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May 20, 2024

Enhancing Sleep Health in Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Adolescents: Implications for Culturally Tailored Interventions

The study explores sleep health in urban American Indian/Alaska Native adolescents, focusing on electronic use, parental involvement, and cultural factors influencing sleep patterns.

Lu Dong, Ryan Andrew Brown, Alina I. Palimaru, Elizabeth J. D'Amico, Daniel Dickerson, David J. Klein, Carrie L. Johnson, Wendy M. Troxel
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In Flux: Associations of Substance Use with Instability in Housing, Employment, and Income Among Young Adults Experiencing Homelessness

This publication examines associations between multiple forms of instability (housing, employment, income) and substance use for young adults experiencing homelessness (YAEH) in Los Angeles County.

Rupa Jose, Elizabeth J. D'Amico, David J. Klein, Anthony Rodriguez, Eric R. Pedersen, Joan S. Tucker
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May 13, 2024

Twenty Years of Legal Marriage for Same-Sex Couples in the United States: Evidence Review and New Analyses

Twenty years after the first marriage licenses were issued to same-sex couples in Massachusetts, this report provides an evidence review and new analyses of the effects of granting legal status to marriages of same-sex couples in the United States.

Benjamin R. Karney, Melanie A. Zaber, Molly G. Smith, Samuel J. Mann, Marwa AlFakhri, Jessie Coe, Jamie L. Ryan, Catria Gadwah-Meaden, Christy Mallory, Brad Sears, Chandra Garber
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May 13, 2024

Legalizing Marriage for Same-Sex Couples Benefited LGBT Individuals and Their Children: Twenty Years of Evidence

Twenty years after the first marriage licenses were issued to same-sex couples in Massachusetts, this brief describes the effects of legalizing marriage for same-sex couples in the United States on LGBT individuals and their children.

Benjamin R. Karney, Melanie A. Zaber, Molly G. Smith, Samuel J. Mann, Marwa AlFakhri, Jessie Coe, Jamie L. Ryan, Catria Gadwah-Meaden, Christy Mallory, Brad Sears, Chandra Garber
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May 13, 2024

Legalizing Marriage for Same-Sex Couples Did Not Harm Family Formation in the United States: Twenty Years of Evidence

Twenty years after the first marriage licenses were issued to same-sex couples in Massachusetts, this brief describes the effects of legalizing marriage for same-sex couples in the United States on family formation among the general U.S. population.

Benjamin R. Karney, Melanie A. Zaber, Molly G. Smith, Samuel J. Mann, Marwa AlFakhri, Jessie Coe, Jamie L. Ryan, Catria Gadwah-Meaden, Christy Mallory, Brad Sears, Chandra Garber
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May 6, 2024

American Support of Public Programs for Veterans: Estimates From a National Survey Including a Discrete Choice Experiment

From a nationally representative survey, we find that Americans state high levels of support for veterans and are willing to pay additional tax dollars to provide assistance programs.

Jessie Coe, Daniel Schwam, Rajeev Ramchand, Carrie M. Farmer
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May 3, 2024

Increased Care Provision and Caregiver Wellbeing: Moderation by Changes in Social Network Care Provision

Analysis of 1,876 family caregivers and their social networks shows that increased care was associated with higher caregiver anxiety, depression, loneliness, and emotional difficulty, especially among those whose networks increased or decreased care.

Allison Kirkegaard, Esther M. Friedman, Sarah E Edgington, David P. Kennedy
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May 1, 2024

Voices of Identity: Exploring Identity Development and Transformation Among Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Emerging Adults

This study addresses a gap in the literature by investigating how urban American Indian/Alaska Native emerging adults think about their identity and discussing challenges and protective factors associated with exploring their identity holistically.

Nipher Malika, Alina I. Palimaru, Anthony Rodriguez, Ryan Andrew Brown, Daniel Dickerson, Pierrce Holmes, David P. Kennedy, Carrie L. Johnson, Virginia Arvizu-Sanchez, Kurt Schweigman, David J. Klein, Elizabeth J. D'Amico
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May 1, 2024

Partisanship and Risk Talk on Twitter: A Multipronged Analysis of the Prominence, Targets, and Drivers of Risk-Related Expression by Democrats Versus Republicans During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This article investigates the prominence, targets, and drivers of risk talk about the pandemic from Democrats and Republicans on Twitter/X, combining a user-level analysis, a content-level analysis, and manual coding of key accounts.

Yini Zhang, Jody Chin Sing Wong, Zijian An, Maximilian Brimmer, Kenneth Joseph, Janet Zheng Yang
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Apr 22, 2024

Insights on Developing Research Capacity for Healthy Aging with Villages

Drawing on focus group findings, the authors explore Village Movement participants' views about healthy aging, their views on how Villages support healthy aging, and barriers, facilitators, and research capacity among Villages in the United States.

Alina I. Palimaru, Allyson D. Gittens, Nilofer Chollampat, Regina A. Shih
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Apr 17, 2024

A Tutorial for Propensity Score Weighting for Moderation Analysis With Categorical Variables: An Application Examining Smoking Disparities Among Sexual Minority Adults

To provide step-by-step guidance and STATA and R code for using propensity score (PS) weighting to estimate moderation effects with categorical variables.

Beth Ann Griffin, Megan S. Schuler, Matthew Cefalu, Lynsay Ayer, Mark D. Godley, Noah Greifer, Donna L. Coffman, Daniel F. McCaffrey
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Mar 28, 2024

Analyzing the Effect of Crime-Free Housing Policies on Completed Evictions Using Spatial First Differences

This article analyzes the effect of crime-free housing policies on evictions, using a spatial first difference design. The authors find these policies increase evictions in treated neighborhood block groups by 24.9%.

Max Griswold, Lawrence Baker, Sarah B. Hunter, Jason M. Ward, Cheng Ren

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