Megan L Smith
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3591316 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Megan L Smith |
| PRENOMES | Megan L |
| SOBRENOME | Smith |
| ASSINATURA | SMITH M L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Boise State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4545-7480 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 38 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1945 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Applying School as a Protective Factor in the Icelandic Prevention Model
BACKGROUND: While research has demonstrated the importance of K-12 environments for adolescent well-being, there have been numerous challenges to measuring and addressing this social environment. The School as a Protective Factor (SPF)-Framework and Brief instrument were established to meet this gap. This study investigates SPF in an academic-community partnership with a small, rural public school district. METHODS: A school-based survey of middl…
Rural community perceptions on youth mental health
Icelandic Prevention Model in Rural Appalachian Communities
Background: This study assessed stakeholder experience with the core processes of The Integrated Community Engagement (ICE) Collaborative, a primary prevention approach addressing adolescent substance use in rural West Virginia, after three years of county-level implementation. Objectives: Guided by the Icelandic Prevention Model (IPM), the ICE Collaborative aims to enhance cooperation between researchers, policy makers, local practitioners, and …
Lessons Learned Applying the Icelandic Prevention Model to Youth Mental Health and Well‐Being in Idaho
BACKGROUND: The US is facing a youth mental health crisis. The Icelandic prevention model (IPM) may represent one promising way to address it. This paper describes using the IPM to promote youth mental health, with special attention given to the guiding principle of "embracing public schools as the natural hub of community efforts to support children and adolescents." CONTRIBUTIONS TO PRACTICE: Communities for Youth (C4Y) leads academic-community…
The Icelandic Prevention Model Evaluation Framework and Implementation Integrity and Consistency Assessment
The Icelandic Prevention Model (IPM) follows a systematic but flexible process of community capacity building, data collection, analysis, dissemination, and community-engaged decision-making to guide the data-informed selection, prioritization, and implementation of intervention strategies in preventing adolescent substance use. This paper describes two new evaluation tools intended to assess the: 1) integrity of IPM implementation, and 2) unique…
Adolescent caffeine use and problematic school behavior
INTRODUCTION: Caffeine is a psychostimulant possessing arousal, motor activation, and reinforcing properties, which is consumed daily by most adolescents aged 12-19 years. Although current understanding of the implications of adolescent caffeine consumption for school behaviors remains incomplete, studies have shown that in addition to acute effects of the drug, in common with other habit-forming psychoactive substances, regular use leads to phys…
Understanding Community Perceptions on the Role of Schools in Youth Mental Health
BACKGROUND: Youth mental health rates of depression and anxiety continue to climb. Schools have a role to play to support youth mental health but often struggle to navigate community expectations. METHODS: Focus groups (n = 17) were conducted with over 100 participants to understand community perceptions on the role of schools. RESULTS: Three themes emerged around what schools should be doing: (1) provide accurate education about mental health, (…
Beyond School Climate
BACKGROUND: The conceptual framework for School as a Protective Factor approach was presented in a companion article in this issue of the journal. The current article describes the validation of the School as a Protective Factor-Brief (SPF-Brief), a 13-item survey measuring the 3 core constructs and 13 defining characteristics of this framework. METHODS: The SPF-Brief was validated through 2 studies. The developmental study used a longitudinal de…
Beyond School Climate
BACKGROUND: The school climate concept has been promising, but has long-standing critiques that have not been adequately addressed to date. The School as a Protective Factor approach represents one attempt to offer a new approach that builds on and extends beyond the concept of school climate while addressing previously identified limitations. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEORY: The School as a Protective Factor approach offers a new framework for conceptua…
Social Support and Perceptions of Covid ‐19‐related Emotional Impact on Mental Health Among Early Adolescents in Appalachia
BACKGROUND: This raises questions concerning how young people's stress and psychological changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as social support during this time have affected their overall mental health. The aim of this study was to assess the association between sources of parental- and school-level social support and youth perceptions of COVID-19-related emotional impact on mental health among early adolescent girls and boys in Appalach…
Risk & protective factors for youth substance use across family, peers, school, & leisure domains
Our Children Are Not “Behind” Due to the Covid ‐19 Pandemic, but Our Institutional Response Might Be
As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, the idea that children are “behind” has become a common refrain in the US media and a concern among families and educators. In this context, the designation “behind” suggests that young people are not making academic progress and/or developing socioemotionally at the rate they were expected to do so before the pandemic. The experiences of those who have cared for or worked with children before and during the p…
Parental support and monitoring as associated with adolescent alcohol and tobacco use by gender and age
PS and PM were protective against SU for all participants, consistent with previous literature. Girls reported greater parental monitoring than boys, irrespective of age-group. While girls experienced higher levels of monitoring, they did not report lower SU than boys. This suggests that monitoring girls more closely than boys appears unnecessary in preventing adolescent SU. Finally, PS was a more significant factor in preventing SU for older ado…
School Climate as a Universal Intervention to Prevent Substance Use Initiation in Early Adolescence
Initiation of substance use often starts during adolescence, with tobacco and alcohol use frequently preceding the use of marijuana and other illicit drugs. Studies suggest that a positive school climate may prevent substance use while promoting healthy student behaviors. The purpose of this study was to determine the longitudinal associations between school climate and substance use initiation in a group of middle school students. Parallel laten…
Using School Climate to Improve Attendance and Grades
BACKGROUND: Students with chronic absences tend to struggle academically and may not benefit fully from all school has to offer. A positive school climate has been shown to reduce absenteeism and promote academic success. In this study, we explored how a positive school climate and high satisfaction with school may influence absences and academic performance. METHODS: We used mediated path analysis to describe relationships involving school clima…
School Climate as an Intervention to Reduce Academic Failure and Educate the Whole Child
BACKGROUND: Preventing student academic failure is crucial to student health and life success. Previous studies suggest a positive school climate may reduce students' risk for academic failure and contribute to academic success. The purpose of this study was to determine the longitudinal associations between school climate and academic grades in a group of middle school students who transition into high school. METHODS: Parallel latent growth cur…
Not Hiding, Not Shouting, Just Me
This study explored how British gay men make sense of their appearance and clothing practices and the pressures and concerns they attend to in discursively negotiating their visual identities. A convenience sample of 20 mostly young, White, and middle-class self-identified gay men responded to a qualitative survey on dress and appearance. The participants clearly understood the rules of compulsory heterosexuality and the risks of looking "too gay…
Do Drone Strikes Degrade Al Qaeda? Evidence From Propaganda Output
The United States has used unmanned, aerial vehicles—drones—to launch attacks on militants associated with Al Qaeda and other violent groups based in Pakistan. The goal is to degrade the target's capacity to undertake political and violent action. We assess the effectiveness of drone strikes in achieving this goal, measuring degradation as the capacity of Al Qaeda to generate and disseminate propaganda. Propaganda is a key output of many terroris…
African American Male Leaders in Counseling
Interviews with 5 African American male past presidents of the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development provided insights into minority leadership. Among observed themes, a communal worldview permeated actions, historical events affected development, personal traits and external resources promoted resilience, and skin color affected awareness of an unjust world and advocacy needs.Las entrevistas con 5 ex-presidentes varones afroam…
Rural leadership
Not Hiding, Not Shouting, Just Me
This study explored how British gay men make sense of their appearance and clothing practices and the pressures and concerns they attend to in discursively negotiating their visual identities. A convenience sample of 20 mostly young, White, and middle-class self-identified gay men responded to a qualitative survey on dress and appearance. The participants clearly understood the rules of compulsory heterosexuality and the risks of looking "too gay…
Do Drone Strikes Degrade Al Qaeda? Evidence From Propaganda Output
The United States has used unmanned, aerial vehicles—drones—to launch attacks on militants associated with Al Qaeda and other violent groups based in Pakistan. The goal is to degrade the target's capacity to undertake political and violent action. We assess the effectiveness of drone strikes in achieving this goal, measuring degradation as the capacity of Al Qaeda to generate and disseminate propaganda. Propaganda is a key output of many terroris…
African American Male Leaders in Counseling
Interviews with 5 African American male past presidents of the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development provided insights into minority leadership. Among observed themes, a communal worldview permeated actions, historical events affected development, personal traits and external resources promoted resilience, and skin color affected awareness of an unjust world and advocacy needs.Las entrevistas con 5 ex-presidentes varones afroam…
Rural leadership
African American Male Leaders in Counseling
Interviews with 5 African American male past presidents of the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development provided insights into minority leadership. Among observed themes, a communal worldview permeated actions, historical events affected development, personal traits and external resources promoted resilience, and skin color affected awareness of an unjust world and advocacy needs.Las entrevistas con 5 ex-presidentes varones afroam…
Do Drone Strikes Degrade Al Qaeda? Evidence From Propaganda Output
The United States has used unmanned, aerial vehicles—drones—to launch attacks on militants associated with Al Qaeda and other violent groups based in Pakistan. The goal is to degrade the target's capacity to undertake political and violent action. We assess the effectiveness of drone strikes in achieving this goal, measuring degradation as the capacity of Al Qaeda to generate and disseminate propaganda. Propaganda is a key output of many terroris…
Not Hiding, Not Shouting, Just Me
This study explored how British gay men make sense of their appearance and clothing practices and the pressures and concerns they attend to in discursively negotiating their visual identities. A convenience sample of 20 mostly young, White, and middle-class self-identified gay men responded to a qualitative survey on dress and appearance. The participants clearly understood the rules of compulsory heterosexuality and the risks of looking "too gay…
School Climate as a Universal Intervention to Prevent Substance Use Initiation in Early Adolescence
Initiation of substance use often starts during adolescence, with tobacco and alcohol use frequently preceding the use of marijuana and other illicit drugs. Studies suggest that a positive school climate may prevent substance use while promoting healthy student behaviors. The purpose of this study was to determine the longitudinal associations between school climate and substance use initiation in a group of middle school students. Parallel laten…
Using School Climate to Improve Attendance and Grades
BACKGROUND: Students with chronic absences tend to struggle academically and may not benefit fully from all school has to offer. A positive school climate has been shown to reduce absenteeism and promote academic success. In this study, we explored how a positive school climate and high satisfaction with school may influence absences and academic performance. METHODS: We used mediated path analysis to describe relationships involving school clima…
School Climate as an Intervention to Reduce Academic Failure and Educate the Whole Child
BACKGROUND: Preventing student academic failure is crucial to student health and life success. Previous studies suggest a positive school climate may reduce students' risk for academic failure and contribute to academic success. The purpose of this study was to determine the longitudinal associations between school climate and academic grades in a group of middle school students who transition into high school. METHODS: Parallel latent growth cur…
Our Children Are Not “Behind” Due to the Covid ‐19 Pandemic, but Our Institutional Response Might Be
As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, the idea that children are “behind” has become a common refrain in the US media and a concern among families and educators. In this context, the designation “behind” suggests that young people are not making academic progress and/or developing socioemotionally at the rate they were expected to do so before the pandemic. The experiences of those who have cared for or worked with children before and during the p…
Parental support and monitoring as associated with adolescent alcohol and tobacco use by gender and age
PS and PM were protective against SU for all participants, consistent with previous literature. Girls reported greater parental monitoring than boys, irrespective of age-group. While girls experienced higher levels of monitoring, they did not report lower SU than boys. This suggests that monitoring girls more closely than boys appears unnecessary in preventing adolescent SU. Finally, PS was a more significant factor in preventing SU for older ado…
Social Support and Perceptions of Covid ‐19‐related Emotional Impact on Mental Health Among Early Adolescents in Appalachia
BACKGROUND: This raises questions concerning how young people's stress and psychological changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as social support during this time have affected their overall mental health. The aim of this study was to assess the association between sources of parental- and school-level social support and youth perceptions of COVID-19-related emotional impact on mental health among early adolescent girls and boys in Appalach…
Risk & protective factors for youth substance use across family, peers, school, & leisure domains
The Icelandic Prevention Model Evaluation Framework and Implementation Integrity and Consistency Assessment
The Icelandic Prevention Model (IPM) follows a systematic but flexible process of community capacity building, data collection, analysis, dissemination, and community-engaged decision-making to guide the data-informed selection, prioritization, and implementation of intervention strategies in preventing adolescent substance use. This paper describes two new evaluation tools intended to assess the: 1) integrity of IPM implementation, and 2) unique…
Adolescent caffeine use and problematic school behavior
INTRODUCTION: Caffeine is a psychostimulant possessing arousal, motor activation, and reinforcing properties, which is consumed daily by most adolescents aged 12-19 years. Although current understanding of the implications of adolescent caffeine consumption for school behaviors remains incomplete, studies have shown that in addition to acute effects of the drug, in common with other habit-forming psychoactive substances, regular use leads to phys…
Understanding Community Perceptions on the Role of Schools in Youth Mental Health
BACKGROUND: Youth mental health rates of depression and anxiety continue to climb. Schools have a role to play to support youth mental health but often struggle to navigate community expectations. METHODS: Focus groups (n = 17) were conducted with over 100 participants to understand community perceptions on the role of schools. RESULTS: Three themes emerged around what schools should be doing: (1) provide accurate education about mental health, (…
Beyond School Climate
BACKGROUND: The conceptual framework for School as a Protective Factor approach was presented in a companion article in this issue of the journal. The current article describes the validation of the School as a Protective Factor-Brief (SPF-Brief), a 13-item survey measuring the 3 core constructs and 13 defining characteristics of this framework. METHODS: The SPF-Brief was validated through 2 studies. The developmental study used a longitudinal de…
Beyond School Climate
BACKGROUND: The school climate concept has been promising, but has long-standing critiques that have not been adequately addressed to date. The School as a Protective Factor approach represents one attempt to offer a new approach that builds on and extends beyond the concept of school climate while addressing previously identified limitations. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEORY: The School as a Protective Factor approach offers a new framework for conceptua…
Rural community perceptions on youth mental health
Icelandic Prevention Model in Rural Appalachian Communities
Background: This study assessed stakeholder experience with the core processes of The Integrated Community Engagement (ICE) Collaborative, a primary prevention approach addressing adolescent substance use in rural West Virginia, after three years of county-level implementation. Objectives: Guided by the Icelandic Prevention Model (IPM), the ICE Collaborative aims to enhance cooperation between researchers, policy makers, local practitioners, and …
Lessons Learned Applying the Icelandic Prevention Model to Youth Mental Health and Well‐Being in Idaho
BACKGROUND: The US is facing a youth mental health crisis. The Icelandic prevention model (IPM) may represent one promising way to address it. This paper describes using the IPM to promote youth mental health, with special attention given to the guiding principle of "embracing public schools as the natural hub of community efforts to support children and adolescents." CONTRIBUTIONS TO PRACTICE: Communities for Youth (C4Y) leads academic-community…
Applying School as a Protective Factor in the Icelandic Prevention Model
BACKGROUND: While research has demonstrated the importance of K-12 environments for adolescent well-being, there have been numerous challenges to measuring and addressing this social environment. The School as a Protective Factor (SPF)-Framework and Brief instrument were established to meet this gap. This study investigates SPF in an academic-community partnership with a small, rural public school district. METHODS: A school-based survey of middl…
Psychology (16 obras) · Medicine (13 obras) · Political science (10 obras) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (8 obras) · Psychiatry (8 obras) · Sociology (7 obras) · Clinical Psychology (5 obras) · Developmental psychology (5 obras) · Early Childhood Education and Development (5 obras) · Environmental health (5 obras)