2022
Cultural identity affiliation and alcohol use and related consequences among American Indian and White adolescents: A latent profile analysis
Schick M, Egan A, Crawford M, Nalven T, Goldstein S, Spillane N. Cultural identity affiliation and alcohol use and related consequences among American Indian and White adolescents: A latent profile analysis. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2022, 46: 1846-1856. PMID: 36244045, DOI: 10.1111/acer.14927.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol-related problemsLatent class solutionAlcohol use outcomesLatent profile analysisAlcohol useCultural identityWhite adolescentsBicultural classIdentity affiliationAdverse alcohol-related outcomesOptimal 3-class solutionExperiences of historical traumaSelf-report measuresAlcohol-related outcomesClass solutionRates of alcohol useAdolescent alcohol useNon-AI youthLevels of affiliationLatent class membershipProfile analysisLatent class analysisAI adolescentsSignificant public health concernWhite samples
2021
Perceived Racial Discrimination, Alcohol Use, and Alcohol-Related Problems: The Moderating Role of Self-Compassion in Reserve-Dwelling First Nation Youth
Schick M, Nalven T, Crawford M, Spillane N. Perceived Racial Discrimination, Alcohol Use, and Alcohol-Related Problems: The Moderating Role of Self-Compassion in Reserve-Dwelling First Nation Youth. Translational Issues In Psychological Science 2021, 7: 405-418. PMID: 36381241, PMCID: PMC9648674, DOI: 10.1037/tps0000300.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLevels of self-compassionAlcohol-related problemsSelf-compassionAlcohol useLow levels of self-compassionRacial discriminationResponses to racial discriminationContext of racial discriminationNegative alcohol-related consequencesSimple slope analysesAlcohol-related consequencesNorth American Indigenous adolescentsExperiences of racial discriminationPerceived racial discriminationFirst Nation adolescentsNation adolescentsPencil-and-paper surveyModerating roleNation's youthFirst Nations youthDisproportionate ratesAlcoholReservation communitiesAdolescentsIndigenous adolescentsThe protective effects of self-compassion on alcohol-related problems among first nation adolescents
Spillane N, Schick M, Goldstein S, Nalven T, Kahler C. The protective effects of self-compassion on alcohol-related problems among first nation adolescents. Addiction Research & Theory 2021, 30: 33-40. PMID: 36238694, PMCID: PMC9555812, DOI: 10.1080/16066359.2021.1902994.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlcohol-related problemsAlcohol-related disparitiesIndigenous peoples’ experiencesSelf-compassionAssociated with alcohol-related problemsAlcohol-related consequencesContemporary discriminationIndigenous youthProtective factorsPencil-and-paper surveyProtective effects of self-compassionNation adolescentsEffects of trauma exposureIndigenous communitiesEffect of self-compassionHistorical traumaPeople's experiencesNorth American Indigenous youthAlcohol useFirst Nation adolescentsTrauma exposureProtective effectYouth
2020
History of sexual assault, past-year alcohol use, and alcohol-related problems in American Indian adolescents
Kirk-Provencher K, Schick M, Spillane N, Tobar-Santamaria A. History of sexual assault, past-year alcohol use, and alcohol-related problems in American Indian adolescents. Addictive Behaviors 2020, 108: 106441. PMID: 32315934, PMCID: PMC7282992, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106441.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol-related problemsAlcohol-related consequencesPast-year alcohol useSexual assaultAlcohol useExperience of alcohol-related problemsAI adolescentsRates of sexual violenceAmerican Drug and Alcohol SurveyHistory of sexual assaultSexual assault experiencesSexual assault historyIncreased negative consequencesAdolescent alcohol useAmerican Indian adolescentsNationally-representative sampleMultilevel regression analysisSexual violenceNational epidemiological studyAssault experiencesAlcohol SurveyAssault historyAlcohol-useAlcohol misuseAssaultThe Factor Structure of Self-Esteem and Its Association With Alcohol Use in American Indian (AI) Adolescents
Schick M, Nalven T, Spillane N. The Factor Structure of Self-Esteem and Its Association With Alcohol Use in American Indian (AI) Adolescents. American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry 2020, 90: 712-719. PMID: 32584078, PMCID: PMC8359740, DOI: 10.1037/ort0000504.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol-related problemsInterpersonal self-esteemAmerican Drug and Alcohol SurveySelf-esteemAssociated with alcohol consumptionAI adolescentsAlcohol useFactor structureFactor analytic resultsAssociated with alcohol useSelf-esteem measuresSelf-esteem itemsAlcohol consumptionAlcohol SurveyIncreased self-esteemMultilevel regression analysisPsychometric propertiesSecondary analysis of cross-sectional dataAdolescentsDisproportionately high ratesAnalysis of cross-sectional dataNear reservationsCross-sectional dataAmerican DrugAlcohol