Marcia J Ash

Biographic Data

ID906007
NAMEMarcia J Ash
GIVEN NAMESMarcia J
FAMILY NAMEAsh
SIGNATUREASH M J
AFFILIATIONSEmory University
ORCID0000-0002-8946-1828
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Mental Health Supports Among Black Perinatal Women

    Open AccessMarcia J Ash, Briana Woods-Jaeger et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2026

  • Economic insecurity and depression among youth of color during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessTasfia Jahangir, Marcia J Ash et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Although the pandemic intensified acute stressors, these findings highlight deeper, long-standing structural inequities that contribute to the mental health challenges of youth of color and remain relevant in the post-pandemic period. The personal salience of COVID-related financial strain may have had a particularly strong psychological link during this period. Accordingly, we discuss implications for clinical, community, and policy intervention…

  • A mixed-method evaluation of implementation determinants for chaplain intervention in a hospital setting

    Open AccessJennifer S Mascaro, Marianne P Florian et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Care Chaplaincy2024

    Healthcare chaplains address broad social and emotional dimensions of care within a pluralistic religious landscape. Although the development and evaluation of chaplaincy interventions has advanced the field, little research has investigated factors influencing the implementation of new chaplain interventions. In this mixed-method study, we examined attitudes about evidence-based interventions held by chaplain residents (n = 39) at the outset of …

  • Compassion Meditation Training for Hospital Chaplain Residents

    Marcia J Ash, Elizabeth Reisinger Walker et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Care Chaplaincy2021

    This study examines the effectiveness of incorporating compassion meditation training into a clinical pastoral education (CPE) curriculum to enhance compassion satisfaction and reduce burnout among hospital chaplain residents. Specifically, a longitudinal, quasi-experimental design was used to examine the impact of Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT), a group-delivered compassion meditation intervention. Hospital chaplain residents (n = …

  • Incivility Is Associated with Burnout and Reduced Compassion Satisfaction

    Open AccessJennifer S Mascaro, P K Palmer et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    While oncology clinical research coordinators (CRCs) experience a combination of factors that are thought to put them at increased risk for burnout, very little research has been conducted to understand the risk factors associated with burnout among CRCs. We used a mixed-method approach, including self-report questionnaires to assess burnout and compassion satisfaction, as well as individual and interpersonal variables hypothesized to impact CRC …

  • A model for cognitively-based compassion training

    Open AccessMarcia J Ash, Marcia Ash et al.ARTICLESocial Theory & Health2019Cited by: 3References: 11

    Across cultures and belief systems, compassion is widely considered to be beneficial for the development of personal and social wellbeing. Research indicates that compassion-training programs have broad health benefits, but how and why compassion-training programs are effective is still relatively unknown. This paper describes the theoretical underpinnings of a specific compassion-training program, CBCT ® (Cognitively-Based Compassion Training), …