Christopher R. Beasley
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View article: Dismantling barriers in professional psychology: Supporting formerly justice-involved students and trainees.
Dismantling barriers in professional psychology: Supporting formerly justice-involved students and trainees. Open
In the United States, approximately 1.9 million adults are incarcerated, 5.5 million individuals are under some form of correctional supervision, and nearly 80 million people live with the collateral consequences of having a legal record. …
View article: Magnetic resonance imaging–guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor in a patient with von Willebrand disease: perioperative optimization for patients with coagulopathies. Illustrative case
Magnetic resonance imaging–guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor in a patient with von Willebrand disease: perioperative optimization for patients with coagulopathies. Illustrative case Open
BACKGROUND Essential tremor (ET) is one of the most common movement disorders worldwide. In medically refractory ET, deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the ventral intermediate nucleus of the thalamus is the current standard of care. However,…
View article: Incarceration history and ethnic bias in hiring perceptions: An experimental test of intersectional bias & psychological mechanisms
Incarceration history and ethnic bias in hiring perceptions: An experimental test of intersectional bias & psychological mechanisms Open
This study seeks to better understand mechanisms of bias against formerly incarcerated and ethnically minoritized job applicants as well as the interactive effects of those two identities. In a sample of 358 hiring managers in the United S…
View article: The Involvement in Alcoholics Anonymous Scale - Short Form: Factor Structure & Validation
The Involvement in Alcoholics Anonymous Scale - Short Form: Factor Structure & Validation Open
Background: The aim of this research was to examine the psychometrics of a short form version of the multidimensional Involvement in Alcoholics Anonymous scale (IAA-SF) by assessing the factor structure, internal consistency, and predictiv…
View article: Our Reflections on the Reactions to “Theories in the Field of Community Psychology”
Our Reflections on the Reactions to “Theories in the Field of Community Psychology” Open
We recognize that our article (Jason, Stevens, Ram, Miller, Beasley, & Gleason, 2016) will be controversial, and we are delighted that it has sparked some lively discussions. Our thesis is that research in our field could benefit from bein…
View article: Suicide Attempts and Personal Need for Structure Among Ex-Offenders
Suicide Attempts and Personal Need for Structure Among Ex-Offenders Open
Suicide attempts were examined in relation to sociodemographic (age, gender, ethnicity), psychopathological (prior psychiatric hospitalizations, physical and sexual abuse histories), and cognitive (personal need for structure) variables am…
View article: Income Generation in Recovering Heroin Users: A Comparative Analysis of Legal and Illegal Earnings
Income Generation in Recovering Heroin Users: A Comparative Analysis of Legal and Illegal Earnings Open
Research has shown employment to be a central mediator to sustained recovery and community reentry for substance abusers; however, heroin users have lower employment rates and report lower mean incomes than other drug users. The authors of…
View article: Engagement and Disengagement in Mutual‐Help Addiction Recovery Housing: A Test of Affective Events Theory
Engagement and Disengagement in Mutual‐Help Addiction Recovery Housing: A Test of Affective Events Theory Open
This study tested an affective events theory (AET) model in the Oxford House network of recovery homes. Residents’ congruence with their home (P–E fit) was hypothesized to directly influence behavior that supported the house and other resi…