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Self and Identity | 2013

Self-compassion, Interpersonal Conflict Resolutions, and Well-being

Lisa M. Yarnell; Kristin D. Neff

This study examined the link between self-compassion and the balance of the needs of self and other in conflict situations. College undergraduates (N = 506) were asked to provide an example of a time in which their needs conflicted with those of their mother, father, best friend and romantic partner. Participants were asked how they resolved the conflict (subordinating, self-prioritizing, or compromising). They also reported whether their resolution choice felt authentic, the degree of emotional turmoil experienced when resolving the conflict, and their sense of well-being in each relational context. Across contexts, higher levels of self-compassion were related to greater likelihood to compromise and lesser likelihood to self-subordinate needs, as well as greater authenticity, lower levels of emotional turmoil, and higher levels of relational well-being. With fathers and romantic partners, the link between self-compassion and well-being was mediated by greater likelihood to make compromise decisions.


Educational and Psychological Measurement | 2008

A reliability generalization study of scores on Rotter's and Nowicki-Strickland's locus of control scales

S. Natasha Beretvas; Marie Anne Suizzo; Jennifer A. Durham; Lisa M. Yarnell

The most commonly used measures of locus of control are Rotters Internality-Externality Scale (I-E) and Nowicki and Stricklands Internality-Externality Scale (NSIE). A reliability generalization study is conducted to explore variability in I-E and NSIE score reliability. Studies are coded for aspects of the scales used (number of response points, number of items) and for sample demographic descriptors (percentage female, average age). Results indicate no statistically significant difference in the predicted internal consistency estimate for I-E Scale versus NSIE Scale scores. Only the percentage female variable is found to predict variation in internal consistency estimates. Testing interval length explains variability in test-retest coefficient estimates. Results and directions for future research are discussed.


Self and Identity | 2015

Meta-Analysis of Gender Differences in Self-Compassion

Lisa M. Yarnell; Rose E. Stafford; Kristin D. Neff; Erin D. Reilly; Marissa C. Knox; Michael Mullarkey

While research suggests strong associations of self-compassion with mental health and well-being, gender norms may hinder the development of self-compassion by women on one hand, and men on the other. This study represents one of the first systematic analyses of potential gender differences in self-compassion using meta-analytic techniques, including whether such gender differences are moderated by age or ethnic minority status. Fixed-effects models were used to estimate the average effect size (ES) of gender differences in self-compassion scores across 71 journal articles and dissertations providing a total of 88 estimates. Results revealed that males had slightly higher levels of self-compassion than females, with a small ES observed (d = .18). This difference was larger in samples with a higher percentage of ethnic minorities. Researchers and practitioners should take these group differences into account in future studies and interventions focused on self-compassion, while not overemphasizing gender differences in self-compassion as being large in size.


Journal of Family Issues | 2014

Home-Based Parental Involvement in Young Children’s Learning Across U.S. Ethnic Groups Cultural Models of Academic Socialization

Marie-Anne Suizzo; Erin Pahlke; Lisa M. Yarnell; Kuan-Yi Chen; Sylvia Romero

Despite a growing body of research on school-based parental involvement, our knowledge of home-based involvement beliefs and practices, and how these vary across ethnic groups, remains limited. Our study addresses this gap by exploring how the meanings of educational achievement and parents’ roles in young children’s learning vary across ethnic groups. The aim of this study was to construct a detailed picture of the landscape of parental home-based involvement with children and to gain a deeper understanding of the beliefs, meanings, and goals underlying parents’ interactions. Forty-one middle-class Mexican American, African American, and European American mothers participated in semistructured interviews about their goals and interactions with their children in the domain of education. We identified seven themes across the interviews and constructed two cultural models of parental academic socialization: determination with intervention, more typical of ethnic minority group mothers, and trust and laissez-faire, more common among European American mothers.


Assessment | 2013

Measurement invariance of internalizing and externalizing behavioral syndrome factors in a non-Western sample.

Lisa M. Yarnell; Marsha N. Sargeant; Carol A. Prescott; Jacqueline Lee Tilley; Jo Ann M. Farver; Sarnoff A. Mednick; Peter H. Venables; Adrian Raine; Susan E. Luczak

This study examined the measurement structure of Child Behavior Checklist internalizing and externalizing syndrome scales in 1,146 eleven-year-old children from a birth cohort in Mauritius. We tested for measurement invariance at configural, metric, and scalar levels by gender and religioethnicity (Creole, Hindu, Muslim). A pared-down model representing five primary factors and two secondary factors met all three forms of invariance, supporting the validity of their use for group comparisons among Mauritian children. As rated by their parents, girls were higher than boys on Somatic Complaints and lower on Aggressive Behavior, Attention Problems, and Externalizing. Creoles were higher than Muslims and Hindus on all seven factors. Hindus were higher than Muslims on Somatic Complaints and lower on Aggressive Behavior. To our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate strict invariance of a Child Behavior Checklist-based internalizing and externalizing factor structure among subgroups within a society.


Journal of Abnormal Psychology | 2014

Effects of ALDH2∗2 on alcohol problem trajectories of Asian American college students.

Susan E. Luczak; Lisa M. Yarnell; Carol A. Prescott; Mark G. Myers; Tiebing Liang; Tamara L. Wall

The variant aldehyde dehydrogenase allele, ALDH2∗2, consistently has been associated with protection against alcohol dependence, but the mechanism underlying this process is not known. This study examined growth trajectories of alcohol consumption (frequency, average quantity, binge drinking, maximum drinks) and problems over the college years and then tested whether the ALDH2 genotype mediated or moderated the relationship between alcohol consumption and problems. Asian American college students (N = 433) reported on their drinking behavior in their first year of college and then annually for 3 consecutive years. Alcohol consumption and problems increased over the college years for both those with and without ALDH2∗2, but having an ALDH2∗2 allele was associated with less of an increase in problems over time. A mediation model was supported, with ALDH2∗2 group differences in problems fully accounted for by differences in frequency of binge drinking. Findings also supported a moderation hypothesis: All four alcohol consumption variables were significant predictors of subsequent alcohol problems, but these relationships were not as strong in those with ALDH2∗2 as in those without ALDH2∗2. Our findings suggest that the interplay between ALDH2∗2 and drinking-related problems is complex, involving both mediation and moderation processes that reduce the likelihood of developing problems via reduction of heavy drinking as well as by altering the relationship between alcohol consumption and problems. Results of this longitudinal study provide evidence that what seems like a relatively straightforward effect of a diminished ability to metabolize alcohol on drinking behavior is actually dependent on behavior and developmental stage.


Psychology of Addictive Behaviors | 2015

Childhood cognitive measures as predictors of alcohol use and problems by mid-adulthood in a non-Western cohort.

Susan E. Luczak; Lisa M. Yarnell; Carol A. Prescott; Adrian Raine; Peter H. Venables; Sarnoff A. Mednick

This study examined the relationship between childhood cognitive functioning and academic achievement and subsequent alcohol use and problems in a non-Western setting. We examined longitudinal data from a birth cohort sample (N = 1,795) who were assessed at age 11 years on cognitive measures and then approximately 25 years later on lifetime alcohol use and alcohol use disorder symptom count. The sample was from Mauritius (eastern Africa), which allowed us to examine these relationships in a non-Western society with a different social structure than is typical of prior cognitive studies on primarily White samples in Western societies. Poorer performance on the Trail Making Test B-A in childhood predicted being a lifetime drinker, even after covarying for gender, childhood psychosocial adversity, and Muslim religion. Lower academic achievement and verbal IQ, but not performance IQ, were predictive of subsequent alcohol problems after including demographic covariates; the relationship between verbal IQ and alcohol problems was stronger in females than males. A nonlinear relationship emerged for Trails, suggesting that only more extreme impairment on this measure was indicative of later alcohol problems. Results of this study provide evidence that verbal deficits and poor academic performance exist in a general cohort sample by age 11 years (when 99% were nondrinkers) for those who go on to develop alcohol problems. (PsycINFO Database Record


American Journal of Health Behavior | 2013

Influence of grade-level drinking norms on individual drinking behavior.

Lisa M. Yarnell; H. Shelton Brown; Keryn E. Pasch; Cheryl L. Perry; Kelli A. Komro

OBJECTIVE To investigate which points of the middle-school drinking distribution are the most influential in the social contagion of drinking across the middle-school years, in order to identify potential social multipliers. METHODS We measured drinking intentions and behaviors by gender, school, and grade among urban middle-school students who participated in Project Northland Chicago in a longitudinal cohort design. RESULTS Individual drinking behaviors were consistently influenced by extreme (80(th) percentile) drinking intentions and behaviors. This effect was mediated through normal or average levels of drinking, over time. CONCLUSIONS Interventions can target extreme drinkers as the influential persons in middle-school grades.


International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity | 2013

The price of access: capitalization of neighborhood contextual factors

Henry Shelton Brown; Lisa M. Yarnell

BackgroundStudies of neighborhood context on health behavior have not considered that the health benefits of context may be ‘capitalized’ into, or included in, higher housing values. This study examines the associations of better neighborhood context with neighborhood housing values.MethodsWe use the third wave of Add Health (2000-2001) to estimate the association of neighborhood contextual variables and housing values first across then within income types. This is a census block group-level analysis.ResultsWe find that neighborhood context, especially access to fruit and vegetable outlets, is capitalized into, or associated with, higher housing values. Fast food and convenience store access are associated with lower housing values. Capitalization differs by income quartile of the neighborhood. Even those in the poorest neighborhoods value access to fresh fruits and vegetables, and those in the wealthier neighborhoods value activity resources. All neighborhood incomes types place negative value on fast food access and convenience store access.ConclusionsAccess to health-related contextual attributes is capitalized into higher housing prices. Access to fresh fruits and vegetables is valued in neighborhoods of all income levels. Modeling these associations by neighborhood income levels helps explain the mixed results in the literature on the built environment in terms of linking health outcomes to access.


Psychological Assessment | 2018

Examining the factor structure of the Self-Compassion Scale in 20 diverse samples: Support for use of a total score and six subscale scores.

Kristin D. Neff; István Tóth-Király; Lisa M. Yarnell; Kohki Arimitsu; Paula Castilho; Nima Ghorbani; Hailan Xiaoxia Guo; Jameson K. Hirsch; Jörg Hupfeld; Claudio Simon Hutz; Ilios Kotsou; Woo Kyeong Lee; Jesus Montero-Marin; Fuschia M. Sirois; Luciana Karine de Souza; Julie L. Svendsen; Ross B. Wilkinson; Michail Mantzios

This study examined the factor structure of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) using secondary data drawn from 20 samples (N = 11,685)—7 English and 13 non-English—including 10 community, 6 student, 1 mixed community/student, 1 meditator, and 2 clinical samples. Self-compassion is theorized to represent a system with 6 constituent components: self-kindness, common humanity, mindfulness and reduced self-judgment, isolation and overidentification. There has been controversy as to whether a total score on the SCS or if separate scores representing compassionate versus uncompassionate self-responding should be used. The current study examined the factor structure of the SCS using confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) and Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM) to examine 5 distinct models: 1-factor, 2-factor correlated, 6-factor correlated, single-bifactor (1 general self-compassion factor and 6 group factors), and 2-bifactor models (2 correlated general factors each with 3 group factors representing compassionate or uncompassionate self-responding). Results indicated that a 1- and 2-factor solution to the SCS had inadequate fit in every sample examined using both CFA and ESEM, whereas fit was excellent using ESEM for the 6-factor correlated, single-bifactor and correlated 2-bifactor models. However, factor loadings for the correlated 2-bifactor models indicated that 2 separate factors were not well specified. A general factor explained 95% of the reliable item variance in the single-bifactor model. Results support use of the SCS to examine 6 subscale scores (representing the constituent components of self-compassion) or a total score (representing overall self-compassion), but not separate scores representing compassionate and uncompassionate self-responding.

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Carol A. Prescott

University of Southern California

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H. Shelton Brown

University of Texas at Austin

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Kristin D. Neff

University of Texas at Austin

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Susan E. Luczak

University of Southern California

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Adrian Raine

University of Pennsylvania

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Cheryl L. Perry

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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Keryn E. Pasch

University of Texas at Austin

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Sarnoff A. Mednick

University of Southern California

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