2024
Help-Seeking Preferences and Influencing Factors Among Chinese Nurses Exposed to COVID-19: A Person-Centered Approach
Wu Z, Shi W, Chen Y, Lowe S, Liu J. Help-Seeking Preferences and Influencing Factors Among Chinese Nurses Exposed to COVID-19: A Person-Centered Approach. Journal Of Community Health Nursing 2024, 41: 273-285. PMID: 38368504, DOI: 10.1080/07370016.2024.2314076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHelp-seeking preferencesHelp-seeking intentionsChinese nursesPerceived social supportSocial supportPerson-centered approachLogistic regressionReduce mental illnessMental health servicesOnline mental health servicesCareer durationMedia exposurePsychological help-seeking intentionsCross-sectional designSocial media exposureSampled nursesHealth servicesMental illnessNursesPublic health emergencyHelp-seekingPerson-centeredCOVID-19 preventionLatent class analysisCOVID-19Long-Term Courses of Posttraumatic Growth in Survivors of Hurricane Katrina
Preston J, Lowe S, Rhodes J. Long-Term Courses of Posttraumatic Growth in Survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Traumatology An International Journal 2024 DOI: 10.1037/trm0000497.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic growthAssociated with membershipIncreased PTGDecreasing PTGPosttraumatic growth trajectoriesPerceived social supportIncreased odds of membershipOdds of membershipStressor scoresPositive religious copingPsychosocial resourcesSocial supportSense of purposeSmall body of literaturePredisaster dataLow-incomeIncreased oddsFactors associated with stabilityBlack mothersReligious copingClinical interventionsTrauma eventsNeighborhood satisfactionSurvivorsTrauma survivors
2023
Mental health after mass shootings
Lowe S, Bonumwezi J, Valdespino-Hayden Z, Tineo. Mental health after mass shootings. 2023, 430-448. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-91497-0.00200-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Predisaster predictors of posttraumatic stress symptom trajectories: An analysis of low-income women in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Lowe SR, Raker EJ, Waters MC, Rhodes JE. Predisaster predictors of posttraumatic stress symptom trajectories: An analysis of low-income women in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0240038. PMID: 33085670, PMCID: PMC7577433, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysical health conditionsPosttraumatic Stress Symptom TrajectoriesMental illnessPTSS trajectoriesHealth conditionsMultivariable modelDisaster exposureGreater oddsSymptom trajectoriesProbable mental illnessUnivariate levelMultivariable predictive modelTrajectory membershipMental health servicesLow-income womenSocial supportHigh-stable trajectoryLatent class growth analysisYears postdisasterDisaster preparedness effortsIntervention studiesHealth servicesModerate decreasingIllnessOdds
2013
Trajectories of Psychological Distress Among Low-Income, Female Survivors of Hurricane Katrina
Lowe SR, Rhodes JE. Trajectories of Psychological Distress Among Low-Income, Female Survivors of Hurricane Katrina. American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry 2013, 83: 398-412. PMID: 23889030, PMCID: PMC3999519, DOI: 10.1111/ajop.12019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychological distressLatent class growth analysisHurricane-related stressorsDistinct trajectory groupsAfrican American womenTime pointsSocioeconomic statusTrajectory group membershipFemale survivorsSignificant predictorsTrajectory groupsAmerican womenDegree of exposurePsychological outcomesLow incomeSocial supportDistressPsychological responsesPredisaster levelsLow levelsPet bereavement
2010
Pre-Hurricane Perceived Social Support Protects Against Psychological Distress: A Longitudinal Analysis of Low-Income Mothers
Lowe SR, Chan CS, Rhodes JE. Pre-Hurricane Perceived Social Support Protects Against Psychological Distress: A Longitudinal Analysis of Low-Income Mothers. Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology 2010, 78: 551-560. PMID: 20658811, PMCID: PMC3618961, DOI: 10.1037/a0018317.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychological distressHurricane-related stressorsSocial supportMultiple mediator analysisLow-income mothersNegative psychological effectsPerceived Social SupportStructural equation modelingNatural disaster exposureSocial support networksHypothesized modelPsychological effectsMediator analysisDisaster exposurePartial supportEquation modelingDistressIndirect effectsHurricane KatrinaSupport networksLongitudinal analysisStressorsIntervention studiesParticipantsPost-disaster assessment