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Racial/ethnic differences in the bullying victimization-suicidality link among LGBQ high school students in the United States
This study examines associations between bullying victimization and suicidal behaviors across racial/ethnic groups in a sample of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and questioning (LGBQ) students. Data for this cross-sectional study were derived from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Youth Risk Behavior Survey combined data set (2003-2019), with a sample of 95,603 students who identified as LGBQ. Analyses included descriptive statistics and logistic regression. We found that homophobic bullying victimization was associated with higher odds of suicidal ideation and plans among the total sample and Black and Hispanic stu...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - February 12, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jun Sung Hong Alberto Valido Dorothy L Espelage Jungup Lee Diana M DiNitto Source Type: research

Coproduction with peer support groups: A new approach to culturally responsive social services
This article examines how three disability support organizations in Australia worked with peer support groups run by people with disability and their families from Chinese background to improve the organizations' service provision. We collected qualitative data through observations of activities in the groups and semistructured interviews with group members and organization staff. We found that organizing peer support groups facilitated knowledge exchange between people from culturally diverse backgrounds and organizations to inform practice development. Five contributors to the knowledge exchange were as follows: (1) assi...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - February 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Qian Fang Abner Weng Cheong Poon Karen R Fisher Julie Duong Jung-Sook Lee Source Type: research

Exploring the needs of girls of color in the juvenile legal system: A latent class analysis
This study used a structured interview-based assessment adapted from an advocacy intervention to examine girls' self-identified needs and perceived effectiveness and difficulty of accessing resources for these needs. Descriptive analyses found that girls reported needing resources beyond those typically assessed and supported in existing programming, such as technology, extracurriculars, and employment. Latent class analysis revealed four subgroups of girls with distinct but overlapping areas of needs: (1) High Employment, Current School, and Logistical Needs, (2) Low Overall Needs, (3) High Employment Needs, and (4) High ...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - February 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Natalie May Shabnam Javdani Erin Godfrey Elise Cappella Source Type: research

Coproduction with peer support groups: A new approach to culturally responsive social services
This article examines how three disability support organizations in Australia worked with peer support groups run by people with disability and their families from Chinese background to improve the organizations' service provision. We collected qualitative data through observations of activities in the groups and semistructured interviews with group members and organization staff. We found that organizing peer support groups facilitated knowledge exchange between people from culturally diverse backgrounds and organizations to inform practice development. Five contributors to the knowledge exchange were as follows: (1) assi...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - February 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Qian Fang Abner Weng Cheong Poon Karen R Fisher Julie Duong Jung-Sook Lee Source Type: research

Exploring the needs of girls of color in the juvenile legal system: A latent class analysis
This study used a structured interview-based assessment adapted from an advocacy intervention to examine girls' self-identified needs and perceived effectiveness and difficulty of accessing resources for these needs. Descriptive analyses found that girls reported needing resources beyond those typically assessed and supported in existing programming, such as technology, extracurriculars, and employment. Latent class analysis revealed four subgroups of girls with distinct but overlapping areas of needs: (1) High Employment, Current School, and Logistical Needs, (2) Low Overall Needs, (3) High Employment Needs, and (4) High ...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - February 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Natalie May Shabnam Javdani Erin Godfrey Elise Cappella Source Type: research

A greening theory of change: How neighborhood greening impacts adolescent health disparities
Am J Community Psychol. 2024 Feb 1. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12735. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTNeighborhoods are one of the key determinants of health disparities among young people in the United States. While neighborhood deprivation can exacerbate health disparities, amenities such as quality parks and greenspace can support adolescent health. Existing conceptual frameworks of greening-health largely focus on greenspace exposures, rather than greening interventions. In this paper, we develop and propose a Greening Theory of Change that explains how greening initiatives might affect adolescent health in deprived neighborhoods...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - February 2, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Michelle C Kondo Dexter Locke Meghan Hazer Tamar Mendelson Rebecca L Fix Ashley Joshi Megan Latshaw Dustin Fry Kristin Mmari Source Type: research

Building blocks for a happy life: Longitudinal associations between early life income, mentorship and later well-being
Am J Community Psychol. 2024 Feb 1. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12738. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTLongitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID; N = 2996) were used to test hypotheses about the link between well-being and financial and social developmental resources. Results suggest that higher average family income from birth to age 18, and personal and professional mentoring received between 17 and 30, were positively associated with indicators of positive well-being and negatively related to negative indicators of well-being. Interactions between early life family income and mentoring during emerging adulthoo...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - February 2, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Thomas Chan Veronica Fruiht Nicardo McInnis Source Type: research

Adolescents and sexual assault: A critical integrative review
Am J Community Psychol. 2024 Feb 1. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12740. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAdolescents are sexually assaulted at remarkably high rates. Adolescents are also unique given the specific dynamics of adolescent sexual assault, their current stage in human development, their limited legal standing and rights, and their experiences navigating postassault services and resources. While literature exists within each of these domains, it is somewhat disconnected and overlooks how adolescents are often relegated to the margins in research and practice. The purpose of this integrative review is to (1) provide a more com...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - February 2, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Caroline Bailey Jessica Shaw Abril Harris Source Type: research

A greening theory of change: How neighborhood greening impacts adolescent health disparities
Am J Community Psychol. 2024 Feb 1. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12735. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTNeighborhoods are one of the key determinants of health disparities among young people in the United States. While neighborhood deprivation can exacerbate health disparities, amenities such as quality parks and greenspace can support adolescent health. Existing conceptual frameworks of greening-health largely focus on greenspace exposures, rather than greening interventions. In this paper, we develop and propose a Greening Theory of Change that explains how greening initiatives might affect adolescent health in deprived neighborhoods...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - February 2, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michelle C Kondo Dexter Locke Meghan Hazer Tamar Mendelson Rebecca L Fix Ashley Joshi Megan Latshaw Dustin Fry Kristin Mmari Source Type: research

Building blocks for a happy life: Longitudinal associations between early life income, mentorship and later well-being
Am J Community Psychol. 2024 Feb 1. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12738. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTLongitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID; N = 2996) were used to test hypotheses about the link between well-being and financial and social developmental resources. Results suggest that higher average family income from birth to age 18, and personal and professional mentoring received between 17 and 30, were positively associated with indicators of positive well-being and negatively related to negative indicators of well-being. Interactions between early life family income and mentoring during emerging adulthoo...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - February 2, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Thomas Chan Veronica Fruiht Nicardo McInnis Source Type: research

Adolescents and sexual assault: A critical integrative review
Am J Community Psychol. 2024 Feb 1. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12740. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAdolescents are sexually assaulted at remarkably high rates. Adolescents are also unique given the specific dynamics of adolescent sexual assault, their current stage in human development, their limited legal standing and rights, and their experiences navigating postassault services and resources. While literature exists within each of these domains, it is somewhat disconnected and overlooks how adolescents are often relegated to the margins in research and practice. The purpose of this integrative review is to (1) provide a more com...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - February 2, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Caroline Bailey Jessica Shaw Abril Harris Source Type: research

Associations between a technical assistance model to build school organizational capacity and improvements in student perceptions of school climate
This study employed a quasi-experimental, repeated measured design to evaluate the role of technical assistance provided through Safe School Certification model in improving school climate. Schools worked through an eight-element framework, using data from a sample of six middle and high schools in Washington, D.C. that completed data collection in all years of the evaluation. Students in schools receiving technical assistance for implementing the SSC Framework had more positive changes in perceptions of school climate than students in schools that did not receive support, but those differences were small. The results from...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - January 11, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Renee Ryberg Sarah Her Deborah Temkin Yosmary Rodriguez Claire Kelley Source Type: research

Associations between a technical assistance model to build school organizational capacity and improvements in student perceptions of school climate
This study employed a quasi-experimental, repeated measured design to evaluate the role of technical assistance provided through Safe School Certification model in improving school climate. Schools worked through an eight-element framework, using data from a sample of six middle and high schools in Washington, D.C. that completed data collection in all years of the evaluation. Students in schools receiving technical assistance for implementing the SSC Framework had more positive changes in perceptions of school climate than students in schools that did not receive support, but those differences were small. The results from...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - January 11, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Renee Ryberg Sarah Her Deborah Temkin Yosmary Rodriguez Claire Kelley Source Type: research

Raced and risky subjects: The interplay of racial and managerial ideologies as an expression of "colorblind" racism
Am J Community Psychol. 2024 Jan 10. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12731. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTContemporary manifestations of race are dynamic and elusive in the forms and shapes they take. "Colourblind" racism is effective at drawing on seemingly objective and race-neutral discourses to obfuscate racialized forms of structural exclusion. Framed by Critical Race Theory and Critical Narrative Analysis this paper presents an example from the Australian context that examines the relationships between a grassroots initiative developed by creatives from the African diaspora and two not-for-profit human services organizations, to i...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - January 10, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rama P Agung-Igusti Source Type: research

Raced and risky subjects: The interplay of racial and managerial ideologies as an expression of "colorblind" racism
Am J Community Psychol. 2024 Jan 10. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12731. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTContemporary manifestations of race are dynamic and elusive in the forms and shapes they take. "Colourblind" racism is effective at drawing on seemingly objective and race-neutral discourses to obfuscate racialized forms of structural exclusion. Framed by Critical Race Theory and Critical Narrative Analysis this paper presents an example from the Australian context that examines the relationships between a grassroots initiative developed by creatives from the African diaspora and two not-for-profit human services organizations, to i...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - January 10, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rama P Agung-Igusti Source Type: research