Amy Bleakley

Dados Biográficos

ID312867
NOMEAmy Bleakley
PRENOMESAmy
SOBRENOMEBleakley
ASSINATURABLEAKLEY A
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of Delaware
ORCID0000-0002-4539-4424
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS63
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES176
TOTAL COMO AUTOR63
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2002
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H7

  • Development and validation of the support marshaling scale

    Open AccessJ P Crowley, Amy Bleakley et al.ARTICLECommunication Quarterly2026

    Research on social support has consistently underscored its importance for well-being, but overlooked that it needs to be accomplished through skillful communication activities transacted between support recipients and providers. The current study sought to develop and validate a support marshaling scale (SMS). Grounded in social contextual theory and the principles of relational sensemaking and network structuring, as well as within prior work e…

  • Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research Coverage in News Media Outlets Consumed by Population Groups that Are Underrepresented on Alzheimer’s and Dementia-Focused Research Registries

    Open AccessErin K Maloney, Amy Bleakley et al.ARTICLEResearch on Aging2026

    A lack of diversity in Alzheimer’s (AD) and dementia research is an important barrier to identifying strategies for prevention and treatment. Research suggests media coverage of AD/dementia research will familiarize people with the issue and motivate them to place more importance in the issue in general. This study explores how news media may inform groups that are under-represented in AD/dementia through coverage of the issue. A national survey …

  • Spillover Effects of Covid-19 News Coverage on Willingness to Participate in Medical Research in a Diverse Sample of US Older Adults

    Open AccessAmy Bleakley, Erin K Maloney et al.ARTICLECommunication Research2026

    COVID-19 has dominated news coverage since the beginning of the pandemic. The extent to which exposure to such news affected perceptions of medical research and other health issues is not clear, especially among older adults who are more susceptible to infection and experience more COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality. This study uses a two-wave national panel of U.S. adults ages 50 years and older ( n = 1,240) to examine the mechanism throug…

  • Problematic social media use and mental health among disabled emerging adults

    Morgan E Ellithorpe, Jennifer A Manganello et al.ARTICLEInformation Communication & Society2026

    Very little research has been conducted with disabled emerging adults regarding whether they experience problematic social media use and negative consequences of such use. An online survey of U.S. disabled emerging adults (n = 201) aged 18–26 years measured their social media use frequency and problematic social media use, with the aim of describing the patterns of use exhibited by emerging adults with disabilities and exploring the associations …

  • Theory-Based Message Design for Recruitment of Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Groups Into Alzheimer’s-Focused Research Registries

    Open AccessAmy Bleakley, Erin K Maloney et al.ARTICLEHealth Education & Behavior2025

    Alzheimer’s disease (AD)-focused recruitment research registries can help identify eligible participants for AD studies, but registry participation is limited among racial and ethnic groups most at risk for AD. Using the Reasoned Action Approach (RAA), this study is part of a larger project to design theory-based persuasive recruitment messages that would encourage registry enrollment among underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. National surv…

  • Covid-19 Misperceptions and Masking Compliance

    J P Crowley, Erin K Maloney et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2025

    Misperceptions strongly influence the extent to which individuals comply with preventative measures. Social support from others, particularly given widespread mistrust in news media among those holding misperceptions, plays an important role in shaping compliance with preventative measures. The impact of social support, however, is not straightforward and not all support results in greater compliance. The goal of this study is to examine the role…

  • The role of character age and content type in US adolescents’ involvement with television characters engaging in drinking and sex-related behaviors

    Amy Bleakley, Erin K Maloney et al.ARTICLEJournal of Children and Media2025

    This study uses an online experiment among 15–17-year-old participants (n = 566) to test whether adolescents’ involvement with television characters (i.e. wishful identification, parasocial interaction, perceived age similarity, attraction) varied based on character age (teen or adult), and whether involvement moderated the relationship between exposure to onscreen risk behaviors (drinking and combining drinking and sex) and intention to engage i…

  • Cycle Syncing and TikTok’s Digital Landscape

    Open AccessEmily Pfender, Katelynn L Kuijpers et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2025

    Cycle syncing is a menstrual health trend on TikTok that involves aligning exercise and diet with the four menstrual cycle phases. Cycle syncing is part of the conversation on social media about women’s reproductive health. However, clinical research on the effects of cycle syncing is inconclusive, and there is the potential that this trend could further perpetuate misinformation and gender stereotypes. Research suggests that social media can aff…

  • Sync or Swim

    Open AccessEmily Pfender, Claire V Wanzer et al.ARTICLEPerspectives on Sexual and…2025Citada por: 2Referências: 1

    Objective To understand messaging about cycle syncing on TikTok, a trend that involves harmonizing daily activities and self‐care rituals with various stages of the menstrual cycle. Methods We conducted a quantitative content analysis of TikTok videos ( N = 100). In January 2023, we collected TikTok videos from content creators using the hashtag #cyclesyncing. Results About one‐third of creators provided credentials. However, very few mentioned s…

  • A Content Analysis of Social Media influencers’ “What I Eat in a day” Vlogs on YouTube

    Emily Pfender, Claire V Wanzer et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2024

    Food diaries on social media, known as “what I eat in a day” (WIEIAD) content, are increasingly popular across a variety of platforms, and can potentially affect audiences’ attitudes and behaviors regarding diet. WIEIAD content is frequently posted by social media influencers (SMI), who have powerful and persuasive effects on their audiences. Using expectancy-value and social norms as theoretical frameworks, this study examines characteristics of…

  • Mapping the Field

    Open AccessClaire V Wanzer, Emily Pfender et al.ARTICLECommunication & Sport2024Citada por: 1Referências: 4

    The following study applies the framework of self-presentation theory to examine one year of posts ( n = 1064) from the TikTok and Instagram accounts of 18 highly marketable NCAA athletes. A content analysis was used to examine differences by platform, gender, and content type following the approval of NIL compensation for collegiate athletes. Findings revealed significant differences between male and female athletes regarding the type of content…

  • Reducing Unhealthy Normative Behavior

    Open AccessMichael Hennessy, Amy Bleakley et al.ARTICLEHealth Education & Behavior2023

    American adolescents consume more sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) than any other age group. Sports and energy drinks consumption among adolescents is higher than other SSBs. For sports drinks, there is uncertainty about their “healthiness” and also beliefs that these drinks may provide health benefits such as hydration, enhanced athletic performance, heightened mental alertness, and rapid recovery after exercise. Confusion about relative healthi…

  • Television News Media Consumption and Misperceptions about Covid-19 among US Populations at High Risk for Severe Health Outcomes Early in the Pandemic

    Erin K Maloney, Amy Bleakley et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2023

    Research indicates that misperceptions that become part of people’s initial mental models about an issue tend to persist and influence their attitudes even after the misperception has been corrected. Recent work on evolving mental models suggests that communication efforts about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath may be improved by crafting messages that acknowledge biases and misunderstandings about the virus and other infectious di…

  • Athletes Drink Gatorade

    Morgan E Ellithorpe, Amy Bleakley et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2023

    Understanding why sports and energy drinks remain increasingly popular among adolescents despite declines in other sugar sweetened beverages is critical. This study points to memory for advertising exposure and adolescent athletic identity as two aspects that together help to explain consumption. An online survey of U.S. adolescents aged 14–18 (n = 503) was combined with Nielsen data for television and social media advertising expenditures by spo…

  • Evaluating and tracking qualitative content coder performance using item response theory

    Open AccessMichael Hennessy, Amy Bleakley et al.ARTICLEQuality & Quantity2023

  • Urban youth perceptions of sports and energy drinks

    Open AccessErin K Maloney, Amy Bleakley et al.ARTICLEHealth Education Journal2023

    Objective: This study aimed to examine urban adolescents' beliefs about sports and energy drinks to identify factors for health messaging to discourage youth consumption. Design: Focus group study involving thirty-four adolescents in urban areas (12 female, 12 male, and 10 unreported sex; 19 Hispanic, 11 Non-Hispanic Black, 2 Asian, and 1 unknown race or ethnicity). Setting: Four focus groups were conducted with adolescents in urban areas. Method…

  • An Elicitation Study to Understand Young Adults’ Beliefs About Seeking Health Information From Social Media Influencers

    Open AccessEmily Pfender, Amy BleakleyARTICLEQualitative Health Research2023

    Social media influencers increasingly make health recommendations on social media. Research on influencer health messaging is mixed in that some studies show it can result in misleading or harmful health information, and others demonstrate it can lead to beneficial behavioral outcomes. However, there is little research on young adults’ beliefs about following health guidance from influencers. Guided by the reasoned action approach, this study exa…

  • How Sexual Information Sources are Related to Emerging Adults’ Sex-Positive Scripts and Sexual Communication

    Open AccessAllie White, Michele Boehm et al.ARTICLESexuality & Culture2023Citada por: 1Referências: 19

  • The longitudinal influence of supportive messages on stress reactivity and general well-being for LGBTQ+ recipients of hate speech

    J P Crowley, A Denes et al.ARTICLECommunication Monographs2023Citada por: 1Referências: 15

    LBGTQ+ individuals (N = 50) engaged in a 10-minute discussion with a close network member about an experience they had with hate speech that was targeted at their sexual orientation. The relative effects of two predominant social support theoretical frameworks, verbal person centeredness and autonomy support, were compared. Discussions were rated by trained raters for the presence of each type of support. Results support both theoretical framewor…

  • On sex, drugs, and alcohol

    Robin Stevens, Stephen Bonett et al.ARTICLEJournal of Children and Media2022

    In the digital neighborhood, Black and Hispanic youth communicate about many issues facing youth, including sex and substance use. This population of young people is also disproportionately burdened by negative consequences associated with sex and substance use behaviors even when their behavior is less risky. Given the increased likelihood of negative outcomes, we investigated how young people talk about these behaviors in their digital social n…

  • I feel it in my gut

    Open AccessDannagal G Young, Erin K Maloney et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Political…2022Citada por: 2Referências: 15

    This project examines the intersection of political constructs and epistemic motivations as they relate to belief in misinformation. How we value the origins of knowledge - through feelings and intuition or evidence and data - has important implications for our susceptibility to misinformation. This project explores how these epistemic motivations correlate with political ideology, party identification, and favorability towards President Trump, a…

  • A content analysis of sports and energy drink advertising

    Open AccessAmy Bleakley, Morgan E Ellithorpe et al.ARTICLEAppetite2022Citada por: 1Referências: 42

  • The politics of mask-wearing

    Open AccessDannagal G Young, Huma Rasheed et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2022Citada por: 20Referências: 55

  • The Mediating Role of Family and Cultural Food Beliefs on the Relationship between Family Communication Patterns and Diet and Health Issues across Racial/Ethnic Groups

    Elizabeth Dorrance-Hall, Mengyan Ma et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2021

    Consumption of red meat has been linked to a variety of health issues, yet Americans are resistant to reducing their meat consumption. Family communication environments shape beliefs about food and meat consumption, and therefore are locations for potential interventions to change the way people think about food. Families are embedded in cultures, and both family and cultural norms shape beliefs about what people should eat. This study (N = 773) …

  • Uncertainty Management and Curve Flattening Behaviors in the Wake of Covid-19’s First Wave

    J P Crowley, Amy Bleakley et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2021

    The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak poses a substantial threat to public health. Individual efforts to engage in COVID-19 precautionary behaviors are necessary to flatten the pandemic's curve in the waiting period before a vaccine is developed. This study sought to apply the Theory of Motivated Information Management to investigate the relationships among COVID-19 illness uncertainty, information management, and actual precautionary behaviors, bo…