worry
Background: Hazardous drinking has remained high for college students in recent years, and individuals who endorse drinking to cope with emotional distress or to conform socially report higher levels of alcohol use. Intolerance of uncertainty, a core process underlying generalized anxiety disorder, has been linked to negative reinforcement drinking motives; however, no research, to date, has examined the role of intolerance of uncertainty in term…
The Role of Perceived Neighborhood Cohesion in the Association between Depressive Symptoms and Cigarette Smoking
Background Greater depression has been linked to increased smoking rates. However, the mechanisms underlying this association are not fully understood. It is possible that high perceived neighborhood cohesion may serve as one such mechanism given its associations with decreased depression and smoking. Having increased levels of depression likely impacts one’s perceptions of neighborhood cohesion, which could lead to further increases in depressio…
Emotion Dysregulation and E-Cigarette Expectancies among College Student E-Cigarette Users
Background: E-cigarette outcome expectancies (i.e., beliefs about the expected consequences of e-cigarette use) are a key factor in motivating use. Emotion regulation difficulties have demonstrated significant associations with outcome expectancies; however, there has yet to be an examination of associations between specific emotion regulation difficulties and specific e-cigarette outcome expectancies, which could serve as targets for interventio…
E-Cigarette Use Behavior and Expectancies Among Sexual Minority and Heterosexual College Student E-Cigarette Users
Background: College students who identify as a sexual minority (i.e., lesbian, gay, bisexual, or other sexual orientation) are at higher risk for e-cigarette use than their heterosexual or “straight” peers. However, little is known about factors, such as e-cigarette outcome expectancies, that might influence these differences in prevalence rates. Therefore, the current study examined differences between heterosexual and sexual minority college st…
Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Cardiometabolic Diseases: A Systematic Review
Lifestyle Factors and Associations with Individual and Comorbid Cardiometabolic and Pulmonary Disease Among U.S. Adults
Lifestyle factors were associated with increased odds of individual and comorbid CMD and PD among adults. CMD and PD prevention should involve promoting lifestyle modification and implementation of policies that eliminate structural barriers to healthy lifestyle adoption
Internalizing symptoms associated with nicotine and THC vaping and poly-product use among youth and young adults
Medicine (13 works) · Psychiatry (12 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (8 works) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (7 works) · Internal Medicine (6 works) · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (5 works) · Cigarette smoking (5 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works)