Kaitlin E Bountress

Biographic Data

ID9657067
NAMEKaitlin E Bountress
GIVEN NAMESKaitlin E
FAMILY NAMEBountress
SIGNATUREBOUNTRESS K E
AFFILIATIONSVirginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Depressive symptoms, avoidant coping, and alcohol use

    Open AccessCarla Kmett Danielson, Austin M Hahn et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2024

    Trauma exposure and alcohol use often co-occur. Unveiling predictors of drinking behavior, including among those with varying levels of trauma exposure, can inform behavioral health prevention and treatment efforts in at-risk populations. The current study examined associations between depressive symptoms, avoidant coping, gender, and alcohol use among emerging adults with and without trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Part…

  • A longitudinal mediational investigation of risk pathways among cannabis use, interpersonal trauma exposure, and trauma-related distress

    Open AccessTerrell A Hicks, Kaitlin E Bountre et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2022

    Both the self-medication and high-risk hypotheses were supported. Findings support a bidirectional causal relationship between cannabis use and trauma-related phenotypes. Additionally, results highlight areas for colleges to intervene among students to help reduce cannabis use and create a safer environment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

  • Longitudinal Examination of the Impact of Resilience and Stressful Life Events on Alcohol Use Disorder Outcomes

    Christina M Sheerin, Kaitlin E Bountre et al.ARTICLESubstance Use & Misuse2021

    Background: Stressful life events (SLEs) are a risk factor for alcohol use problems, and there is a need for identification of factors that may offset this risk. Resilience is uniquely, inversely associated with alcohol use, but there remains a dearth of research examining the buffering effect of resilience toward alcohol use problems in the context of SLEs. Objectives: This study used prospective data from an epidemiological twin sample (N = 744…

  • The longitudinal buffering effects of resilience on alcohol use outcomes

    Open AccessShannon E Cusack, Kaitlin E Bountre et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2021

    Findings suggest resilience as an important protective factor in relation to the development of AUD symptoms after exposure to a TE, though perhaps less so in relation to consumption. Findings are consistent with prior work demonstrating that AUD symptoms are more clinically relevant than consumption in this population. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

  • Gene Expression Differences Between Young Adults Based on Trauma History and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

    Open AccessKaitlin E Bountre, Kaitlin E Bountress et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2021

    Background: The purpose of this study was to identify gene expression differences associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and trauma exposure (TE) in a three-group study design comprised of those with and without trauma exposure and PTSD. Methods: We conducted gene expression and gene network analyses in a sample ( n = 45) composed of female subjects of European Ancestry (EA) with PTSD, TE without PTSD, and controls. Results: We ide…

  • Caregiver support buffers posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms following a natural disaster in relation to binge drinking

    Open AccessTerrell A Hicks, Kaitlin E Bountre et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2020

    Findings suggest that PTSD symptomatology is one mechanism by which prior trauma can impact binge drinking among adolescents following exposure to a natural disaster. Caregiver support can serve as a buffer for reducing PTSD symptomatology related to the severity of a natural disaster, which can decrease the likelihood of adolescent binge drinking. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

  • Impact of disaster exposure severity

    Open AccessKaitlin E Bountre, Kaitlin E Bountress et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2020Cited by: 5References: 51

  • Reducing Heavy Episodic Drinking, Incapacitation, and Alcohol-Induced Blackouts

    Open AccessAmanda K Gilmore, Kaitlin E Bountre et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2018References: 2

    Heavy episodic drinking, alcohol-induced blackouts, and incapacitation are associated with sexual assault among college women. Therefore, reducing heavy episodic drinking, alcohol-induced blackouts, and incapacitation among college women may reduce sexual assault victimization risk. The current study examined the indirect effect of a combined alcohol use and sexual assault risk reduction program on sexual assault severity through heavy episodic d…

  • Reducing sexual risk behaviors

    Kaitlin Bountress, Kaitlin E Bountress et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2017

    These findings suggest that alcohol interventions may impact college women's beliefs but not behavior, and future interventions should more explicitly target both alcohol and sexual risk to decrease risky behaviors