Stephanie Brandt, R. Miles, Anjali Krishnan, L. Rabin
{"title":"Mental Health Literacy and Its Relation to Sexual and Gender Minority Identity in a Diverse Sample of Undergraduate College Students","authors":"Stephanie Brandt, R. Miles, Anjali Krishnan, L. Rabin","doi":"10.1177/26320770221123538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26320770221123538","url":null,"abstract":"Research indicates that mental health literacy (MHL) can promote adaptive health behaviors and reduce stigma toward mental health problems. However, few studies have examined MHL among sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals, a population that is disproportionately affected by negative mental health outcomes due to experiences with minority stress. This study aimed to fill this gap in the literature by investigating the association between MHL and SGM identity in a sample of demographically diverse college students in New York City. In addition to using a comprehensive measure of MHL, we recorded participants’ self-reported history of a psychological disorder. Results indicated that SGM identity was associated with higher MHL than non-SGM identity over and above other sociodemographic characteristics. This association was fully driven by participants’ self-reported history of a psychological disorder, which was more frequently reported by SGM participants as compared to non-SGM participants. These findings suggest that SGM college students may have higher MHL than non-SGM college students due to their relatively greater likelihood of having personally experienced a psychological disorder. Early MHL intervention with SGM individuals may be warranted to increase MHL prior to a potential onset of psychopathology, with the larger goal of facilitating more positive mental health outcomes. Implications for interventions in school-based settings and future research initiatives are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":73906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of prevention and health promotion","volume":"53 1","pages":"87 - 111"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81835759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Differential Preliminary Belief in Prevention: The Case of Adolescents’ Problem Behaviors","authors":"M. Israelashvili, Abeer Hannani Nahhas","doi":"10.1177/26320770221095442","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26320770221095442","url":null,"abstract":"Current literature on the barriers to the implementation of prevention efforts highlights circumstantial organizational and personal factors. However, the possibility that there is a more profound individual difference in people’s preliminary Belief in the Ability to Prevent (BIP; Israelashvili, 2018) has not yet been investigated. To explore this possibility, two sequential studies were performed on the case of adolescents’ problem behaviors. Study 1 (N = 200) examined the utility of a new measurement of BIP. Respondents were adolescents and adults (parents and teachers), living in northern Israel, who evaluated each of the vignettes in terms of the possibility of preventing the emerging adolescent’s problem behavior. Results from Study 1 supplied preliminary support for this research tool’s structure and validity, and demonstrated that there is variance in BIP scores and that past exposure to problem behaviors, especially suicidal behavior, is associated with lower BIP scores. Assuming that BIP emerges on the basis of cultural background and life experiences, Study 2 (N = 995) explored possible sex, age, and cultural differences and their accumulating contribution to explaining the variance in BIP. Based on MANCOVA analyses, the results from Study 2 support the hypothesized background differences and show that at-risk adolescents have lower levels of BIP. An additional tree analysis suggests that a person’s perception regarding the possibility of preventing more common problem behaviors, rather than extreme behaviors, serves as the basis upon which BIP is established. It is suggested that BIP is an additional possible variable that is related to people’s reluctance to collaborate with, and respond to, prevention efforts. Implications for implementation science are suggested.","PeriodicalId":73906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of prevention and health promotion","volume":"35 1","pages":"31 - 59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82346933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah Cronin, Thomas Allen, Jian-Ming Hou, Lily Walker
{"title":"Therapist Resilience in an Ever-Changing World: A Systematic Review","authors":"Sarah Cronin, Thomas Allen, Jian-Ming Hou, Lily Walker","doi":"10.1177/26320770221115862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26320770221115862","url":null,"abstract":"Given the demands of a helping professions amidst an ever-changing world, therapists need resilience now more than ever. This systematic literature review had two purposes: to explore the international evidence of internal characteristics that contribute to therapist resilience and to investigate the common ground between previous literature about therapist resilience and the newly identified characteristics of highly resilient therapists. In all, 29 peer-reviewed original research articles were systematically collected and coded for themes. In all, 10 overarching themes were identified: (a) connection to community, (b) pursuit of continual growth, (c) emotional boundaries, (d) emotional support, (e) humor, (f) integration of personal and professional, (g) meaning and purpose, (h) positive sense of self, (i) self-awareness, and (j) spirituality. The themes reinforced the four core characteristics of highly resilient therapists. Implications to foster therapist resilience and ideas for future research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":73906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of prevention and health promotion","volume":"34 1","pages":"60 - 86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83760748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth M. Vera, Sarah Galvin, Fioralba Millon, Rachael Drapcho, Hannah Payne
{"title":"Culturally-Motivated Bullying and Bystander Intervention: The Role of Witness Situational Awareness, Intervention History, and Victim Race","authors":"Elizabeth M. Vera, Sarah Galvin, Fioralba Millon, Rachael Drapcho, Hannah Payne","doi":"10.1177/26320770221121587","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26320770221121587","url":null,"abstract":"Research indicates that individuals who are not part of mainstream cultures may be disproportionately vulnerable to bully victimization. In response to culturally-motivated bullying vignettes, we explored bystander intervention/upstanding behavioral intentions in an experimental design involving 294 college student participants. Participants were randomly assigned to conditions that presented vignettes involving race-, gender-, and sexual orientation-based bullying. Race of victim was significantly related to upstanding behaviors. Perceived emergency of the situation and previous experience with upstanding interventions were also predictive of upstanding behavior. Empathy for the victims and intentions to comfort them were the primary rationales cited for preferring specific upstanding behaviors. Findings have implications for designing culturally-motivated bullying prevention programs in school and campus settings.","PeriodicalId":73906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of prevention and health promotion","volume":"6 1","pages":"3 - 30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89681753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christina D. Colgary, Martin A. Swanbrow Becker, Qian Zhang, Jillian Konopa
{"title":"An Examination of a Cognitive Dissonance Body Image and Health Intervention for the College Classroom","authors":"Christina D. Colgary, Martin A. Swanbrow Becker, Qian Zhang, Jillian Konopa","doi":"10.1177/26320770221111759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26320770221111759","url":null,"abstract":"Creating a positive college environment regarding body image concerns is warranted given their strong association with eating disorders (EDs) and the alarming rates of EDs on college campuses. There is also a growing need to universally diversify ED prevention programs and enhance selective prevention recruitment initiatives. This study included 132 undergraduate students in a universal and mixed-gendered setting (i.e., classrooms). Participants in the intervention condition received a single session of an adapted cognitive dissonance-based intervention aimed at reducing ED risk factors. The control condition included participants who received a general classroom lecture. Women and men in the two conditions were compared at pre-intervention, post-intervention, and 1-month follow-up timepoints on appearance-ideal internalization (thin-ideal and muscular-ideal), body image satisfaction, and behavioral intention to enroll in a selective ED prevention program, known as The Body Project (BP). Using mixed-effects modeling, results showed that women in the intervention condition significantly lowered muscular-ideal internalization scores at follow-up when compared to the control condition. There were no significant differences across all other variables, which suggests that the single session universal intervention was not effective in reducing body image dissatisfaction or triaging participants into The BP. Implications include further exploration of muscular-ideal internalization in ED development for women and the examination of other underlying dimensions of body image, such as internalized weight stigma and body functionality. Mixed-gendered settings might also benefit from cultivating conversations regarding the social injustices of beauty standards. These adjustments may help enhance the levels of cognitive dissonance experienced by participants.","PeriodicalId":73906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of prevention and health promotion","volume":"61 1","pages":"563 - 588"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77980618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jessica M. Safi, Stephanie M. Rescigno, Josephine H Shih
{"title":"Promoting Mental Health in Young Adults: A Brief Gratitude-Writing Intervention Reduced Brooding in People Who Ruminate","authors":"Jessica M. Safi, Stephanie M. Rescigno, Josephine H Shih","doi":"10.1177/26320770221111757","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26320770221111757","url":null,"abstract":"Positive psychology interventions (PPIs) have the potential to bypass barriers to seeking mental health services by promoting well-being without the cost and stigma. Research on PPIs thus far has focused on depressed individuals as well individuals who sought out PPIs on their own. It is less clear, however, whether the promising findings on PPIs could extend to PPIs effectively reducing levels of vulnerability factors in individuals at risk for depression. Rumination is a perseverative cognitive process and named as a transdiagnostic risk factor for psychopathology. The current study tested the efficacy of a gratitude-writing intervention in college students who had high scores of rumination. Participants completed either the gratitude-writing or distraction task for 4 days. The gratitude-writing exercise was significantly more effective than the distraction exercise in reducing the brooding subtype of rumination and in increasing positive affect. Implications for the use of this intervention include its potential to increase confidence in PPIs and to serve as a stepping stone for young adults to seek mental health resources.","PeriodicalId":73906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of prevention and health promotion","volume":"36 1","pages":"144 - 163"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89313740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Promoting Well-Being and Responsiveness in Pre-Service Teachers Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills: A Mixed-Methods Study","authors":"Almut K. Zieher, J. Armstrong","doi":"10.1177/26320770221097973","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26320770221097973","url":null,"abstract":"Mindfulness trainings are a promising approach for mitigating teacher burnout and promoting well-being and effective teaching, yet few studies with pre-service teachers employ this approach for prevention purposes, and only one has used dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills. In this study, 12 pre-service teachers were taught DBT skills in eight 1-hour weekly sessions to promote their mindfulness and well-being. Using mixed methods, we investigated how pre-service teachers used DBT skills and evaluated training effects and feasibility. Findings from 81 days of daily survey data indicated that pre-service teachers’ mindfulness and positive affect were significantly higher the evening after training sessions and that their positive affect remained elevated through the next evening. Completed homework sheets, researcher journals, and interviews provided evidence of how the pre-service teachers used DBT skills to navigate challenges and support their students. We identified the need for more frequent sessions and additional structures to promote practice of DBT skills in daily life. The results from this study point to the feasibility of using DBT skills in a preventative capacity as part of teacher preparation programming to support teachers’ ongoing well-being and effective teaching.","PeriodicalId":73906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of prevention and health promotion","volume":"1 1","pages":"508 - 538"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78663739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Tucker, Guillermo M. Wippold, J. Roncoroni, Meagan A. Henry, Kirsten G. Klein, Matthew Garrepy, W. Ateyah, Alexanderia Burwell, Hermonyone Walker, Leslie Clements, Brandy N. Kelly Pryor, Dottington Fullwood
{"title":"Impact of the Health-Smart Holistic Health Program: A CBPR Approach to Improve Health and Prevent Adverse Outcomes for Black Older Adults","authors":"C. Tucker, Guillermo M. Wippold, J. Roncoroni, Meagan A. Henry, Kirsten G. Klein, Matthew Garrepy, W. Ateyah, Alexanderia Burwell, Hermonyone Walker, Leslie Clements, Brandy N. Kelly Pryor, Dottington Fullwood","doi":"10.1177/26320770221099586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26320770221099586","url":null,"abstract":"Black older adults experience poorer health and health-related outcomes than their non-Hispanic White counterparts. Novel, tailored strategies to promote health and prevent adverse health-related outcomes that are aligned with the preferences and values of Black older adults are needed given the limited effectiveness of “one-size-fits-all” approaches. The present study evaluated the impact of a 9-week, community-based participatory research-informed program called the Health-Smart Holistic Health Program for Seniors that aimed to improve health and prevent adverse outcomes among Black older adults by targeting body mass index (BMI), loneliness, food insecurity, and physical and psychological health-related quality of life. Participants (N = 139) were community dwelling, economically disadvantaged Black older adults living in an underserved area. Results indicated that from pre-intervention to post-intervention there were (a) significant decreases in BMI, loneliness, and food insecurity and (b) significant increases in the participating seniors’ psychological and physical health-related quality of life. Most of these changes were maintained at a 3-month post-intervention follow-up. These results have implications for similar efforts attempting to prevent adverse health outcomes among Black older adults, a high-risk and understudied group. Such efforts should be tailored and should address factors at multiple levels.","PeriodicalId":73906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of prevention and health promotion","volume":"83 1","pages":"589 - 607"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72908969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Breaking the Connection Between Depressive Symptoms and Alcohol Use Among Adolescents With a Text-Message Delivered Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial in Primary Care","authors":"M. Mason, J. Coatsworth, M. Russell, J. Mennis","doi":"10.1177/26320770221100529","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26320770221100529","url":null,"abstract":"Adolescent depression is a significant public health problem reflected in increasing rates of major depressive episodes. Depression is also a critical risk for adolescent substance use. Adolescents who have experienced a major depressive episode are approximately twice as likely to engage in heavy drinking compared to those without. Developing strategies to intervene early and reduce adolescent depressive disorders and alcohol use is warranted. We examined the relationship between adolescent depressive symptoms and alcohol use with 69 adolescents enrolled in a preventive randomized controlled pilot trial for substance use risk within a federally qualified health care setting. We also tested a mediation model to determine if a text-delivered intervention reduced alcohol use by reducing depressive symptoms. Participants were randomized to a 4-week, text-delivered stress-and-coping intervention or a waitlist control condition. Participants completed baseline assessments and monthly follow-up surveys for 3 months. Logistic regression showed that adolescents with probable depressive disorder had six times higher odds of alcohol use compared to those with sub-clinical depressive symptoms. Mediation analysis revealed that the intervention reduced alcohol use by reducing depressive symptoms for adolescents with sub-clinical depressive scores. Results support targeting proximal risk factors such as depressive symptoms among adolescents presenting for primary care with text-delivered preventive interventions in order to reduce alcohol use. Incorporating more intensive interventions for adolescents with a broad range of presenting depressive symptoms is recommended.","PeriodicalId":73906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of prevention and health promotion","volume":"45 1","pages":"495 - 507"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83786979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Test of a Social Cognitive Model of Restorative Well-Being: Application to International Students","authors":"Ijeoma Ezeofor, R. Lent, B. P. Moturu","doi":"10.1177/26320770221097627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26320770221097627","url":null,"abstract":"The social cognitive model of restorative well-being (Lent, 2004) focuses on the means by which people help to stabilize their emotional functioning after exposure to challenging life conditions. We extended this model to the study of how international students navigate psychological adjustment to life in the United States. In this application, we focused on the interplay of cognitive, behavioral, social, and trait mechanisms that may help to mitigate distress and promote well-being in the context of change and transition. Participants were 233 international students at U.S. colleges and universities who completed measures of acculturative stress, life satisfaction, social support, self-efficacy in coping with life changes, general self-efficacy, and acculturation- and enculturation-based coping behaviors. Findings indicated that the model provided good fit to the data. Coping efficacy was strongly predictive of lower levels of acculturative stress, which in turn predicted life satisfaction together with general self-efficacy. We consider implications of the findings for future research as well as for interventions designed to prevent psychological distress and to promote effective coping among international students and in a broad range of other stress and coping contexts, such as life role transitions.","PeriodicalId":73906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of prevention and health promotion","volume":"133 1","pages":"468 - 494"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90149024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}