2023
Depressive symptoms, alcohol use, and alcohol-related consequences: the moderating role of gender among American Indian adolescents
Schick M, Hostetler K, Kirk-Provencher K, Spillane N. Depressive symptoms, alcohol use, and alcohol-related consequences: the moderating role of gender among American Indian adolescents. Journal Of Ethnicity In Substance Abuse 2023, ahead-of-print: 1-17. PMID: 37222686, PMCID: PMC10667562, DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2023.2216162.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlcohol-related consequencesDepressive symptomsAlcohol use frequencyAlcohol useAI adolescentsAssociated with alcohol-related consequencesInteraction of depressive symptomsCo-occurrence of depressionTreatment of alcohol useReducing alcohol useSelf-report questionnairesLifetime alcohol useAmerican Indian adolescentsAssociated with increased riskGender-sensitive recommendationsIntervention effortsEvaluate gender differencesModerating roleAdolescentsGender differencesIndian adolescentsNear reservationsDepressionSymptomsCo-occurrence
2022
Depression and alcohol use in American Indian adolescents: The influence of family factors
Schick M, Nalven T, Thomas E, Weiss N, Spillane N. Depression and alcohol use in American Indian adolescents: The influence of family factors. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2022, 46: 141-151. PMID: 35076972, PMCID: PMC8988920, DOI: 10.1111/acer.14748.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCo-occurrence of depressionDepressive symptomsAlcohol useFamily factorsFamily warmthGreater depressive symptomsStatistically significant positive associationCulturally sensitive preventionNationally representative sampleAI adolescentsInfluence of family factorsSignificant positive associationParental monitoringGreater alcohol useRepresentative sampleSensitive preventionTreatment approachesAlcohol misuseGeneral populationLevels of parental monitoringAmerican Indian adolescentsPositive associationSymptomsDepressionIndian adolescents
2020
Comparison of latent typologies of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression symptoms across military personnel from India and the US
Contractor A, Weiss N, Schick M, Natesan Batley P, Forkus S, Sharma R. Comparison of latent typologies of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression symptoms across military personnel from India and the US. Journal Of Anxiety Disorders 2020, 70: 102195. PMID: 32035292, PMCID: PMC7074844, DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2020.102195.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderLow-severity classHighest severity classStress disorderDepressive symptomsPTSD classU.S. sampleOptimal class solutionMulti-group invarianceClass solutionSubgroups of individualsLatent class solutionAnxiety severityMilitary personnelAlcohol useDepressionCulturally-sensitive interventionsHigher severityDisordersSeveral classesHeterogeneous subgroupsModeratelyIndia samplesSymptomsSeverity
2019
Depression and risky alcohol use: an examination of the role of difficulties regulating positive emotions in trauma-exposed individuals
Schick M, Weiss N, Contractor A, Dixon-Gordon K, Spillane N. Depression and risky alcohol use: an examination of the role of difficulties regulating positive emotions in trauma-exposed individuals. The American Journal Of Drug And Alcohol Abuse 2019, 45: 323-332. PMID: 30848960, PMCID: PMC6450725, DOI: 10.1080/00952990.2019.1572759.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepressive symptom severityRisky alcohol useSymptom severityAlcohol useEmotion dysregulationPositive emotionsDifficulties regulating positive emotionsCo-occurrence of depressionTrauma-exposed adultsEmotion regulation skillsRates of comorbidityZero-order correlationsSelf-report questionnairesImpulsive behaviorRegulation skillsAmazon Mechanical TurkNegative emotionsDepressionEmotionsMechanical TurkSubscalesCo-occurrenceDysregulationSeverityDifficulties