Kathleen M Rospenda
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 283650 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Kathleen M Rospenda |
| PRENOMES | Kathleen M |
| SOBRENOME | Rospenda |
| ASSINATURA | ROSPENDA K M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Illinois Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6753-9874 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 72 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1997 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Economic stressors, alcohol use, and health-related quality of life in middle-aged adults
1359 adults ages 40-61 (65.0% women). High economic stress was associated with poor physical and mental HRQoL, and high community disadvantage was linked to poor physical HRQoL only. High alcohol use predicted high physical and mental HRQoL, and low misuse predicted high mental HRQoL only. There was no evidence of mediation, and gender, age, and race moderated a subset of model paths. The discussion considers future directions for research and im…
Profiles of economic and non-economic chronic stressors at midlife
1541 adults ages 40-61 years (35.5 % male, 48.7 % white) responded to questionnaires. Latent profile analyses revealed five stressor profiles, specifically Low Stressors (46.3 % of the sample), Mixed Stressors (22.7 %), High Sicktime Stressors (14.7 %), High Unemployment Stressors (8.5 %), and High Stressors (7.9 %). Respectively, the Low and High Stressor profiles were the most and least advantaged in terms of demographic risk factors, social su…
Negative Affect, Harassment and Problematic Alcohol Use in Young Adults
Background: While research suggests that both negative affect and alcohol use are impacted by exposure to harassment (i.e., sexual harassment, generalized harassment or bullying), less is known about the effect of harassment on negative affect subsequently leading to alcohol consumption, particularly in young adults. We examined the mediating role of negative affect on the relationships between sexual and generalized harassment at school and alco…
Effects of chronic workplace harassment on mental health and alcohol misuse
Background Research on the impacts of exposure to workplace harassment (WH) is largely cross-sectional, and existing prospective studies generally are between two and five years of follow-up, with the longest US study being 10 years. However, the effects of exposure to WH may persist longer, particularly if exposure has been chronic. This study fills this gap by examining effects of prior exposure to chronic sexual and generalized WH on psycholog…
Caregiver burden, work-family conflict, family-work conflict, and mental health of caregivers
Caregivers are responsible for the care of another, such as a young adult, disabled child, elderly parent, or sick spouse. Individuals who have caregiving responsibilities must blend the often-contradictory behavioral expectations from the different roles in which they reside. Building on the theoretical foundations of Conservation of Resources theory, this study tests a mediational model explicating the process through which caregiver burden imp…
The Enduring Mental Health Effects of Post-9/11 Discrimination in the Context of the Great Recession
While prior study has linked discrimination experienced as a result of 9/11 with economic insecurity within the context of the Great Recession, the mental health effects of this linkage are unexamined. This study examined whether economic insecurity during the recession era helps account for long-term effects of 9/11-related discrimination on symptoms of depression and anxiety using structural equation modeling techniques to assess data from a na…
Sexual Harassment, Psychological Distress, and Problematic Drinking Behavior Among College Students
Sexual harassment on college campuses is a frequent occurrence and serious public health concern. Victims of sexual harassment are at risk for many possible negative health consequences. In addition, certain psychological distress symptoms and/or alcohol use may put individuals at increased risk of being victims of sexual harassment. Data from more than 2,000 college students in the Midwestern United States were used to examine reciprocal causal …
Risk factors and outcomes of chronic sexual harassment during the transition to college
Chronic Generalized Harassment During College
Macrolevel Stressors, Terrorism, and Mental Health Outcomes
Objectives. We examined the extent to which the stress paradigm linking psychosocial stressors to mental health status has focused disproportionate attention on microlevel social stressors to the detriment of macrolevel stressors. Also, we assessed the effects of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on subsequent mental health among participants in a Midwestern cohort study. Methods. Respondents in a 6-wave longitudinal mail survey comple…
Workplace harassment patterning, gender, and utilization of professional services
Effects on Alcohol Use and Anxiety of the September 11, 2001, Attacks and Chronic Work Stressors
Objectives. We hypothesized that chronic stressors associated with an everyday social role (work) would interact with a traumatic macrosocial stressor (the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001) in predicting mental health status (during the fall of 2001). Methods. We used mail surveys returned as part of wave 3 of a workplace cohort study, both before and after September 11, 2001, to assess decision latitude, sexual harassment, generalized wor…
Sexual harassment and generalized workplace abuse among university employees
OBJECTIVES: This study hypothesized that interpersonal workplace stressors involving sexual harassment and generalized workplace abuse are highly prevalent and significantly linked with mental health outcomes including symptomatic distress, the use and abuse of alcohol, and other drug use. METHODS: Employees in 4 university occupational groups (faculty, student, clerical, and service workers; n = 2492) were surveyed by means of a mailed self-repo…
Doing Power
Contrapower sexual harassment occurs when the target of harassment possesses greater formal organizational power than the perpetrator. Traditional conceptualizations of power underlying sexual harassment have either focused on location within organizational hierarchies or sociocultural status differences between men and women. We suggest the utility of simultaneously considering the influence of gender, race, and class on power dynamics at organi…
Workplace harassment and the self-medication of distress
Research addressing the social causation of alcohol abuse has alluded to the tension-management or self-medication function of alcohol consumption. The use of alcohol (as well as other substances) can constitute a means to escape from, avoid, or otherwise regulate unpleasant emotions derived from undesirable social experiences (Cooper, Frone, Russell, Mudar,1995; Cooper, Russell, and George, 1988; Pohorecky, 1991; Wilsnack, 1992). This paper addr…
Sexual harassment and generalized workplace abuse among university employees
OBJECTIVES: This study hypothesized that interpersonal workplace stressors involving sexual harassment and generalized workplace abuse are highly prevalent and significantly linked with mental health outcomes including symptomatic distress, the use and abuse of alcohol, and other drug use. METHODS: Employees in 4 university occupational groups (faculty, student, clerical, and service workers; n = 2492) were surveyed by means of a mailed self-repo…
Doing Power
Contrapower sexual harassment occurs when the target of harassment possesses greater formal organizational power than the perpetrator. Traditional conceptualizations of power underlying sexual harassment have either focused on location within organizational hierarchies or sociocultural status differences between men and women. We suggest the utility of simultaneously considering the influence of gender, race, and class on power dynamics at organi…
Sexual Harassment, Psychological Distress, and Problematic Drinking Behavior Among College Students
Sexual harassment on college campuses is a frequent occurrence and serious public health concern. Victims of sexual harassment are at risk for many possible negative health consequences. In addition, certain psychological distress symptoms and/or alcohol use may put individuals at increased risk of being victims of sexual harassment. Data from more than 2,000 college students in the Midwestern United States were used to examine reciprocal causal …
Effects on Alcohol Use and Anxiety of the September 11, 2001, Attacks and Chronic Work Stressors
Objectives. We hypothesized that chronic stressors associated with an everyday social role (work) would interact with a traumatic macrosocial stressor (the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001) in predicting mental health status (during the fall of 2001). Methods. We used mail surveys returned as part of wave 3 of a workplace cohort study, both before and after September 11, 2001, to assess decision latitude, sexual harassment, generalized wor…
Workplace harassment patterning, gender, and utilization of professional services
Workplace harassment and the self-medication of distress
Research addressing the social causation of alcohol abuse has alluded to the tension-management or self-medication function of alcohol consumption. The use of alcohol (as well as other substances) can constitute a means to escape from, avoid, or otherwise regulate unpleasant emotions derived from undesirable social experiences (Cooper, Frone, Russell, Mudar,1995; Cooper, Russell, and George, 1988; Pohorecky, 1991; Wilsnack, 1992). This paper addr…
Risk factors and outcomes of chronic sexual harassment during the transition to college
Chronic Generalized Harassment During College
Workplace harassment and the self-medication of distress
Research addressing the social causation of alcohol abuse has alluded to the tension-management or self-medication function of alcohol consumption. The use of alcohol (as well as other substances) can constitute a means to escape from, avoid, or otherwise regulate unpleasant emotions derived from undesirable social experiences (Cooper, Frone, Russell, Mudar,1995; Cooper, Russell, and George, 1988; Pohorecky, 1991; Wilsnack, 1992). This paper addr…
Doing Power
Contrapower sexual harassment occurs when the target of harassment possesses greater formal organizational power than the perpetrator. Traditional conceptualizations of power underlying sexual harassment have either focused on location within organizational hierarchies or sociocultural status differences between men and women. We suggest the utility of simultaneously considering the influence of gender, race, and class on power dynamics at organi…
Sexual harassment and generalized workplace abuse among university employees
OBJECTIVES: This study hypothesized that interpersonal workplace stressors involving sexual harassment and generalized workplace abuse are highly prevalent and significantly linked with mental health outcomes including symptomatic distress, the use and abuse of alcohol, and other drug use. METHODS: Employees in 4 university occupational groups (faculty, student, clerical, and service workers; n = 2492) were surveyed by means of a mailed self-repo…
Effects on Alcohol Use and Anxiety of the September 11, 2001, Attacks and Chronic Work Stressors
Objectives. We hypothesized that chronic stressors associated with an everyday social role (work) would interact with a traumatic macrosocial stressor (the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001) in predicting mental health status (during the fall of 2001). Methods. We used mail surveys returned as part of wave 3 of a workplace cohort study, both before and after September 11, 2001, to assess decision latitude, sexual harassment, generalized wor…
Workplace harassment patterning, gender, and utilization of professional services
Macrolevel Stressors, Terrorism, and Mental Health Outcomes
Objectives. We examined the extent to which the stress paradigm linking psychosocial stressors to mental health status has focused disproportionate attention on microlevel social stressors to the detriment of macrolevel stressors. Also, we assessed the effects of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on subsequent mental health among participants in a Midwestern cohort study. Methods. Respondents in a 6-wave longitudinal mail survey comple…
Chronic Generalized Harassment During College
Sexual Harassment, Psychological Distress, and Problematic Drinking Behavior Among College Students
Sexual harassment on college campuses is a frequent occurrence and serious public health concern. Victims of sexual harassment are at risk for many possible negative health consequences. In addition, certain psychological distress symptoms and/or alcohol use may put individuals at increased risk of being victims of sexual harassment. Data from more than 2,000 college students in the Midwestern United States were used to examine reciprocal causal …
Risk factors and outcomes of chronic sexual harassment during the transition to college
The Enduring Mental Health Effects of Post-9/11 Discrimination in the Context of the Great Recession
While prior study has linked discrimination experienced as a result of 9/11 with economic insecurity within the context of the Great Recession, the mental health effects of this linkage are unexamined. This study examined whether economic insecurity during the recession era helps account for long-term effects of 9/11-related discrimination on symptoms of depression and anxiety using structural equation modeling techniques to assess data from a na…
Caregiver burden, work-family conflict, family-work conflict, and mental health of caregivers
Caregivers are responsible for the care of another, such as a young adult, disabled child, elderly parent, or sick spouse. Individuals who have caregiving responsibilities must blend the often-contradictory behavioral expectations from the different roles in which they reside. Building on the theoretical foundations of Conservation of Resources theory, this study tests a mediational model explicating the process through which caregiver burden imp…
Effects of chronic workplace harassment on mental health and alcohol misuse
Background Research on the impacts of exposure to workplace harassment (WH) is largely cross-sectional, and existing prospective studies generally are between two and five years of follow-up, with the longest US study being 10 years. However, the effects of exposure to WH may persist longer, particularly if exposure has been chronic. This study fills this gap by examining effects of prior exposure to chronic sexual and generalized WH on psycholog…
Negative Affect, Harassment and Problematic Alcohol Use in Young Adults
Background: While research suggests that both negative affect and alcohol use are impacted by exposure to harassment (i.e., sexual harassment, generalized harassment or bullying), less is known about the effect of harassment on negative affect subsequently leading to alcohol consumption, particularly in young adults. We examined the mediating role of negative affect on the relationships between sexual and generalized harassment at school and alco…
Economic stressors, alcohol use, and health-related quality of life in middle-aged adults
1359 adults ages 40-61 (65.0% women). High economic stress was associated with poor physical and mental HRQoL, and high community disadvantage was linked to poor physical HRQoL only. High alcohol use predicted high physical and mental HRQoL, and low misuse predicted high mental HRQoL only. There was no evidence of mediation, and gender, age, and race moderated a subset of model paths. The discussion considers future directions for research and im…
Profiles of economic and non-economic chronic stressors at midlife
1541 adults ages 40-61 years (35.5 % male, 48.7 % white) responded to questionnaires. Latent profile analyses revealed five stressor profiles, specifically Low Stressors (46.3 % of the sample), Mixed Stressors (22.7 %), High Sicktime Stressors (14.7 %), High Unemployment Stressors (8.5 %), and High Stressors (7.9 %). Respectively, the Low and High Stressor profiles were the most and least advantaged in terms of demographic risk factors, social su…
Psychology (13 obras) · Clinical Psychology (12 obras) · Harassment (10 obras) · Psychiatry (10 obras) · Medicine (9 obras) · Mental health (8 obras) · Social Psychology (8 obras) · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies (6 obras) · Stressor (6 obras) · Employment and Welfare Studies (5 obras)