This study explores cross-sectional relationships among childhood sexual abuse (CSA), lifetime traumatic events (LTEs), age at first use of substances, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in 644 low-income substance...
Anthropogenic climate change currently threatens existing systems of human societies, and psychology has a significant role in exploring and untangling the predictors of sustainable behaviors and environmental concern. The...
Disrupting pathways to negative outcomes in children and adolescents who have caregivers with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) is of the highest priority if we are to gain control over the opioid epidemic. This population is at...
For more information on the published version, visit Wiley's Website., Kingston, Sharon, and Amy Rose. Do the Effects of Adolescent Employment Differ by Neighborhood Context? American Journal of Community Psychology 55, no....
Kingston, Sharon. Economic Adversity and Depressive Symptoms In Mothers: Do Marital Status and Perceived Social Support Matter? American Journal of Community Psychology 52, no. 3-4 (2013): 359-366....
For more information on the published version, visit Science Direct's Website., Bruzzese, Jean-Marie, Sharon Kingston, Beverley J. Sheares, Amarilis Cespedes, Hossein Sadeghi, and David Evans. "Feasibility and Preliminary...
Published as:Kingston, Sharon, Emily Knight, Justin Williams, and Hannah Gordon. How Do Young Adults View 12-Step Programs? A Qualitative Study. Journal of Addictive Diseases 34, no. 4 (2015): 311-322....
Undiagnosed asthma adds to the burden of asthma and is an especially significant public health concern among urban adolescents. While much is known about individual-level demographic and neighborhood-level factors that...
Parent cultural adaptation and preschool behavioral and socioemotional functioning were examined in a community sample of urban families from diverse cultural backgrounds. Participants were 130 families of children (mean age =...
For more information on the published version, visit Wiley's Website., Limited socioeconomic family and neighborhood resources are known to influence multiple aspects of school readiness skills. Early parent involvement in...
For more information on the published version, visit Wiley's Website., Miller Brotman, Laurie, Esther Calzada, Keng-Yen Huang, Sharon Kingston, Spring Dawson- McClure, Dimitra Kamboukos, Amanda Rosenfelt, Amihai Schwab, and Eva...
Bruzzese, Jean-Marie, Sharon Kingston, Yihong Zhao, John S. DiMeglio, Amarilis Céspedes, and Maureen George. Psychological Factors Influencing the Decision of Urban Adolescents With Undiagnosed Asthma to Obtain Medical Care....
Kingston, Sharon and Chitra Raghavan. The Relationship of Sexual Abuse, Early Initiation of Substance Use, and Adolescent Trauma to PTSD. Journal of Traumatic Stress 22, no. 1 (2009): 65-68....
Relationships exist between language ability, emotion regulation, and social competence in preschool children. This study examines how these relationships function in elementary school children, and explores whether language...
Miller Brotman, Laurie, Sharon Kingston, Yael Bat-Chava, Melissa B. Caldwell, and Esther J. Calzada. Training School Personnel to Facilitate a Family Intervention to Prevent Conduct Problems. Early Education and Development...
Kingston, Sharon. What's the Buzz: MedReturn Boxes Offer Residents Safe Medication Disposal. The Sentinel (Carlisle, PA), January 27, 2015. and In order to combat the growing problem of prescription drug abuse and protect our...
As cigarette sales have fallen in the U.S. over the past two decades, large tobacco companies who traditionally focused most of their business on manufacturing and selling cigarettes have begun to buy smaller tobacco companies...