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- Creators: Reed, Lauren
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Poor executive cognitive functioning (ECF) is associated with a variety of alcohol-related problems, however, it is not known whether poor ECF precedes the onset of heavy drinking. Establishing the temporal precedence of poor ECF may have implications for our understanding of the development of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). The present study tests associations between early-adolescent ECF and young-adult risky drinking and alcohol-related problems in a prospective study of youth followed to young adulthood. Participants completed three ECF tasks at ages 11-14 and reported on their risky drinking and alcohol-related problems at ages 18-24. A latent ECF factor was created to determine whether early-adolescent ECF was associated with drinking outcomes after controlling for relevant covariates (e.g., age, sex, family history of AUD). Early-adolescent ECF, as measured by a latent factor, was unrelated to young-adult alcohol misuse and alcohol-related problems. However, sensitivity analyses revealed that an individual ECF task tapping response inhibition predicted young-adult peak drinks in a day. Present findings suggest that ECF is not a robust predictor of risky drinking or alcohol-related problems, and that this relation may be specific to the ECF component of response inhibition.
ContributorsJones, Connor Brian (Author) / Meier, Madeline (Thesis advisor) / Chassin, Laurie (Committee member) / McClure, Samuel (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2017
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Psychotic-Like Experiences (PLEs) are prevalent in the general population and may be a marker of risk for psychosis, yet little is known about the everyday functioning of individuals with PLEs. The purpose of this study was to compare everyday functioning of people with and without PLEs. Participants were 108 college students enrolled in an introductory psychology course who were selected for participation in the study because they scored in the top and bottom 10% of a screening test for PLEs. Informants were emailed questionnaires and asked to report on the participants' functioning in three domains: interpersonal functioning, disorganized behavior, and cognitive-perceptual functioning. Informants also reported on participants' attention and memory problems. Results showed that, consistent with prior research, individuals high in PLEs were from lower SES families and reported more depression, anxiety, and substance use. Moreover, informants for participants high in PLEs reported more unusual/disorganized behavior than informants for participants low in PLEs. No differences were observed between individuals high versus low in PLEs for informant-reported interpersonal functioning and attention and memory problems, however. Findings suggest that noticeable difficulties among individuals with PLEs are limited to disorganized behavior. More research is needed to determine the functional consequences of disorganized behavior among individuals with PLEs.
ContributorsLynch, Emily Nicole (Author) / Meier, Madeline (Thesis director) / Presson, Clark (Committee member) / Low, Sabina (Committee member) / Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics (Contributor) / Department of Psychology (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2016-05
ContributorsRuiz, Wendy (Author) / Elizalde, Manuel (Co-author) / Medina Rios, Kimberly (Co-author) / Reed, Lauren (Thesis director) / Mullady, Allison (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor) / Department of Management and Entrepreneurship (Contributor)
Created2023-05
ContributorsRuiz, Wendy (Author) / Elizalde, Manuel (Co-author) / Medina Rios, Kimberly (Co-author) / Reed, Lauren (Thesis director) / Mullady, Allison (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor) / Department of Management and Entrepreneurship (Contributor)
Created2023-05
ContributorsRuiz, Wendy (Author) / Elizalde, Manuel (Co-author) / Medina Rios, Kimberly (Co-author) / Reed, Lauren (Thesis director) / Mullady, Allison (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor) / Department of Management and Entrepreneurship (Contributor)
Created2023-05
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Our thesis revolved around the Maryvale community and was centered by a Photovoice project that was a Youth Participatory Action Research method. Being a project led by the youth we continued their stories and expanded off of the topics that we discussed in our Photovoice meetings. In our thesis podcast we discussed the expectation and reality of moving to a new country, the colorism our community as well as other communities face, and the health disparities that are present within underrepresented communities. We were able to expand on these topics and tie it back to the conversations we had with each other four years prior to doing our podcast and how little or how much these topics have changed and evolved.
ContributorsMedina Rios, Kimberly (Author) / Ruiz Xicale, Wendy (Co-author) / Elizalde, Manuel (Co-author) / Reed, Lauren (Thesis director) / Mullady, Allison (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Human Evolution & Social Change (Contributor) / School of Life Sciences (Contributor)
Created2023-05
ContributorsMedina Rios, Kimberly (Author) / Ruiz Xicale, Wendy (Co-author) / Elizalde, Manuel (Co-author) / Reed, Lauren (Thesis director) / Mullady, Allison (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Human Evolution & Social Change (Contributor) / School of Life Sciences (Contributor)
Created2023-05
ContributorsMedina Rios, Kimberly (Author) / Ruiz Xicale, Wendy (Co-author) / Elizalde, Manuel (Co-author) / Reed, Lauren (Thesis director) / Mullady, Allison (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Human Evolution & Social Change (Contributor) / School of Life Sciences (Contributor)
Created2023-05
ContributorsElizalde, Manuel (Author) / Medina Rios, Kimberly (Co-author) / Ruiz, Wendy (Co-author) / Reed, Lauren (Thesis director) / Mullady, Allison (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Public Affairs (Contributor) / School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (Contributor)
Created2023-05
ContributorsElizalde, Manuel (Author) / Medina Rios, Kimberly (Co-author) / Ruiz, Wendy (Co-author) / Reed, Lauren (Thesis director) / Mullady, Allison (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Public Affairs (Contributor) / School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (Contributor)
Created2023-05