@article{lipsey_burnette_becker_baker_mccrimmon_billingsley_2023, title={A growth mindset intervention to improve mental health in adolescents during COVID-19}, volume={10}, ISSN={["1751-9004"]}, DOI={10.1111/spc3.12894}, abstractNote={AbstractCOVID‐19 poses a considerable threat to adolescent mental health. We investigated depression rates in teens from pre to post‐COVID. We also explored if leveraging a growth mindset intervention (“Healthy Minds”) could improve adolescent mental health outcomes during the pandemic, especially for adolescents experiencing the most distress. In Study 1, we recruited youth from schools in a rural southern community (N = 239) and used a pre‐post design. In Study 2, we recruited an online sample (N = 833) and used a longitudinal randomized control trial design to test the effectiveness of Healthy Minds. Across both studies, there is evidence of higher rates of depression in youth during COVID‐19, relative to pre‐pandemic numbers. In Study 1, the intervention effectively changed psychological and behavioral processes related to mental health, especially for adolescents experiencing greater COVID‐19 stress. However, in Study 2, the intervention failed to impact depression rates or symptoms at follow‐up.}, journal={SOCIAL AND PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY COMPASS}, author={Lipsey, Nikolette P. and Burnette, Jeni L. and Becker, Whitney and Baker, Levi R. and Mccrimmon, Jordyn and Billingsley, Joseph}, year={2023}, month={Oct} }
 @article{javidi_widman_evans-paulson_lipsey_2022, title={Internal Consent, Affirmative External Consent, and Sexual Satisfaction Among Young Adults}, volume={3}, ISSN={["1559-8519"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2022.2048628}, DOI={10.1080/00224499.2022.2048628}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT Sexual satisfaction is an important part of sexual health. Recently, efforts have been underway to better understand what factors contribute to positive sexual experiences among young adults. One factor may be sexual consent. This study aimed to explore individual and interactive effects of two distinct, but related dimensions of sexual consent – internal consent and affirmative external consent – on young adults’ feelings of sexual satisfaction following their most recent sexual intercourse experience. Participants were 294 young adults (ages 18–25, M age = 23.7; 59% women) recruited from Amazon’s MTurk. Results showed that each dimension of consent had a significant, unique relationship with satisfaction, and that the two dimensions of consent alone accounted for half of the variance in satisfaction. Additional analyses showed that there are specific components of both internal and affirmative external consent (e.g., safety/comfort; arousal; consent/want; communicator/initiator cues) that may be most influential in driving this relationship. As both consent dimensions greatly contribute to positive sexual experiences, researchers attempting to promote sexual wellbeing may be wise to attend to both internal and external consent.}, journal={JOURNAL OF SEX RESEARCH}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Javidi, Hannah and Widman, Laura and Evans-Paulson, Reina and Lipsey, Nikolette}, year={2022}, month={Mar} }
 @article{volpe_hoggard_lipsey_kozak_2021, title={Black-White Racial Disparities in COVID-19: Awareness and Framing of Decision-Making Rationales}, volume={6}, ISSN={["2376-6964"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85107743251&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1037/sah0000321}, abstractNote={Black–White racial disparities in COVID-19 have received much media attention. Yet the degree to which laypeople are aware of these disparities and support equitable ventilator allocation remains unclear. This mixed methods study investigated laypeople’s awareness and the rationales they provided for ventilator allocation. Adults from the United States (N = 249) participated in the study in April 2020. They selected between photos of two people in four comparisons, indicating who they believed was more likely to be affected by COVID-19, to whom they would allocate a ventilator, and their rationale for allocation. Black individuals were more frequently rated as affected by COVID-19 and selected to receive a ventilator. Participants who selected the Black individual to receive a ventilator cited COVID-19 statistics and structural-level need, while participants who selected the White individual cited physical appearance (weight and age) as their rationale. Public support for equitable COVID-19 health policies (e.g., finances for production of ventilators, lock-down and mask-wearing policies) can potentially be harnessed by underscoring differential rates of infection, hospitalization, death, and highlighting structural need. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) © 2021 American Psychological Association}, number={3}, journal={STIGMA AND HEALTH}, author={Volpe, Vanessa V. and Hoggard, Lori S. and Lipsey, Nikolette P. and Kozak, Nicole U.}, year={2021}, month={Aug}, pages={263–271} }
 @article{billingsley_lipsey_burnette_pollack_2021, title={Growth mindsets: defining, assessing, and exploring effects on motivation for entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs}, volume={8}, ISSN={1046-1310 1936-4733}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02149-w}, DOI={10.1007/s12144-021-02149-w}, journal={Current Psychology}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Billingsley, Joseph and Lipsey, Nikolette P. and Burnette, Jeni L. and Pollack, Jeffrey M.}, year={2021}, month={Aug} }
 @article{evans-paulson_widman_javidi_lipsey_2021, title={Is Regulatory Focus Related to Condom Use, STI/HIV Testing, and Sexual Satisfaction?}, volume={59}, ISSN={["1559-8519"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2021.1961671}, DOI={10.1080/00224499.2021.1961671}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT Regulatory focus theory contends that when making decisions people are either more inclined to focus on avoiding negative consequences (more prevention-focused) or achieving pleasurable outcomes (more promotion-focused). Some research suggests that regulatory focus is related to health behaviors, although this has not been thoroughly investigated in the sexual health domain. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between regulatory focus (prevention, promotion) and sexual health. In an online survey of 409 youth from the U.S. (ages = 18–25; M age = 23.5; 57.2% women; 74.1% White, 13.4% Asian, 10.5% Black, 9.8% Hispanic), we examined the relationship between regulatory focus and three sexual health outcomes: condom use, STI/HIV testing, and sexual satisfaction. Of youth in our sample, 31.8% had a dominant prevention-focus, while 54.8% had a dominant promotion-focus. Compared to youth who were more promotion-focused, more prevention-focused youth used condoms more frequently but reported less sexual satisfaction. No differences were found in rates of STI/HIV testing. This study lays the groundwork to investigate the dynamic role that regulatory focus may play in contributing to youths’ sexual health. More experimental and longitudinal studies are needed to confirm the causal nature of the association between regulatory focus and sexual health.}, number={4}, journal={JOURNAL OF SEX RESEARCH}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Evans-Paulson, Reina and Widman, Laura and Javidi, Hannah and Lipsey, Nikolette}, year={2021}, month={Aug} }
 @article{hurst_widman_maheux_evans-paulson_brasileiro_lipsey_2022, title={Parent–child communication and adolescent sexual decision making: An application of family communication patterns theory.}, volume={36}, ISSN={1939-1293 0893-3200}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0000916}, DOI={10.1037/fam0000916}, abstractNote={Family communication patterns theory proposes two dimensions of family communication-conversation orientation and conformity orientation-that can impact adolescent decision making. The purpose of this study is to examine how family communication patterns, above and beyond the frequency of parent-child sexual communication, are associated with adolescents' (a) sexual self-efficacy, (b) intentions to communicate about sex with partners, and (c) intentions to use condoms. Participants were 452 U.S. adolescents (Mage = 15.06; 59% girls; 35% White, 33% Latinx, 25% Black). Controlling for the frequency of parent-child sexual communication and gender, we found the interaction between conversation and conformity orientation was associated with adolescent sexual self-efficacy and intentions to communicate about sex with partners. When families were high on conversation and low on conformity, adolescents had statistically significantly higher sexual self-efficacy than any other family communication patterns. When families were low on conversation and low on conformity, adolescents had statistically significantly lower intentions to communicate with future sex partners than any other family communication pattern. Findings highlight the importance of understanding general communication processes beyond the frequency of parent-child sexual communication. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).}, number={3}, journal={Journal of Family Psychology}, publisher={American Psychological Association (APA)}, author={Hurst, Jeffrey L. and Widman, Laura and Maheux, Anne J. and Evans-Paulson, Reina and Brasileiro, Julia and Lipsey, Nikolette}, year={2022}, month={Apr}, pages={449–457} }
 @article{javidi_widman_lipsey_brasileiro_javidi_jhala_2021, title={REDEVELOPING A DIGITAL SEXUAL HEALTH INTERVENTION FOR ADOLESCENTS TO ALLOW FOR BROADER DISSEMINATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR HIV AND STD PREVENTION}, volume={33}, ISSN={["1943-2755"]}, DOI={10.1521/aeap.2021.33.2.89}, abstractNote={ HIV/STDs and unintended pregnancy persist among adolescents in the United States; thus, effective sexual health interventions that can be broadly disseminated are necessary. Digital health interventions are highly promising because they allow for customization and widespread reach. The current project involved redeveloping and expanding HEART (Health Education and Relationship Training)—a brief, digital sexual health intervention efficacious at improving safer sex knowledge, self-efficacy, and behavior—onto an open-source platform to allow for greater interactivity and accessibility while reducing long-term program costs. The authors describe the process of adapting, reprogramming, and evaluating the new program, which may serve as a guide for investigators seeking to adapt behavioral interventions onto digital platforms. The final product is an open-source intervention that can be easily adapted for new populations. Among 233 adolescents (Mage = 15.06; 64% girls), HEART was highly acceptable and generally feasible to administer, with no differences in acceptability by gender or sexual identity. }, number={2}, journal={AIDS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION}, author={Javidi, Hannah and Widman, Laura and Lipsey, Nikolette and Brasileiro, Julia and Javidi, Farhad and Jhala, Arnav}, year={2021}, month={Apr}, pages={89–102} }
 @article{lipsey_shepperd_2021, title={Examining strategies to increase student evaluation of teaching completion rates}, volume={46}, ISSN={["1469-297X"]}, DOI={10.1080/02602938.2020.1782343}, abstractNote={Abstract Student evaluations of teaching (SETs) can provide valuable assessment information. However, online administration of SETs has corresponded with lower SET completion rates. We examined perceptions of strategies for increasing SET completion rates and the effect of offering psychological prompts (completion goals, reminders, progress feedback) and micro-incentives (-extra credit that has a negligible effect on student grades) on SET completion rates, grades, and student evaluations. Study one (N = 469 instructors) revealed that instructors who used incentive-based strategies (compared with instructors who did not) rated such strategies as more ethical and more effective, and reported greater likelihood of using incentive-based strategies in the future. Examination of student records revealed higher SET completion rates among instructors who offered micro-incentives than among instructors who did not. In Study two (N = 36 instructors), we randomly assigned instructors to one of three conditions: psychological prompts, micro-incentives plus prompts, or a no-information standard-practice control condition. SET completion rates were lowest in the control condition (53.9%), followed by the prompts (64.5%) and micro-incentives plus prompts (79.7%) conditions. The two experimental conditions did not differ in completion rates, but only micro-incentives differed significantly from the control. These results demonstrate that prompts and incentives are promising methods for increasing SET completion rates.}, number={3}, journal={ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION}, author={Lipsey, Nikolette and Shepperd, James}, year={2021}, month={Apr}, pages={424–437} }