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Insuring Younger Adults Through the ACA's Marketplaces: Options to Expand Enrollment

Whether or not the Affordable Care Act is repealed, having young adults participate in the individual health insurance market remains critical to achieving affordable premiums for everyone.

Dec 16, 2016
Journal Article

Evidence for Association Between SH2B1 Gene Variants and Glycated Hemoglobin in Nondiabetic European American Young Adults: The Add Health Study

In young adults with European heritage, a blood marker used to classify type 2 diabetes, HbA1c, was found to be significantly associated with two variants of a genetic region involved in metabolic control, SH2B1.

Sep 29, 2016
Journal Article

Behavioral Health Treatment Receipt Among a Community Sample of Young Adult Veterans

About 70 percent of a community sample of young veterans reported screening positive for behavioral health conditions, with co-occurrence of many conditions, but only about one-third received minimally adequate care.

Sep 20, 2016
Journal Article

Measuring Protective Behavioral Strategies for Marijuana Use Among Young Adults

The Protective Behavioral Strategies for Marijuana scale can assess behaviors in young adults that could help limit negative consequences of marijuana use, which may be useful for intervention and prevention programs.

Sep 6, 2016
Journal Article

Associations of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms with Marijuana and Synthetic Cannabis Use Among Young Adult U.S. Veterans: A Pilot Investigation

Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among a young adult sample of U.S. veterans were associated with a doubled rate of past-month use of marijuana and lifetime use of synthetic cannabis.

Sep 2, 2016
Journal Article

The Longitudinal Associations Between Substance Use, Crime, and Social Risk Among Emerging Adults: A Longitudinal Within and Between-Person Latent Variables Analysis

Analyses of longitudinal data on crime and delinquency need to address individual-level effects to better understand factors like social context that may contribute to their association, and to devise targeted interventions.

Jul 21, 2016
Report

Millennials: Implications for the Intelligence Community

Millennials are now America's largest living generation. How should the intelligence community adapt to interact with them as clients, employees, partners, and citizens?

Jul 18, 2016
Journal Article

Study Protocol for a Web-Based Personalized Normative Feedback Alcohol Intervention for Young Adult Veterans

An online intervention shows potential to improve veteran health care by using a novel approach to increase access to care, assist with drinking reductions, and prevent alcohol-related problems.

Apr 11, 2016
Journal Article

Depression, Posttraumatic Stress, and Alcohol Misuse in Young Adult Veterans: The Transdiagnostic Role of Distress Tolerance

Low distress tolerance--the capacity to experience and withstand negative psychological states--may be a factor in linking comorbid PTSD, depression, and alcohol misuse among veterans.

Mar 14, 2016
Journal Article

'That Right Level of Intoxication': A Grounded Theory Study on Young Adults' Drinking in Nightlife Settings

The present study examined the meaning and functions of drinking across different nightlife settings (e.g., bars, dance clubs) in a sample of Italian young adults.

Feb 11, 2016
Journal Article

Young Adult Veteran Perceptions of Peers' Drinking Behavior and Attitudes

The current study utilizes a community sample of 1,023 young adult veterans to examine perceptions of drinking among peers.

Nov 20, 2015
Journal Article

Reviewing and Interpreting the Effects of Brief Alcohol Interventions: Comment on a Cochrane Review About Motivational Interviewing for Young Adults

Cochrane recently published a systematic review on motivational interviewing (MI) for alcohol misuse in young adults. This study wishes to open a dialogue about interpreting effect sizes in this review and of (brief) alcohol interventions more generally.

Nov 11, 2015
Dissertation

Change Talk in a Group Motivational Interviewing Setting and Risk Reduction Among Homeless Young Adults

Examines how exposure to change talk (CT) during motivational interviewing intervention is related to client behavior change among homeless young adults and how exposure to CT and is related to both substance use and sexual risk behavior outcomes.

Nov 3, 2015
Journal Article

Using Facebook to Recruit Young Adult Veterans: Online Mental Health Research

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Aug 28, 2015
Journal Article

Help-Seeking Stigma and Mental Health Treatment Seeking Among Young Adult Veterans

Targeting perceived public stigma of treatment seeking, through perceived norms interventions, might help narrow the gap between the need and receipt of help among veterans.

Jul 14, 2015
Research Brief

Young Adult Enrollment and the Affordable Care Act

Reduced young-adult enrollment in the individual health insurance market created under the Affordable Care Act would lead to modest premium increases; however, eliminating tax credits would substantially increase premiums and reduce enrollment.

Oct 21, 2014
Report

Beliefs Related to Mental Illness Stigma Among California Young Adults

Report examines mental illness stigma and related beliefs among young adults in California, especially whether levels of stigma are higher or lower than those observed in older adults.

Sep 17, 2014
Journal Article

Comparing Perceived Public Stigma and Personal Stigma of Mental Health Treatment Seeking in a Young Adult Sample

Perceived public stigma regarding seeking mental health treatment can be a barrier to accessing services for young adults.

Jun 18, 2014
Journal Article

Is Marijuana Use a Factor in Teenage Antisocial Behavior?

Despite efforts to curb substance use and abuse, marijuana consumption continues to be a problem among young adults. Analysis of a nationally representative sample revealed a significant association between marijuana use and antisocial behavior in young adults, with higher levels of antisocial behavior among heavy users.

Jan 1, 2014
Journal Article

Exploring Relationships Between Facets of Self-Esteem and Drinking Behavior Among Diverse Groups of Young Adults

We examined how different conceptualizations of self-esteem, as measured by the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale and the Collective Self-esteem (CSE) Scale, predicted drinking behavior among three groups of American college students.

Jul 8, 2013

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