Amie R Newins
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1731200 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Amie R Newins |
| PRENOMES | Amie R |
| SOBRENOME | Newins |
| ASSINATURA | NEWINS A R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Central Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4900-2424 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2017 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Alcohol-Specific Masculine Norms and Drinking Motives among College Men
Introduction: Researchers posit that adherence to traditional masculine norms can contribute to college men’s disproportionate risk for alcohol use and consequences; however, historically they have measured general masculine norms (e.g., winning, risk-taking) that are distal to alcohol use behaviors. Alcohol-specific masculine norms of excess (e.g., “A real man can drink a lot”) and control (e.g., “A real man knows when he has had enough to drink…
Motives to play drinking games and their unique associations with drinking game behaviors and consequences in a national sample of university students in the United States
Objective: Playing drinking games (DGs) is a common behavior among university students, which is concerning given that DG participation is related to more alcohol use/consequences. People’s motivations for playing DGs are associated with certain DG behavior patterns and negative consequences. However, few studies have accounted for general drinking motives and other key covariates when examining the unique associations between DG-specific motivat…
College stress, racial discrimination, and alcohol use outcomes among queer college students of color
The Impact of Alcohol-Specific and Traditional Masculine Norms on Drinking Game Behaviors
Playing a drinking game (DG) can provide a context for men to behave in accordance with endorsed masculine norms. Using a multisite college sample of emerging adult men ( n = 1142), we examined alcohol-specific masculine norms ( excess / control ) alongside traditional masculine norms and their relations to DG frequency and quantity, and the moderating effects of fraternity membership and hazardous drinking status on these associations. After adj…
Enhancing research engagement in MSW students by investigating social work majors’ adverse life events and mental health outcomes
Research literacy for graduate social work students may be enhanced by approaching the process of teaching research methods from an experiential learning perspective. This article provides an overview of an introductory MSW research course where students investigated adverse life events (ALEs) and their association with mental health outcomes in social work majors (N = 51). MSW students’ inquiry into ALEs helped to increase their understanding of…
Acculturation domains, drinking motives, and alcohol use and consequences among Asian American university students
Although Asian American (AA) college students tend to exhibit lower prevalence of heavy alcohol use compared to other racial/ethnic groups, excessive alcohol consumption within this population occurs. It has been suggested that U.S. acculturation may be associated with both alcohol use and negative alcohol consequences. Theory and research with other ethnic groups point to the importance of drinking motives in influencing alcohol consumption and …
Gender Minority Stress and Resilience Measure
Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals are more likely to experience mental health difficulties than cisgender individuals due to unique stressors related to their stigmatized gender identity and/or expression. This meta-analysis examined the associations between gender minority stressors and resilience factors, as measured by the Gender Minority Stress and Resilience Measure (GMSR; Testa et al., 2015), and two types of mental health sy…
Going it alone
OBJECTIVE: Perfectionism is linked to a variety of mental health conditions in university students. The Perfectionism Social Disconnection Model posits that perfectionistic individuals exhibit off-putting interpersonal behaviors (i.e., rejection sensitivity and hostility), which lead to social disconnection, and in turn contribute to psychological distress. Although several longitudinal studies have found that social disconnection mediates the li…
Nurturing a College-Going Identity in Black Emerging Adults
This qualitative study explored Black college students’ perceptions of developing their postsecondary motivation and aspirations via in-depth qualitative interviews ( N = 14). Use of the grounded theory method produced a three-stage developmental process for nurturing a college-going identity that aligned with the initial phases of the plant life growth cycle. The initial phase for participants occurred during their childhood, with parents planti…
Social Anxiety, Pregaming Motives/Behaviors, and Negative Alcohol Consequences Among a Multisite Sample of University Students
Social anxiety symptoms may increase risk for heavy drinking and alcohol-related negative consequences during pregaming (drinking before a social event); efforts to identify malleable psychosocial risk factors are needed. This study examined cross-sectional relationships between social anxiety symptoms, pregaming behaviors, negative alcohol-related consequences, and pregaming-specific motives, moderated by gender. Undergraduates who endorsed curr…
Improving Mental Health Knowledge and Reducing Mental Health Stigma Among Public Safety Personnel
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a brief psychoeducation training program in reducing mental health stigma, both toward others and oneself, among public safety personnel, while also comparing the relative effectiveness of in-person and online training modalities. In total, 1686 public safety personnel in Florida received psychoeducation on the mental health impacts of public safety work. Participants completed pre- and post-training ques…
A replication and extension of the factor structure of the Masculine Drinking Norms Measure (MDNM) and associations with drinking behaviors in a multisite sample of college men
Gender-specific norms are learned, which can influence social norms, attitudes, and behaviors in specific situations. For example, men who conform to certain masculine norms/ideals may express their masculinity by drinking alcohol. Recent research indicates that endorsement of alcohol-specific masculine norms is mixed when predicting men's risk for heavy consumption and adverse alcohol-related outcomes. Using a large, college sample of self-ident…
Conformity to masculine norms and its association with drinking behaviors and alcohol-related consequences among adult men
After the fall
In June 2021, a condominium in Florida collapsed, with the loss of 98 lives. Search and rescue teams spent 2 weeks, recovering the victims. This study's objective was to assess the presence of psychological symptoms that might emerge in the following months, using the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), Patient Health Questionnaire−9 (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder – 7 (GAD-7), Suicide Cognitions Scale-Short (SCS-S), and the Insomnia Severity…
Utility of the Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire-Drinking Game (B-Yaacq-DG) scale in screening hazardous alcohol use among university student drinking gamers in the United States
Background Many young adults who are enrolled in a university play drinking games (DG), a risky drinking practice that is known to facilitate heavy alcohol consumption. DG participation is associated with increased risk for harm and as such, identifying university students at risk for experiencing DG harms is key. Standardized instruments designed to assess DG behavior and related outcomes are limited by having no established cutoffs to identify …
There are worse things and others to blame
Objective To adapt an existing measure of underage drinking disengagement among adolescents for use with university students and establish convergent validity.Method University students who drank or used a substance in the past month (n = 893) from 12 U.S. universities (Mage=19.48, age range 18–25; White = 74.1%; Female = 68.1%) completed an online survey as part of a larger study assessing their attitudes toward underage drinking on campus (adap…
Masculine drinking norms and alcohol use in a national sample of NCAA male student-athletes
A move from assessing general masculine norms toward alcohol-specific masculine norms can further researchers' and practitioners' knowledge of masculine norms and their link to drinking behaviors, and enhance the application of masculine norms in alcohol intervention and prevention programs
The Role of Gender, Sexual Assault History, and Sexism in Endorsement of Rape Myths Among College Students
The present study examined the roles of sexual victimization history, sexism toward women, and sexism toward men in the gender difference in rape myth acceptance. The data were obtained from 2,011 male and female college students who completed an online survey. The results suggested that gender had a significant indirect effect on rape myth acceptance via sexual assault history and several forms of sexist beliefs. The findings supported the impor…
Sexual assault disclosure among sexual minority individuals
A randomized trial of a brief behavioral health lifestyle program for outpatient cardiology clinics
Research on lifestyle programs for patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) has largely recruited from hospitals and/or recruited following acute coronary syndrome. By contrast, this study evaluated a 3-session behavioral health program for patients with stable CAD treated in an outpatient cardiology clinic. Thirty-three patients were randomized to the behavioral lifestyle intervention or to Treatment as Usual (TAU). A priori feasibility and a…
Coping Motivated Alcohol Use
Background: Social anxiety has been associated with higher rates of negative alcohol use consequences, and this relationship appears to be accounted for by coping drinking motives. Dissociation is commonly present in anxiety disorders, including social anxiety disorder, and may serve to unconsciously reduce negative emotions when more effortful coping strategies are not effective. Objectives: The present study examined whether the relationship be…
The Effect of Social Anxiety on the Risk of Sexual Victimization via Assertiveness in an Ethnically Diverse Sample
Preliminary evidence suggests social anxiety may increase the risk of sexual victimization via decreased sexual assertiveness. A sample of 2,043 undergraduate students completed an online survey. Analyses of moderated indirect effects examined whether gender or ethnicity moderated the indirect effect of social anxiety on sexual victimization via sexual assertiveness. No moderation effects were found, but the indirect effect of social anxiety on s…
Does sexual orientation moderate the relationship between posttraumatic cognitions and mental health outcomes following sexual assault
Individuals who identify as sexual minorities experience higher rates of traumatic events and higher rates of psychological distress than individuals who identify as heterosexual. The purpose of the current study was to examine if sexual orientation moderates the relationship between posttraumatic cognitions and psychological outcomes following sexual assault. College students (n = 393) who experienced a sexual assault since the age of 14 complet…
Higher rates of unacknowledged rape among men
Title IX sexual violence reporting requirements
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how university employees' and students' understandings of Title IX may affect both students' disclosure of victimization and perpetration and employees' reporting to Title IX coordinators. Design/methodology/approach Study 1 surveyed 114 university employees about their knowledge of Title IX and what it requires of them. Study 2 surveyed 845 students to determine their knowledge of and opinions abou…
Higher rates of unacknowledged rape among men
A replication and extension of the factor structure of the Masculine Drinking Norms Measure (MDNM) and associations with drinking behaviors in a multisite sample of college men
Gender-specific norms are learned, which can influence social norms, attitudes, and behaviors in specific situations. For example, men who conform to certain masculine norms/ideals may express their masculinity by drinking alcohol. Recent research indicates that endorsement of alcohol-specific masculine norms is mixed when predicting men's risk for heavy consumption and adverse alcohol-related outcomes. Using a large, college sample of self-ident…
Conformity to masculine norms and its association with drinking behaviors and alcohol-related consequences among adult men
Masculine drinking norms and alcohol use in a national sample of NCAA male student-athletes
A move from assessing general masculine norms toward alcohol-specific masculine norms can further researchers' and practitioners' knowledge of masculine norms and their link to drinking behaviors, and enhance the application of masculine norms in alcohol intervention and prevention programs
The Role of Gender, Sexual Assault History, and Sexism in Endorsement of Rape Myths Among College Students
The present study examined the roles of sexual victimization history, sexism toward women, and sexism toward men in the gender difference in rape myth acceptance. The data were obtained from 2,011 male and female college students who completed an online survey. The results suggested that gender had a significant indirect effect on rape myth acceptance via sexual assault history and several forms of sexist beliefs. The findings supported the impor…
Title IX sexual violence reporting requirements
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how university employees' and students' understandings of Title IX may affect both students' disclosure of victimization and perpetration and employees' reporting to Title IX coordinators. Design/methodology/approach Study 1 surveyed 114 university employees about their knowledge of Title IX and what it requires of them. Study 2 surveyed 845 students to determine their knowledge of and opinions abou…
Higher rates of unacknowledged rape among men
Does sexual orientation moderate the relationship between posttraumatic cognitions and mental health outcomes following sexual assault
Individuals who identify as sexual minorities experience higher rates of traumatic events and higher rates of psychological distress than individuals who identify as heterosexual. The purpose of the current study was to examine if sexual orientation moderates the relationship between posttraumatic cognitions and psychological outcomes following sexual assault. College students (n = 393) who experienced a sexual assault since the age of 14 complet…
Coping Motivated Alcohol Use
Background: Social anxiety has been associated with higher rates of negative alcohol use consequences, and this relationship appears to be accounted for by coping drinking motives. Dissociation is commonly present in anxiety disorders, including social anxiety disorder, and may serve to unconsciously reduce negative emotions when more effortful coping strategies are not effective. Objectives: The present study examined whether the relationship be…
The Effect of Social Anxiety on the Risk of Sexual Victimization via Assertiveness in an Ethnically Diverse Sample
Preliminary evidence suggests social anxiety may increase the risk of sexual victimization via decreased sexual assertiveness. A sample of 2,043 undergraduate students completed an online survey. Analyses of moderated indirect effects examined whether gender or ethnicity moderated the indirect effect of social anxiety on sexual victimization via sexual assertiveness. No moderation effects were found, but the indirect effect of social anxiety on s…
Sexual assault disclosure among sexual minority individuals
A randomized trial of a brief behavioral health lifestyle program for outpatient cardiology clinics
Research on lifestyle programs for patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) has largely recruited from hospitals and/or recruited following acute coronary syndrome. By contrast, this study evaluated a 3-session behavioral health program for patients with stable CAD treated in an outpatient cardiology clinic. Thirty-three patients were randomized to the behavioral lifestyle intervention or to Treatment as Usual (TAU). A priori feasibility and a…
After the fall
In June 2021, a condominium in Florida collapsed, with the loss of 98 lives. Search and rescue teams spent 2 weeks, recovering the victims. This study's objective was to assess the presence of psychological symptoms that might emerge in the following months, using the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), Patient Health Questionnaire−9 (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder – 7 (GAD-7), Suicide Cognitions Scale-Short (SCS-S), and the Insomnia Severity…
Utility of the Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire-Drinking Game (B-Yaacq-DG) scale in screening hazardous alcohol use among university student drinking gamers in the United States
Background Many young adults who are enrolled in a university play drinking games (DG), a risky drinking practice that is known to facilitate heavy alcohol consumption. DG participation is associated with increased risk for harm and as such, identifying university students at risk for experiencing DG harms is key. Standardized instruments designed to assess DG behavior and related outcomes are limited by having no established cutoffs to identify …
There are worse things and others to blame
Objective To adapt an existing measure of underage drinking disengagement among adolescents for use with university students and establish convergent validity.Method University students who drank or used a substance in the past month (n = 893) from 12 U.S. universities (Mage=19.48, age range 18–25; White = 74.1%; Female = 68.1%) completed an online survey as part of a larger study assessing their attitudes toward underage drinking on campus (adap…
Masculine drinking norms and alcohol use in a national sample of NCAA male student-athletes
A move from assessing general masculine norms toward alcohol-specific masculine norms can further researchers' and practitioners' knowledge of masculine norms and their link to drinking behaviors, and enhance the application of masculine norms in alcohol intervention and prevention programs
The Role of Gender, Sexual Assault History, and Sexism in Endorsement of Rape Myths Among College Students
The present study examined the roles of sexual victimization history, sexism toward women, and sexism toward men in the gender difference in rape myth acceptance. The data were obtained from 2,011 male and female college students who completed an online survey. The results suggested that gender had a significant indirect effect on rape myth acceptance via sexual assault history and several forms of sexist beliefs. The findings supported the impor…
Gender Minority Stress and Resilience Measure
Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals are more likely to experience mental health difficulties than cisgender individuals due to unique stressors related to their stigmatized gender identity and/or expression. This meta-analysis examined the associations between gender minority stressors and resilience factors, as measured by the Gender Minority Stress and Resilience Measure (GMSR; Testa et al., 2015), and two types of mental health sy…
Going it alone
OBJECTIVE: Perfectionism is linked to a variety of mental health conditions in university students. The Perfectionism Social Disconnection Model posits that perfectionistic individuals exhibit off-putting interpersonal behaviors (i.e., rejection sensitivity and hostility), which lead to social disconnection, and in turn contribute to psychological distress. Although several longitudinal studies have found that social disconnection mediates the li…
Nurturing a College-Going Identity in Black Emerging Adults
This qualitative study explored Black college students’ perceptions of developing their postsecondary motivation and aspirations via in-depth qualitative interviews ( N = 14). Use of the grounded theory method produced a three-stage developmental process for nurturing a college-going identity that aligned with the initial phases of the plant life growth cycle. The initial phase for participants occurred during their childhood, with parents planti…
Social Anxiety, Pregaming Motives/Behaviors, and Negative Alcohol Consequences Among a Multisite Sample of University Students
Social anxiety symptoms may increase risk for heavy drinking and alcohol-related negative consequences during pregaming (drinking before a social event); efforts to identify malleable psychosocial risk factors are needed. This study examined cross-sectional relationships between social anxiety symptoms, pregaming behaviors, negative alcohol-related consequences, and pregaming-specific motives, moderated by gender. Undergraduates who endorsed curr…
Improving Mental Health Knowledge and Reducing Mental Health Stigma Among Public Safety Personnel
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a brief psychoeducation training program in reducing mental health stigma, both toward others and oneself, among public safety personnel, while also comparing the relative effectiveness of in-person and online training modalities. In total, 1686 public safety personnel in Florida received psychoeducation on the mental health impacts of public safety work. Participants completed pre- and post-training ques…
A replication and extension of the factor structure of the Masculine Drinking Norms Measure (MDNM) and associations with drinking behaviors in a multisite sample of college men
Gender-specific norms are learned, which can influence social norms, attitudes, and behaviors in specific situations. For example, men who conform to certain masculine norms/ideals may express their masculinity by drinking alcohol. Recent research indicates that endorsement of alcohol-specific masculine norms is mixed when predicting men's risk for heavy consumption and adverse alcohol-related outcomes. Using a large, college sample of self-ident…
Conformity to masculine norms and its association with drinking behaviors and alcohol-related consequences among adult men
The Impact of Alcohol-Specific and Traditional Masculine Norms on Drinking Game Behaviors
Playing a drinking game (DG) can provide a context for men to behave in accordance with endorsed masculine norms. Using a multisite college sample of emerging adult men ( n = 1142), we examined alcohol-specific masculine norms ( excess / control ) alongside traditional masculine norms and their relations to DG frequency and quantity, and the moderating effects of fraternity membership and hazardous drinking status on these associations. After adj…
Enhancing research engagement in MSW students by investigating social work majors’ adverse life events and mental health outcomes
Research literacy for graduate social work students may be enhanced by approaching the process of teaching research methods from an experiential learning perspective. This article provides an overview of an introductory MSW research course where students investigated adverse life events (ALEs) and their association with mental health outcomes in social work majors (N = 51). MSW students’ inquiry into ALEs helped to increase their understanding of…
Acculturation domains, drinking motives, and alcohol use and consequences among Asian American university students
Although Asian American (AA) college students tend to exhibit lower prevalence of heavy alcohol use compared to other racial/ethnic groups, excessive alcohol consumption within this population occurs. It has been suggested that U.S. acculturation may be associated with both alcohol use and negative alcohol consequences. Theory and research with other ethnic groups point to the importance of drinking motives in influencing alcohol consumption and …
Alcohol-Specific Masculine Norms and Drinking Motives among College Men
Introduction: Researchers posit that adherence to traditional masculine norms can contribute to college men’s disproportionate risk for alcohol use and consequences; however, historically they have measured general masculine norms (e.g., winning, risk-taking) that are distal to alcohol use behaviors. Alcohol-specific masculine norms of excess (e.g., “A real man can drink a lot”) and control (e.g., “A real man knows when he has had enough to drink…
Motives to play drinking games and their unique associations with drinking game behaviors and consequences in a national sample of university students in the United States
Objective: Playing drinking games (DGs) is a common behavior among university students, which is concerning given that DG participation is related to more alcohol use/consequences. People’s motivations for playing DGs are associated with certain DG behavior patterns and negative consequences. However, few studies have accounted for general drinking motives and other key covariates when examining the unique associations between DG-specific motivat…
College stress, racial discrimination, and alcohol use outcomes among queer college students of color
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