Maternal Incarceration and Health Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents: A Latent Class Analysis.

Most studies on the impact of maternal incarceration on adolescent health risk behaviors have focused on singular, separated behaviors, even though these behaviors often cluster and co-occur. This study used the FFCWS dataset to examine the association between maternal incarceration and the aggregation of health risk behaviors among adolescents. Latent class analysis suggested the four-class model had the optimal model fit.

Enhancing training in spiritual and religious competencies in mental health graduate education: Evaluation of an integrated curricular approach.

Despite practice guidelines for multiculturally competent care, including spiritual/religious diversity, most mental health graduate training programs do not formally address spiritual/religious competencies. Thus, we enhanced the Spiritual Competency Training in Mental Health (SCT-MH) course curriculum to train graduate students in foundational attitudes, knowledge, and skills for addressing clients' spirituality and/or religion (S/R). The hybrid (online and in-person) SCT-MH course curriculum was integrated into existing required graduate clinical courses (replacing 15% of a course's curriculum) and taught to 309 students by 20 instructors in 20 different graduate training programs across counseling, psychology, and social work disciplines.

Effects of generational age on religious coping and psychological outcomes in females exposed to interpersonal violence.

Unlabelled: One in three women 15 years and older will experience interpersonal violence (IpV), including physical or sexual violence, at some point in their life. While the general psychological benefits of religion and spirituality (RS) are well known, research has not thoroughly examined RS coping and psychological outcomes in IpV-exposed women. When evaluating generational differences in RS concepts, literature reveals concepts such as God image vary across generation; however, literature does not address generational differences in RS coping, particularly in IpV-exposed women.

The Impact of Undermining Coparenting on the Mental and Physical Health Outcomes of Black Fathers: The Role of Depression and Restrictive Emotionality.

The parenting literature has established the coparenting relationship as central to the parenting behaviors and outcomes of men. The construct of coparenting encompasses supportive efforts among individuals that facilitate the rearing of children and unsupportive actions that can undermine parenting efforts (Merrifield & Gamble, 2013). Few studies have examined undermining coparenting as an experience that shapes Black men's health outcomes.

Helpful and Harmful Approaches to Integrating Religion and Spirituality into Mental Health Care: A National Survey of Current Clients' Experiences in the United States.

This article describes a national sample of 989 current mental health clients' views regarding whether and how their mental health care providers integrated the client's religion/spirituality (RS) into treatment. Within the online Qualtrics survey, two open-ended items asked respondents what (if anything) the client perceived their therapist having done regarding the client's RS that was (1) helpful/supportive or (2) hurtful/harmful. Participants also reported various ways therapists included the topic of RS in practice, if any.

Gratitude Predicts Meaning in Life in Family Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer's Disease.

Gratitude is a well-known and researched internal positive psychological resource. Empirical data, however, on the association between gratitude, meaning in life, and burden in family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease is scant. The aims of this study were to (1) investigate the relationships among these variables in a sample of family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's; and (2) determine if gratitude mediates the effects of perceived burden on meaning in life in this population.

A peer mentoring program for Chinese American dementia caregivers: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: A large gap exists in the development of culturally sensitive interventions to reduce stress related to dementia care among Chinese Americans, one of the fastest growing minority populations in the United States. We developed and pilot tested the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a peer mentoring program for Chinese American dementia caregivers.

Method: A pilot randomized controlled trial was conducted among 38 Chinese American caregivers in New York City.

Lifetime Polyvictimization and Mental Health Outcomes in Women With vs Without Incarceration Histories: A Population-Based Latent Class Analysis.

We use latent class analysis, a life course framework, and information on the type, frequency, and timing of trauma exposure to identify distinct polytrauma groups in a national sample of women (AddHealth). We compare the identified polytrauma groups and their associations with mental health in adulthood in women with and without incarceration histories. A unique group with polyvictimization (neglect, physical, sexual) exposure in childhood by a caregiver in women with incarceration histories was not identified in women without incarceration histories.

Dissecting Alzheimer's Disease Risk in Asian American Elders: A Classification and Regression Tree Approach.

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) poses a growing public health challenge, particularly with an aging population. While extensive research has explored the relationships between AD, socio-demographic factors, and cardiovascular risk factors, a notable gap exists in understanding these connections within the Asian American elderly population.

Objective: This study aims to address this gap by employing the Classification and Regression Tree (CART) approach to investigate the intricate interplay of socio-demographic variables, cardiovascular risk factors, sleep patterns, prior antidepressant use, and AD among Asian American elders.

The practice of pregnancy options counseling in social service and healthcare settings in the United States: a systematic literature review.

Introduction: The purpose of this systematic literature was to summarize the literature on pregnancy options counseling for women and patients who experience an unintended pregnancy across healthcare and social service settings.

Methods: We conducted a systematic literature review using the PRISMA Checklist. Following the literature search of 8 electronic databases, we used a three-stage search process to screen articles for inclusion.

A sense of connectedness, transcendent experiences, and insights for compassionate action emerge through an international collective labyrinth walk with a shared intention during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Introduction: Labyrinth walking is an integrative contemplative practice that aims to engage the body, heart, mind, and spirit. In this article, qualitative findings from the first year of a mixed methods study on collective labyrinth walking with a shared intention are described. This form of labyrinth walking is distinct in that it is a social contemplative practice.

A culturally and linguistically tailored Community-Engaged Dementia Education Program (CEDEP) for the Houston Vietnamese American community.

Data from the Vietnamese Aging and Care Survey (VACS) showed the high prevalence of disability, depressive symptoms, and cognitive impairment in older Vietnamese immigrants and refugees. We proposed a to examine the Houston Vietnamese American community's literacy on dementia and develop a one-pager educational material. This is a cross-sectional, qualitative study (interviews and focus groups) using the Cultural Exchange Model as a conceptual framework.

Beyond Dichotomy and Stability: ICT Use Among Asian American Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

This study examined the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on information and communications technology (ICT) use and the typology of ICT users among older Chinese and Korean Americans. Survey data were collected from 513 Chinese and Korean older adults in New York City. We measured ICT use for social contact, grocery shopping, health care, and COVID-19 information seeking.

Opioid Use Disorder Among the Economically Disadvantaged in the Rural South.

Objective: This study aimed to identify county-level hotspots and associated risk factors for opioid use disorder (OUD) in the state of Alabama.

Methods: Using 2015 to 2019 Alabama Medicaid administrative claims data, Medicaid recipients with OUD were identified. We performed local indicators of spatial association analysis to identify hotspots of OUD rates.

Feasibility and Efficacy of Life Review Delivered by Virtually-Trained Family Caregivers.

Background: Due to the high prevalence of depressive symptoms and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in older Americans (≥65 years), we developed a six-week depression intervention, Caregiver-Provided Life Review (C-PLR) for care recipients (CRs) with early-stage dementia and mild depression.

Objective: The objective of the study was to examine the feasibility and efficacy of C-PLR delivered by virtually-trained caregivers (CGs) on CRs who live with dementia and depression in community and long-term care settings (N = 25 CG-CR dyads).

Methods: We used fidelity scores as a measure of CG's feasibility to provide C-PLR.

Social Workers' Experiences of Support in the Workplace during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

This qualitative study included in-depth semistructured interviews with 17 social workers from across the state of Texas that took place during the summer of 2021. The purpose of this study was to describe social workers' experiences of workplace support during the COVID-19 pandemic and provide implications for how to improve support in the workplace. The interviews were analyzed using a phenomenological approach to describe the main themes of the participants' experiences.

Perspectives on a good death: A comparative study of veterans and civilians.

This study aimed to identify any differences between veterans and non-veterans in the importance of domains of the Good Death Inventory. Participants were recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk to complete a Qualtrics survey on the importance of the 18 domains of the Good Death Inventory scale. Logistic regression models were then used to analyze any differences between veterans ( = 241) and nonveterans ( = 1151).

Sleep disparities in the first month of college: implications for academic achievement.

Study Objective: We investigated sleep disparities and academic achievement in college.

Methods: Participants were 6,002 first-year college students attending a midsize private university in the southern United States [62.0% female, 18.

Association between driving frequency and well-being among older adults.

Objectives: Research on driving in older adulthood suggests that driving is a form of independence for older adults and is often associated with increased social capital and overall-being. However, few studies have examined whether the frequency of driving, and not driving alone, affects likelihood of having well-being among older adults. This study aimed to examine the association between frequency of driving and well-being among older adults, guided by the activity theory of aging.

Resilience mediates the effects of self-care activation and hope on medication adherence in heart failure patients.

Medication adherence is important to heart failure (HF) self-care. However, the rate of medication nonadherence is approximately 50%. Evidence suggests that self-care activation and hope may be internal motivators for medication adherence.

Quality of Care at the End of Life: Applying the Intersection of Race and Gender.

Background And Objectives: Research on racial and gender disparities in end-of-life care quality has burgeoned over the past few decades, but few studies have incorporated the theory of intersectionality, which posits that membership in 2 or more vulnerable groups may result in increased hardships across the life span. As such, this study aimed to examine the intersectional effect of race and gender on the quality of care received at the end of life among older adults.

Research Design And Methods: Data were derived from the combined Round 3 to Round 10 of the National Health and Aging Trends Study.

Processes of change in preventing alcohol-exposed pregnancy: Replication of a mediation analysis.

Objective: Further test mechanisms of the CHOICES intervention by replicating analyses of the experiential and behavioral processes of change (POC) for alcohol and for contraception as mediators of the intervention for reducing risk of alcohol-exposed pregnancy (AEP) using data from a more recent trial, CHOICES Plus (CP).

Method: As in the prior study, replication models examined indirect paths from intervention to experiential POC for alcohol at 3 months, to behavioral POC at 9 months, to risky drinking and risk of AEP at 9 months and experiential POC for contraception at 3 months, to behavioral POC at 9 months, and to ineffective contraception and risk of AEP at 9 months. To test the temporal relationship, additional models examined the indirect path from behavioral POC for alcohol and POC for contraception at 3 months, to the experiential POC at 9 months, and to risk of AEP at 9 months.

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Provider-Engaged Religious Belief Discussions with Older Adults at the End of Life.

The purpose of this study was to determine racial/ethnic differences in provider-engaged religious belief discussion with older adults in the final month of life. Data were derived from the combined 2012 to 2020 National Health and Aging Trends Study. Chi-square tests were used for bivariate analysis, and a binary logistic regression model was used to test the association between race/ethnicity and provider-engaged religious belief discussions at the end of life.