Jessica Fitts Willoughby
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1741489 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Jessica Fitts Willoughby |
| PRENOMES | Jessica Fitts |
| SOBRENOME | Willoughby |
| ASSINATURA | WILLOUGHBY J F |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Washington State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1118-9502 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 29 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 29 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2012 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
A Qualitative Study of How Teens in Washington State Make Sense of Cannabis Edibles Warning Labels and Packaging
Not just a label
BACKGROUND: As cannabis legalization expands, so does product marketing, raising concerns about its appeal to underage audiences. Although previous studies have focused on marketing violations or adult perceptions of cannabis products, few studies have examined how teens perceive cannabis packaging. METHODS: The current study identifies specific packaging elements in cannabis-infused products (i.e., food and drink edibles) that teens and young ad…
Assessing Fitspiration Content
Viewing fitness content on social media is associated with body dissatisfaction among young women. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA), a form of intensive longitudinal measurement, can allow for the examination of differential media effects. EMAs about media in conjunction with health topics may influence participants’ awareness of the content to which they are exposed and possibly impact behaviors. We conducted an explanatory sequential mixed…
A call to action for teens, sex, and media research
Being a teenager is a time of profound physical and mental change filled with questions about identity and belonging. Teens look to others to make sense of it – to parents, friends, teachers, and m
Public responses and parasocial relationships following senator John Fetterman’s depression disclosure
Research has found that when a public figure discloses an illness, it can motivate members of the public to reconsider their own health behaviors, particularly when they have a parasocial relationship with the public figure. When the public figure is a politician, it is possible that partisan differences may also influence emotional, attentional, and behavioral responses to health news. We empirically examined public responses to Democrat John Fe…
A Two-Study Qualitative Exploration of Ecological Momentary Assessment as a Tool for Media, Health Behavior Measurement
Ecological momentary assessment (EMA), a method that allows for data collection in real-time, may offer benefits for communication research. We conducted two EMA studies on different topics (i.e., alcohol and sexual content in media and social media use, emotions, and tanning) in 2017 and 2018, respectively, and completed in-depth interviews ( N = 19 and N = 16) following each study. Participants were open to the method and described potential ch…
The Impact of Celebrity and Influencer Illness Disclosures
When celebrities, political figures, influencers, or anyone with a large following publicly disclose an illness or die, the news becomes a de facto public health campaign. Until health communicators began studying such disclosures and the effects of the following waves of media coverage, however, it was not known to what extent these events impacted the public. A growing body of research has empirically documented these events and examined the fa…
Exposure to Pro and Anti-Cannabis Social Media Messages and Teens’ and College Students’ Intentions to Use Cannabis
Content analyses have documented that posts about cannabis are increasingly common on social media. The relationship between the cannabis-related content to which teens and college students are exposed on social media and how such content may be associated with intentions to use and use of cannabis is less known, however. We conducted an online survey with teens (N = 350) who lived in Washington state using online survey panel participants in Jun…
An Exploratory Content Analysis of the Use of Health Communication Strategies and Presence of Objectification in Fitness Influencer Social Media Posts
Health and fitness content intended to inspire people to live healthy lives (e.g. “fitspiration”) has been linked to negative body image among girls and young women. Fitness influencers purport wanting to motivate healthy behaviors. This study seeks to examine the presence of strategies known to positively influence health behaviors (e.g. attitudes, self-efficacy) as well as of content known to have a negative influence (e.g. objectification) amo…
LoveYourBody
Fitspiration content on Instagram often includes images in which women are objectified but may also include captions that aim to positively motivate viewers, such as through messaging about body appreciation. Viewing objectifying content in fitspiration posts may be problematic for young women’s mental health, but it’s unclear if positive messaging may help to alleviate some of these effects. In this study, we conducted a 2 × 2 online experiment …
The impact of sexual scripts in brand‐generated cannabis social media posts on sex‐related cannabis expectancies
Conceptualization of Firearm-Related Terms Among Rural Adolescents
Rural adolescents are at risk for firearm-related injury and death. In response, professional organizations have called for communication between adolescents, parents, and providers about firearms. A shared understanding of firearms between providers and families can facilitate effectiveness of health interventions. However, few studies engage adolescents in identifying their perception of common firearm terminology. The current study aimed to un…
A Mixed Methods Inquiry into the Role of Tom Hanks’ Covid-19 Social Media Disclosure in Shaping Willingness to Engage in Prevention Behaviors
Given the vast amounts of COVID-19-related messages flooding mediated and interpersonal communication channels during the global pandemic, celebrity COVID-19 disclosures offer rare opportunities to cut through message fatigue and apathy and garner the attention of wide swaths of the public. We conducted a convergent mixed method analysis of audience responses to actor Tom Hanks' March 11, 2020 disclosure of his COVID-19 diagnosis via social media…
Racial Differences in Response to Chadwick Boseman’s Colorectal Cancer Death
The August 2020 death of Black actor Chadwick Boseman, at age 43 from colon cancer was a notable public event. Given Boseman's popularity, particularly amongst Black audiences, and racial disparities in colorectal cancer rates, public responses to this news provided a window into potential racial differences in expressing and responding to parasocial grief, that is, grief at the loss of a public figure. Additionally, given how the movies he starr…
Friends over Doctors? The Influences of Source and Perceived Customization on College Drinking
College drinking, often associated with college binge drinking, is a critical issue in the United States and may lead to harmful consequences such as academic failure, injury, sexual assault, and even death. Health interventions targeted at reducing problematic drinking are needed to help prevent these harmful behaviors among college students. The current work explores the intersection of different types of information sources (e.g., authority an…
Adding to the Message Testing Tool Belt
Effective health message design requires strong pretesting to ensure that potential audiences see communication efforts as acceptable. Previous research has often used long-form surveys to test messaging, even when the potential communication efforts are going to take place in a non-traditional format, such as on a text message platform. This study asks whether real-time sampling on a mobile phone could serve as a message-testing alternative to t…
Measurement Invariance of the Sex-Related Cannabis Expectancies Scale across Age and Gender
Sex-related cannabis expectancies have been found to be associated with intentions to use cannabis, cannabis use, and sexual behavior. However, the construct of sex-related cannabis expectancies has been adapted from research with limited examination of the scales themselves. We tested (N = 350 adolescents age 13-17; N = 929 young adults age 18-29) measurement invariance of a sex-related cannabis expectancies scale and found the scale invariant b…
"The "celebrity canary in the coal mine for the coronavirus
An Exploratory Study of Adolescents' Social Media Sharing of Marijuana-Related Content
Adolescents often post content related to risk behaviors online, and social media posting related to substance use has been found to be associated with intentions to use substances. However, there is a dearth of research about what may motivate an adolescent to share marijuana-related content. This study aimed to examine the types of content related to marijuana that adolescents are posting on social media and what may influence such sharing. We …
Acceptability of a Computer-Tailored Safer Sex Intervention for Heterosexually Active African Americans Attending an STI Clinic
Social Media, Marijuana and Sex
Recreational marijuana continues to be legalized in U.S. states, with popular media discussing connections between cannabis and the facilitation of sexual activity. We conducted two surveys with adolescents and college students in Washington state to examine the role of viewing social media and pro-marijuana content on sex-related marijuana expectancies and intentions to use. In Study 1, among adolescents ( N = 350), we found connections between …
‘You shouldn’t be making people feel bad about having sex’
Young adults are disproportionately affected by negative sexual health outcomes, such as sexually transmitted infections. One strategy for reducing such negative outcomes involves the use of comprehensive sexual health education. As comprehensive sexual health education programmes are adopted, there is a need to evaluate the messaging approaches that might best connect with young people. Sex-positive approaches, which describe sex as a healthy pr…
Communication Strategies and New Media Platforms
Environmental communication and health communication are often intertwined. The complex connections between health and environmental issues can be seen in groundwater pollution, natural resource extraction disasters, and myriad others. While these academic areas are often interconnected, strategies that attempt to influence attitudes and behaviors in one area are not often conveyed to the other. This commentary explores the synergistic potential …
‘Can you get pregnant when u r in the pool?’
Young people have questions about sex and development but may have trouble getting answers to them. Text messaging services can serve as a resource. This study analysed 1351 text messages sent to a sexual health text message service designed for young people in North Carolina to determine the types of questions asked of a confidential, accurate source of information. The majority of texts sought information about sexual health topics (89%). A sma…
The Effects of Sports Media Exposure on College Students' Rape Myth Beliefs and Intentions to Intervene in a Sexual Assault
An online survey was fielded to freshmen living in residence halls at a northwestern university in the United States. Structural equation modeling was used to investigate the structure of relationships among exposure to mainstream sports media, rape myth acceptance, and intentions to intervene in sexual assault situations while controlling for gender traits. Given that prior research suggests men and women differ in their beliefs about sexual ass…
Establishing and Adhering to Sexual Consent
Content analyses have cataloged the sexual scripts present in magazines largely because of their perceived value to readers and their potential role as sex educators. Although it is generally agreed that magazines have the potential to influence sexual attitudes and behavioral intentions, the effects of this medium are not as frequently researched as are other forms of media. The current study tested whether exposure to magazines was associated w…
The Effects of Sports Media Exposure on College Students' Rape Myth Beliefs and Intentions to Intervene in a Sexual Assault
An online survey was fielded to freshmen living in residence halls at a northwestern university in the United States. Structural equation modeling was used to investigate the structure of relationships among exposure to mainstream sports media, rape myth acceptance, and intentions to intervene in sexual assault situations while controlling for gender traits. Given that prior research suggests men and women differ in their beliefs about sexual ass…
Sexual Partnerships, Risk Behaviors, and Condom Use Among Low-Income Heterosexual African Americans
"The "celebrity canary in the coal mine for the coronavirus
Communication Strategies and New Media Platforms
Environmental communication and health communication are often intertwined. The complex connections between health and environmental issues can be seen in groundwater pollution, natural resource extraction disasters, and myriad others. While these academic areas are often interconnected, strategies that attempt to influence attitudes and behaviors in one area are not often conveyed to the other. This commentary explores the synergistic potential …
Conceptualization of Firearm-Related Terms Among Rural Adolescents
Rural adolescents are at risk for firearm-related injury and death. In response, professional organizations have called for communication between adolescents, parents, and providers about firearms. A shared understanding of firearms between providers and families can facilitate effectiveness of health interventions. However, few studies engage adolescents in identifying their perception of common firearm terminology. The current study aimed to un…
EHealth interventions for HIV prevention
The rapidly changing media landscape and proliferation of new technologies creates vast new opportunities for HIV prevention. The fast growth of the relatively new eHealth field is a testament to the excitement and promise of these new technologies. eHealth interventions in HIV prevention tested to date include computer- and Internet-based interventions; chat room interventions; text messaging interventions; and social media. The current article …
Sexual Partnerships, Risk Behaviors, and Condom Use Among Low-Income Heterosexual African Americans
‘Can you get pregnant when u r in the pool?’
Young people have questions about sex and development but may have trouble getting answers to them. Text messaging services can serve as a resource. This study analysed 1351 text messages sent to a sexual health text message service designed for young people in North Carolina to determine the types of questions asked of a confidential, accurate source of information. The majority of texts sought information about sexual health topics (89%). A sma…
The Effects of Sports Media Exposure on College Students' Rape Myth Beliefs and Intentions to Intervene in a Sexual Assault
An online survey was fielded to freshmen living in residence halls at a northwestern university in the United States. Structural equation modeling was used to investigate the structure of relationships among exposure to mainstream sports media, rape myth acceptance, and intentions to intervene in sexual assault situations while controlling for gender traits. Given that prior research suggests men and women differ in their beliefs about sexual ass…
Join the Conquest
This study addresses the national clinical trial recruitment crisis by chronicling the development of a campaign to move people toward enrollment in an online clinical research registry. The public typically encounters clinical trial information in controversies or study-specific recruitment ads, which limits full understanding. Ten focus groups were conducted with healthy and impaired persons to identify perceived benefits and barriers to partic…
Establishing and Adhering to Sexual Consent
Content analyses have cataloged the sexual scripts present in magazines largely because of their perceived value to readers and their potential role as sex educators. Although it is generally agreed that magazines have the potential to influence sexual attitudes and behavioral intentions, the effects of this medium are not as frequently researched as are other forms of media. The current study tested whether exposure to magazines was associated w…
Communication Strategies and New Media Platforms
Environmental communication and health communication are often intertwined. The complex connections between health and environmental issues can be seen in groundwater pollution, natural resource extraction disasters, and myriad others. While these academic areas are often interconnected, strategies that attempt to influence attitudes and behaviors in one area are not often conveyed to the other. This commentary explores the synergistic potential …
‘You shouldn’t be making people feel bad about having sex’
Young adults are disproportionately affected by negative sexual health outcomes, such as sexually transmitted infections. One strategy for reducing such negative outcomes involves the use of comprehensive sexual health education. As comprehensive sexual health education programmes are adopted, there is a need to evaluate the messaging approaches that might best connect with young people. Sex-positive approaches, which describe sex as a healthy pr…
An Exploratory Study of Adolescents' Social Media Sharing of Marijuana-Related Content
Adolescents often post content related to risk behaviors online, and social media posting related to substance use has been found to be associated with intentions to use substances. However, there is a dearth of research about what may motivate an adolescent to share marijuana-related content. This study aimed to examine the types of content related to marijuana that adolescents are posting on social media and what may influence such sharing. We …
Acceptability of a Computer-Tailored Safer Sex Intervention for Heterosexually Active African Americans Attending an STI Clinic
Social Media, Marijuana and Sex
Recreational marijuana continues to be legalized in U.S. states, with popular media discussing connections between cannabis and the facilitation of sexual activity. We conducted two surveys with adolescents and college students in Washington state to examine the role of viewing social media and pro-marijuana content on sex-related marijuana expectancies and intentions to use. In Study 1, among adolescents ( N = 350), we found connections between …
Friends over Doctors? The Influences of Source and Perceived Customization on College Drinking
College drinking, often associated with college binge drinking, is a critical issue in the United States and may lead to harmful consequences such as academic failure, injury, sexual assault, and even death. Health interventions targeted at reducing problematic drinking are needed to help prevent these harmful behaviors among college students. The current work explores the intersection of different types of information sources (e.g., authority an…
Adding to the Message Testing Tool Belt
Effective health message design requires strong pretesting to ensure that potential audiences see communication efforts as acceptable. Previous research has often used long-form surveys to test messaging, even when the potential communication efforts are going to take place in a non-traditional format, such as on a text message platform. This study asks whether real-time sampling on a mobile phone could serve as a message-testing alternative to t…
Measurement Invariance of the Sex-Related Cannabis Expectancies Scale across Age and Gender
Sex-related cannabis expectancies have been found to be associated with intentions to use cannabis, cannabis use, and sexual behavior. However, the construct of sex-related cannabis expectancies has been adapted from research with limited examination of the scales themselves. We tested (N = 350 adolescents age 13-17; N = 929 young adults age 18-29) measurement invariance of a sex-related cannabis expectancies scale and found the scale invariant b…
"The "celebrity canary in the coal mine for the coronavirus
A Mixed Methods Inquiry into the Role of Tom Hanks’ Covid-19 Social Media Disclosure in Shaping Willingness to Engage in Prevention Behaviors
Given the vast amounts of COVID-19-related messages flooding mediated and interpersonal communication channels during the global pandemic, celebrity COVID-19 disclosures offer rare opportunities to cut through message fatigue and apathy and garner the attention of wide swaths of the public. We conducted a convergent mixed method analysis of audience responses to actor Tom Hanks' March 11, 2020 disclosure of his COVID-19 diagnosis via social media…
Racial Differences in Response to Chadwick Boseman’s Colorectal Cancer Death
The August 2020 death of Black actor Chadwick Boseman, at age 43 from colon cancer was a notable public event. Given Boseman's popularity, particularly amongst Black audiences, and racial disparities in colorectal cancer rates, public responses to this news provided a window into potential racial differences in expressing and responding to parasocial grief, that is, grief at the loss of a public figure. Additionally, given how the movies he starr…
Public responses and parasocial relationships following senator John Fetterman’s depression disclosure
Research has found that when a public figure discloses an illness, it can motivate members of the public to reconsider their own health behaviors, particularly when they have a parasocial relationship with the public figure. When the public figure is a politician, it is possible that partisan differences may also influence emotional, attentional, and behavioral responses to health news. We empirically examined public responses to Democrat John Fe…
A Two-Study Qualitative Exploration of Ecological Momentary Assessment as a Tool for Media, Health Behavior Measurement
Ecological momentary assessment (EMA), a method that allows for data collection in real-time, may offer benefits for communication research. We conducted two EMA studies on different topics (i.e., alcohol and sexual content in media and social media use, emotions, and tanning) in 2017 and 2018, respectively, and completed in-depth interviews ( N = 19 and N = 16) following each study. Participants were open to the method and described potential ch…
The Impact of Celebrity and Influencer Illness Disclosures
When celebrities, political figures, influencers, or anyone with a large following publicly disclose an illness or die, the news becomes a de facto public health campaign. Until health communicators began studying such disclosures and the effects of the following waves of media coverage, however, it was not known to what extent these events impacted the public. A growing body of research has empirically documented these events and examined the fa…
Exposure to Pro and Anti-Cannabis Social Media Messages and Teens’ and College Students’ Intentions to Use Cannabis
Content analyses have documented that posts about cannabis are increasingly common on social media. The relationship between the cannabis-related content to which teens and college students are exposed on social media and how such content may be associated with intentions to use and use of cannabis is less known, however. We conducted an online survey with teens (N = 350) who lived in Washington state using online survey panel participants in Jun…
An Exploratory Content Analysis of the Use of Health Communication Strategies and Presence of Objectification in Fitness Influencer Social Media Posts
Health and fitness content intended to inspire people to live healthy lives (e.g. “fitspiration”) has been linked to negative body image among girls and young women. Fitness influencers purport wanting to motivate healthy behaviors. This study seeks to examine the presence of strategies known to positively influence health behaviors (e.g. attitudes, self-efficacy) as well as of content known to have a negative influence (e.g. objectification) amo…
LoveYourBody
Fitspiration content on Instagram often includes images in which women are objectified but may also include captions that aim to positively motivate viewers, such as through messaging about body appreciation. Viewing objectifying content in fitspiration posts may be problematic for young women’s mental health, but it’s unclear if positive messaging may help to alleviate some of these effects. In this study, we conducted a 2 × 2 online experiment …
The impact of sexual scripts in brand‐generated cannabis social media posts on sex‐related cannabis expectancies
Conceptualization of Firearm-Related Terms Among Rural Adolescents
Rural adolescents are at risk for firearm-related injury and death. In response, professional organizations have called for communication between adolescents, parents, and providers about firearms. A shared understanding of firearms between providers and families can facilitate effectiveness of health interventions. However, few studies engage adolescents in identifying their perception of common firearm terminology. The current study aimed to un…
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