Category: Publications

SSM Mental Health Abstract: Millions of U.S. children experience maltreatment each year, which is associated with subsequent health risks, including psychopathology. We use data from up to 9692 participants in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) to update and extend knowledge about such health risks into the start of midlife. …

Punishment & Society Abstract: The “danger imperative” in policing, as noted by Sierra-Arévalo, defines how officers perceive both their job and the environment in which they work. It is unclear how this may generalize to others working in the public safety field, including prison staff. Although public perceptions and media narratives suggest a preoccupation with …

Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race Abstract: Comparing the coverage by The New York Times and two Black newspapers of four episodes of protests about police violence in New York in the late 1990s reveals key differences in the implicit political agendas of the two sources. The New York Times implicitly reinforced dominant …

JAMA Psychiatry Abstract: Importance Methylphenidate is the leading pharmacological treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in childhood and adolescence. Individuals with ADHD have a higher risk of psychosis, but the long-term relationship between methylphenidate and risk of developing psychotic disorders is unknown. Objective To estimate the relationship between methylphenidate treatment and the risk of nonaffective psychosis …

Journal of Rural Studies Abstract: This study employs a mixed-method research design to examine how housing financial stress impacts community well-being with a focus on rural areas in the U.S. We combine descriptive and statistical analyses with key informant interviews and multiple measures of community well-being. Two key findings emerge: housing financial stress is more …

Sex & Sexualities Abstract: Scholars of sexual citizenship have articulated two rights—the right to pursue desired sexual activity and to avoid sexual harm—that may conflict when a person expresses romantic or sexual interest in a coworker. Although an advance may yield a desired relationship, it may also cause harm. To what extent is this tension …

British Journal of Psychiatry Abstract: Background Children and adolescents with attention–deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have a higher likelihood of contact with child welfare services (CWS). Evidence on whether pharmacological treatment of ADHD reduces such contact is limited. Aims To estimate the causal effect of pharmacological treatment of ADHD on CWS contact. Method In this quasi-experimental …

npj Womens Health Abstract: Miscarriage is a common pregnancy complication that is difficult to study. Using information on 580,000 US pregnancies from a menstrual- and pregnancy-tracking app, we demonstrate that mobile device data can detect miscarriage and replicate patterns of miscarriage risk found in high-quality Norwegian administrative data and in US clinical cohorts. App data …

Low Fertilities in the Past and Present: Studies in Compositional Demography

Qualitative Sociology Abstract: How do nature and community formation intersect in quintessentially urban New York City? In this ethnographic case study of Central Park, I show that park-based communities act as a rich source of affective social capital in the lives of their members. This sort of social capital is oriented around emotional ties and …