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View article: Development of a Brief Screener for Crosscutting Patterns of Family Maltreatment and Psychological Health Problems
Development of a Brief Screener for Crosscutting Patterns of Family Maltreatment and Psychological Health Problems Open
Prior work established the presence of six crosscutting patterns of clinically significant family maltreatment (FM) and psychological health (PH) problems among active-duty service members. Here, we develop a brief screener for these patte…
View article: Examining barriers and facilitators of dental fear treatment adoption: A qualitative study of practicing dentists
Examining barriers and facilitators of dental fear treatment adoption: A qualitative study of practicing dentists Open
Over fifteen percent of the global population experiences dental fear, and although evidence-based treatments exist, adoption of these treatments is almost non-existent. Informed by our prior research examining barriers to adopting face-to…
View article: A Large-Scale Survey of Barriers and Attractors to Mental Healthcare Utilization for Active-Duty Service Members in the U.S. Department of the Air Force
A Large-Scale Survey of Barriers and Attractors to Mental Healthcare Utilization for Active-Duty Service Members in the U.S. Department of the Air Force Open
Despite expanded mental health services and outreach within the military, most active-duty members who endorse mental health problems do not seek services. Little is known about why this is the case, but cognitions may play a key role. In …
View article: NORTH STAR: An Evaluation of a Light-Touch, Evidence-Based Prevention Framework Within U.S. Air Force Squadrons
NORTH STAR: An Evaluation of a Light-Touch, Evidence-Based Prevention Framework Within U.S. Air Force Squadrons Open
NORTH STAR is a community-based prevention assessment, planning, and implementation framework for military communities. It was developed and tested at the installation level in a randomized controlled trial, with encouraging findings. Howe…
View article: Dissemination of a reliable and valid family maltreatment determination model: 33-site, system-wide replication and extension of Heyman and Slep (2009a).
Dissemination of a reliable and valid family maltreatment determination model: 33-site, system-wide replication and extension of Heyman and Slep (2009a). Open
The need for standardized criteria in partner and child maltreatment response systems is critical for providing fair decisions, allocating family support, producing reliable research findings, and aiding prevention efforts, among other tas…
View article: Afraid of the dentist? There’s an app for that: Development and usability testing of a cognitive behavior therapy-based mobile app
Afraid of the dentist? There’s an app for that: Development and usability testing of a cognitive behavior therapy-based mobile app Open
Objectives Although several brief cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)-based treatments for dental fear have proven efficacious, these interventions remain largely unavailable outside of the specialty clinics in which they were developed. Leve…
View article: A Pre-Adoption Assessment of a Collaborative Care Approach to Dental-Fear Treatment
A Pre-Adoption Assessment of a Collaborative Care Approach to Dental-Fear Treatment Open
Background: With an estimated global prevalence rate of over 30%, dental fear is a ubiquitous public health phenomenon. Dental fear’s adverse effects on patient oral health and quality of life are well established; the stresses and financi…
View article: Still “Don’t Ask” more than a decade later: The impact of research barriers for LGB+ military couples
Still “Don’t Ask” more than a decade later: The impact of research barriers for LGB+ military couples Open
Despite the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) over a decade ago, military processes and policies continue to function as significant structural and institutional barriers to research aimed at optimizing resources for military couple…
View article: What do parents know about social-emotional learning in their children’s schools? Gaps and opportunities for strengthening intervention impact
What do parents know about social-emotional learning in their children’s schools? Gaps and opportunities for strengthening intervention impact Open
Universal school-based social and emotional learning (SEL) programs have been shown to have a range of benefits for students. However, these programs tend to focus on students, not involving parents, which may limit their impact outside th…
View article: Unlocking What Makes Military Behavioral Health Interventions Work, Stumble, or Fade Away
Unlocking What Makes Military Behavioral Health Interventions Work, Stumble, or Fade Away Open
Introduction The Office of the Secretary of Defense and each of the services have made an unprecedented commitment to the prevention of sexual assault and related behavioral health phenomena. Indeed, the Department of Air Force has selecte…
View article: Inventory of School Supports-Parent Report (ISS-PR): Development and Validation with Military-Connected Families
Inventory of School Supports-Parent Report (ISS-PR): Development and Validation with Military-Connected Families Open
Tools that assess school supports for highly mobile, military-connected students are lacking. This study describes the development and preliminary validation of the Inventory of School Supports-Parent Report (ISS-PR). Participants were 433…
View article: Inventory of School Supports-Youth Report (ISS-YR): Development and Validation with Military-Connected Students
Inventory of School Supports-Youth Report (ISS-YR): Development and Validation with Military-Connected Students Open
This study describes the development of a 12-item inventory of school supports for military-connected (MC) children. Participants were 444 students (grades 3 or 5) with an active-duty military parent (48% female; 57.3% White, 10.7% Black, …
View article: Leveraging technology to increase the disseminability of <scp>evidence‐based</scp> treatment of dental fear: An uncontrolled pilot study
Leveraging technology to increase the disseminability of <span>evidence‐based</span> treatment of dental fear: An uncontrolled pilot study Open
Objectives U.S. and global estimates indicate that over 30% of adults fear receiving dental care, including over 20% who have visited a dentist in the last year, leading to avoidance and degraded oral and systemic health. Although evidence…
View article: Exploring dental students’ attitudes toward patient‐centered management of dental fear
Exploring dental students’ attitudes toward patient‐centered management of dental fear Open
Purpose/Objectives A patient‐centered care (PCC) paradigm undergirds modern dental education. PCC is particularly relevant in the management of patient dental fear. The aims of this study were three‐fold: (a) to examine the preliminary psy…
View article: Leadership perspectives on facilitators and barriers to sustaining evidence-based prevention interventions in the United States Military
Leadership perspectives on facilitators and barriers to sustaining evidence-based prevention interventions in the United States Military Open
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) aims to prevent suicide, harassment, sexual assault, and partner and child maltreatment by implementing evidence-based behavioral health interventions (EBIs). However, sustaining EBI implementation over…
View article: Pre-existing parental stress and youth internalizing symptoms predict parent-reported COVID-related stress in military families
Pre-existing parental stress and youth internalizing symptoms predict parent-reported COVID-related stress in military families Open
Understanding the extent to which youth and families experienced COVID-related stress requires accounting for prior levels of stress and other associated factors. This is especially important for military families, which experience unique …
View article: Revisiting “ill will versus poor skill”: Relationship dissatisfaction, intimate partner violence, and observed “communication skills deficits”
Revisiting “ill will versus poor skill”: Relationship dissatisfaction, intimate partner violence, and observed “communication skills deficits” Open
For decades, researchers, interventionists, and the lay public have subscribed to the notion that couples low in relationship satisfaction and/or experiencing psychological, physical, or sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) have communic…
View article: When, where, and for what do parents seek help for child mental health concerns
When, where, and for what do parents seek help for child mental health concerns Open
Objective: Although parental help-seeking processes are thought to play a role in explaining the treatment gap in child mental health care, no empirical research has reported mothers’ and fathers’ help-seeking behaviors for child mental he…
View article: Couple Conflict Behavior: Disentangling Associations With Relationship Dissatisfaction and Intimate Partner Violence
Couple Conflict Behavior: Disentangling Associations With Relationship Dissatisfaction and Intimate Partner Violence Open
This study investigates associations between (a) relationship satisfaction and intimate partner violence (IPV: psychological, physical, and sexual) and (b) observed couple communication behavior. Mixed-sex couples ( N = 291) were recruited…
View article: "Self-report measures of coercive process in couple and parent–child dyads": Correction.
"Self-report measures of coercive process in couple and parent–child dyads": Correction. Open
Reports an error in "Self-report measures of coercive process in couple and parent-child dyads" by Danielle M. Mitnick, Michael F. Lorber, Amy M. Smith Slep, Richard E. Heyman, Shu Xu, Lisanne J. Bulling, Sara R. Nichols and J. Mark Eddy (…
View article: The role of intimate partner violence and relationship satisfaction in couples’ interpersonal emotional arousal.
The role of intimate partner violence and relationship satisfaction in couples’ interpersonal emotional arousal. Open
To inform interpersonal models of intimate partner violence (IPV), the present study examines patterns of vocally encoded emotional arousal during the conversations of mixed-gender couples who reported on the extent of physical and psychol…